Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Mon 23 Dec 2024 - Sun 12 Jan 2025
Thu 26 Mar - Tue 28 Apr 2026
Wed 20 Aug - Sat 4 Oct 2025
Mon 23 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
Sun 2 Feb 2025 - Wed 18 Feb 2026
Mon 23 Dec 2024 - Sat 4 Jan 2025
Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay on Strings
Saturday 11 January 2025
A magical night of candlelit violin music paying tribute to one of the most successful and popular bands of all time: Coldplay. Since their formation in 1996, this British rock group reached the top of the rock/pop music world in the early ...
Snow White and The Seven Drag Queens
Saturday 11 January 2025
Mirror, mirror on the wall, come see the naughtiest North East Adult Panto of all! Â After two sell out seasons in Geordieland, the North East Adult Pantomime is back - bigger and better than ever - and this time there's no escape - as the...
RNCM Young Strings
Sunday 12 January 2025
Young Strings is one of RNCM's Junior Programmes. String players aged 6 to 13 years attend weekly classes to develop their string playing, musicianship and creativity. Two of their ensembles are delighted to be showcasing some of their lear...
Fear Eats the Soul + intro
Sunday 12 January 2025
Fassbinder's turn to the form of the Hollywood melodrama is perhaps best seen in this loose re-working of All that Heaven Allows....
Domonkos Csabay
Monday 13 January 2025
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society present Domonkos Csabay, a UK-based Hungarian concert pianist, chamber musician and accompanist. He is currently a collaborative piano fellow at the Royal College of Music, London, studied with Andras Kem...
WAP - Wit & Poetry
Monday 13 January - 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. ...
Pagrav Dance Company - ROOH: Within Her
Tuesday 14 January 2025
Join us for this compelling solo piece from renowned choreographer and performer Urja Desai Thakore. In ROOH: Within Her, Urja Desai Thakore explores narratives in quiet, everyday, heroism across two millennia. She stages the turmoil of a m...
Youth Theatre Taster Session
Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 January 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...
Mariupol Drama
Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 January 2025
Mariupol Drama is a poignant testimony from actors who were sheltering inside the Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine during the tragic events of March 2022. ...
XS Malarkey with Helen Bauer
Tuesday 14 January 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...
Jason Manford
Wednesday 15 January - Friday 7 November 2025
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show, A Manford All Seasons. The Manchester comedian has been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn't...
Sealskin
Wednesday 15 - Thursday 16 January 2025
Exploring ideas of belonging, otherness and home, Sealskin combines Liverpool physical theatre company Tmesis's trademark playful and highly skilled physicality, puppetry, storytelling, incredible projection design and live original music ...
Mergaliyev Classical Ballet - Swan Lake
Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 January 2025
Swan Lake is arguably the world's most popular ballet, and a timeless tale. Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette, Queen of the Swans, only to be tricked into betraying her by the wicked von Rothbart and his daughter Odile. The thrilli...
Shen Yun
Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 January 2025
Shen Yun takes you on an extraordinary journey through China's 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture. Exquisite beauty from the heavens, profound wisdom from dynasties past, timeless legends, and ethnic traditions all spring to life thro...
Milton Jones
Thursday 16 January 2025
Most people know Milton Jones as the comedian with the loud shirts and messed up hair, however his stand-up is built on much more than a funny appearance. Radio Times said that the "wild-haired Jones has raised wordplay to the level of fine...
The Makings of a Murderer 2 - The Real Manhunter
Thursday 16 January 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...
Joshua Bassett
Thursday 16 January 2025
The Californian actor and pop rock singer-songwriter is best known for his starring role as Ricky Bowen in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. As a solo musician, he has scored the international hit "Lie Lie Lie" and collaborated...
Roy Chubby Brown
Friday 17 January 2025
Roy Chubby Brown's rude, crude and rip-roaring brand of comedy is world renowned. Performing his own unique style of stand-up since the 190s, Chubby's belly-busting banter has never held back from sharing his outlandish views on news, wome...
The Makings of a Murderer 2 - The Real Manhunter
Friday 17 January 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...
A Complete Unknown
Friday 17 January 2025
Timoth?e Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history....
The Girl With the Needle
Friday 17 January 2025
The Girl with the Needle is a dark fairy tale about one woman?s search for tenderness and morality in a cruel world.?...
Vermiglio
Friday 17 January 2025
1944. In a high mountain village of the Italian Alps, the arrival of a refugee soldier disrupts the dynamics of the local teacher?s family, changing them forever. ...
Until We Sleep
Saturday 18 January 2025
Lowry Partner company Far From the Norm Presents Botis Seva's latest Hip Hop theatre production, Until We Sleep, is a journey underlined with a resistance to change. Amidst the oppression of leadership, a lone warrior yearns for faith as th...
Mergaliyev Classical Ballet - The Nutcracker
Saturday 18 January 2025
 The festive delights of The Nutcracker will charm audiences of all ages this New Year. When Clara is gifted a Nutcracker doll who magically comes to life, an enchanting adventure unfolds; a dramatic battle with the Mouse King ensues, and...
Pop Princesses
Saturday 18 January 2025
This is the children's pop concert with a big difference. A musical spectacular starring four fabulous Fairy tale Princesses who just love to sing! It's the perfect mix. Featuring a soundtrack of top pop hits from artists such as Little Mix...
Rotten
Saturday 18 January 2025
Hitchcock meets Lord of the Flies in this exciting new comedy-thriller by emerging writer Josie White. presented by Emmerson & Ward Productions. Three young, regional actresses: Saoirse, Coco and Sonia are struggling to survive in London. ...
Absolutely Britney Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 18 January - 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...
Family Film/ Mary Poppins
Saturday 18 January 2025
Mary Poppins ? the magical nanny who?s ?practically perfect in every way? - flies out of the windy London skies and into the home of the Banks family....
Outside The Box Comedy Club - 18th January - Stockport Garrick
Saturday 18 January 2025
ANDREW BIRD - Andrew has been tour support for Rhod Gilbert, Rob Brydon and Michael McIntyre at venues including Wembley and the O2. His writing work includes Jon Richardson?s Ultimate Worrier (Dave), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channe...
Rocco and his Brothers
Saturday 18 - Thursday 23 January 2025
Visconti's melodramatic masterpiece. A family from the impoverished South emigrates to industrial Milan where the strains of urban life destroy their traditional values....
Ed Gamble
Sunday 19 - Tuesday 21 January 2025
 Hi, Ed here. I have chosen the prestigious Salford Lowry Quays Theatre to film my new special. It will be all my favourite humour from the last 2 tours, and I will probably have some makeup on. I'd love it if you came along or else we wi...
It's Really Long Innit? - Surviving Sandinista
Sunday 19 January 2025
AÂ 2 Part spoken word/live music production detailing the merits and demerits one of the most fiercely debated albums of all time. Why would the so-called "Only Band That Mattered" release an album of three discs, with 36 tracks and over 14...
Written on the Wind
Sunday 19 January 2025
Written on the Wind shows