Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Thu 26 Mar - Tue 28 Apr 2026
Wed 20 Aug - Sat 4 Oct 2025
Wed 9 Apr - Sat 17 May 2025
Wed 30 Apr 2025 - Fri 13 Feb 2026
WAP - Wit & Poetry
Monday 14 April - Monday 9 June 2025
Comedian and poet Kat Ronson brings a new night WAP: Wit and Poetry Combining two art forms to make you laugh, cry and cry laugh. The best performers from WAP, exclusive collaborations between artists and some wild cards. ...
How To Train Your Dragon In Concert
Tuesday 15 April 2025
How To Train Your Dragon - In Concert features the acclaimed film presented in HD, with composer John Powell's Academy Award-nominated score performed live to picture by the International Film Orchestra in a thrilling experience for all age...
Room on the Broom
Tuesday 15 - Sunday 20 April 2025
Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom! Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories' fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The witch and her cat are trav...
The Totally Improvised Musical
Tuesday 15 April 2025
Every night is opening night as the team of top improvisers, create a completely unscripted comedy musical from your suggestions. A brand-new show from the award-winning team behind ComedySportz (Best Alternative Act - North West Comedy Awa...
Mushroom Language: A Fungal Gothic
Tuesday 15 - Wednesday 16 April 2025
In an eerie and funny homage to folk horror, two human performers absorb and mimic 'mushroom language' through ritual and power dynamics. Who are these creatures, and what are the mushrooms trying to tell them? Dreamlike conversations and m...
XS Malarkey with Tadiwa Mahlunge
Tuesday 15 April - Tuesday 13 May 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as possible to k...
Picture You Dead
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Hot on the heels of the latest instalment of the acclaimed ITV Series Grace, Superintendent Roy Grace is back in a brand-new Peter James stage adaptation of the bestselling Picture You Dead. Starring 2024's multiple award-winning actor Pete...
Toxic
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Presented by Dibby Theatre Written & performed by Nathaniel J Hall A HOME Co-commission, supported by Arts Council England This is the story of how we met, fell in love, and f*cked it up. But it's not just our story. It's his, and his and t...
The 39 Steps
Wednesday 16 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Brilliantly bonkers and hilarious adaptation of Hitchcock's iconic thriller. Follow the dashing Richard Hannay as he embarks on a thrilling adventure filled with daring antics, romantic encounters and ghastly murders. Get set for a whirlwin...
Princess Live
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Princess Live is the ultimate hour long princess pop party, featuring your favourite fairytale royalty in thisall singing all dancing hour long concert show. The Princesses are tired of their royal duties. So they decided to come together a...
Tiny Tim's Biggest Adventure
Wednesday 16 April 2025
7 years ago Tiny Tim (Manchester comedian Tim Bradbury) decided to go on his own adventure navigating through adult life and posting about his calls on social media. With over 120 million views on YouTube and over 10 million followers on al...
THISISPOPBABY - WAKE
Thursday 17 - Monday 21 April 2025
Acclaimed Irish theatre company THISISPOPBABY invites you to witness an anthemic spectacle with the spirit of an epic trad session and the ecstatic energy of a stadium concert. Glitter, beats and banging tunes - this Irish WAKE is the ult...
The National Youth Orchestra
Friday 18 April 2025
FREE FOR UNDER 19s. Feel the sound, free your spirit with this fearless performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain with conductor Andrew Gourlay, where hundreds of teenagers passionately share their love of music Hear ...
Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow
Friday 18 - Monday 21 April 2025
It's time to get Merry at The Plaza Easter Pantomime Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow! Stockport's much loved Pantomime Star Richard Chandler with the fabulous Scott Gallagher returns with a sensational cast for an affordable family festive ...
Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch
Friday 18 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Double Dutch is a high-octane exploration of cultural clashes between Dutchness, Englishness and Americanness, exploring what it means to belong? or not.?...
BTW Eastermania
Friday 18 April 2025
Family friendly professional wrestling returns to Ellesmere Road Recreational Club good Friday, April 18th for EasterMania...
The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan
Saturday 19 April 2025
Set Sail this Easter and Join the Swashbuckling Adventures of Peter Pan in this high flying pantomime for all the Family from Trio Entertainment. Starring Coronation Street's "Ashley", Steven Arnold, as Captain Hook alongside Bolton pant...
Larry Dean
Saturday 19 April 2025
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Dodger, about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty. Larry has been spending a lot of time with his gran...
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Saturday 19 April 2025
Status Quo legend Francis Rossi is taking up his acoustic guitar to bring you a selection of well-known hits and some previously not-performed-live-before tunes. It'll be a unique evening in which Francis will reprise fan favourites from ...
Three Little Vikings
Saturday 19 April 2025
Wrongsemble present a family show all about cooperation, bravery, and getting your voice heard! Three brave little Viking girls save the day in this bold and funny adventure story for little rebels, by the creator of the New York Times Best...
Plant
Saturday 19 April 2025
A tender comic celebration of the natural world, abundance and sharing for ages 3-6 from OftheJackel. A squirrel hides a nut from a nosy pigeon inadvertently planting a tree in the process. They squabble through the seasons until a tree e...
Erasured - The Ultimate Erasure Tribute
Saturday 19 April 2025
In 1995 Mark Rodway appeared on ITV's "Stars In Their Eyes" (and again for the 1995 Christmas Special) as Erasure's Andy Bell, to universal acclaim. He met Pete Faint in 1996 and the pair began writing original material together and at th...
Absolutely Britney Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 19 April - Saturday 20 December 2025
Drag queens, brunch, bottomless cocktails, and all the Britney hits you can handle? Look no further for a pop-tastic brunch party that was born to make you happy! This Britney special features the UK's number 1 Britney impersonator, sound-a...
The Gigspanner Big Band & Raynor Winn - Saltlines
Sunday 20 April 2025
Taking audiences by storm from Land's End to the Scottish borders, Saltlines is an immersive Prose and Music collaboration between bestselling author Raynor Winn (The Salt Path) and The Gigspanner Big Band, a top tier lineup which features ...
No Crumbs Cabaret
Sunday 20 April 2025
Get ready for an afternoon of dazzling entertainment at No Crumbs Cabaret...
Teach Rex
Monday 21 April 2025
The award winning, Teach Rex team are delighted to be bringing this unique, interactive show to town after performing 45 shows at the Natural History Museum! Teach Rex uses life-like dinosaurs to perform their 1 hour show, teaching childr...
Boys from the Blackstuff
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 April 2025
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents Liverpool's Royal Court and National Theatre production of Alan Bleasdale's "Boys From The Blackstuff" by James Graham. Gizza job. Go on, gizzit. 80s Liverpool. Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser are used ...
Moral Ambition with Rutger Bregman
Tuesday 22 April 2025
The brightest minds of our generation might dream of changing the world. But in reality, most high achievers settle for making a lot of money for themselves and their families. World-renowned historian and bestselling author Rutger Bregman ...
Jonathan Haidt
Tuesday 22 April 2025
The mental health of young people has become one of the most pressing issues of our time. In recent months, debates have raged about the impact of smartphones on adolescent wellbeing: Should they be banned in schools? Should children under ...
Jonathan Scott
Tuesday 22 April - Monday 7 July 2025
Epic orchestral masterpieces as you've never heard them before! Jonathan Scott uses all the resources of the Bridgewater Hall concert organ to create the full sounds and expression of a symphony orchestra using 5,500 pipes, two hands and tw...
Youth Theatre Taster Session
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 April 2025
Aged between 7 and 17 and want to find out more about the Octagon's Youth Theatre sessions? Then try this FREE taster session ahead of the next term. The weekly youth theatre sessions support young people to develop drama skills, work wi...
XS Malarkey with Sam Nicoresti
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as possible to k...
Murder, She Didn't Write
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your 'finger of suspicion' at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show for your sleuthing pleasure. They'll crea...
Strawberry Jack: A Tale from Paradise Heights
Wednesday 23 April 2025
From the award winning writer/director of The Haunting of Blaine Manor, and The Bench: A Tale from Paradise Heights written and directed by Joe O'Byrne. A childhood accident left Strawberry Jack Grundy horrifically scarred - a wild child th...
The Meat Rack
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Gritty 1950's London... Alfie Connor, is a ruthless criminal gang boss who hides his true self behind a veneer of violence and power. George, a young male prostitute with dreams of escaping the streets, navigates the dangers of his world, w...
Yoga Goats Improv
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Join us 23rd April for an evening of improvisational comedy....
Mo Gilligan
Thursday 24 - Friday 25 April 2025
Mo Gilligan is a British stand-up comedian known for his observational comedy. After several years of uploading comedy clips to social media, he found global success in 2017. He hosted The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, which debuted in 201...
Craig Revel Horwood
Thursday 24 April 2025
The star of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing is taking to the road with his debut solo tour! Join Craig as he talks about his life from Australia to the West End to Strictly, reveals a wealth of backstage gossip with his trademark wit and cando...
The Makings of a Murderer 2 - The Real Manhunter
Thursday 24 April 2025
Following sell-out shows nationwide, the UK's top true crime theatre tour is back with a brand-new lineup!Featuring Senior Investigating officer Colin Sutton, who caught serial killer Levi Bellfield and 'Night Stalker' Delroy Grant. Join us...
Steptoe & Son Live
Thursday 24 April 2025
You wouldn't think it was possible for this 'rag and boning' duo to still be at it after all this time, but here they are! Albert is still a dirty old man and Harold is as pretentious as ever. Come and join Steptoe & Son for all the hilar...
The Nello James Centre - A Documentary Premiere
Thursday 24 April 2025
The North West Film Archive present a film from their collection about the history of the Nello James Centre in Whalley Range. The Nello James Centre was established during the 1970s by members of Manchester's Caribbean community and named ...
NT Connections 2025 Day 1
Thursday 24 April 2025
Day one of this year?s festival features Middleton Technology Schools? version of Saba's Swim written by Danusia Samal and Winstanley College?s version of Raver?s by Rikki Beadle-Blair. Saba's SwimSeven months ago, Saba walked out of her GC...
Manchester Collective x Clark x Melanie Lane - Refractions
Friday 25 April 2025
What if everything that came from the past was influenced by the future? Enter a musical time warp where sound resonates across the ages. Manchester Collective team up with electronic musician Clark and choreographer Melanie Lane for a grou...
'Allo 'Allo Comedy Train
Friday 25 April - Friday 3 October 2025
'Allo! 'Allo! This is nighthawk calling! Listen very carefully, we shall say this only once! Renѐ was hoping for a quiet night in his humble little cafe in Nouvion, but things aren't quite going according to plan. The Resistance wants to u...
Singin' I'm No A Billy, He's A Tim
Friday 25 April 2025
The 20th anniversary tour of the play exploring bigotry and ethnic identity. "Singin' I'm No a Billy, He's a Tim" is a phenomenon in Scotland where it has sold out countless nationwide tours, a sensation at the Edinburgh Festival and now t...
National Theatre Live - Dr Strangelove (15)
Friday 25 April 2025
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in this pre-recorded cinema screening of the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear a...
Bollywood Time Machine
Friday 25 April 2025
Embark on a journey through the dynamic decades with Bollywood Time Machine! From the groovy 60s to the contemporary hits of today, immerse yourself in an evening filled with laughter, dance, and timeless melodies from enchanting voices of ...
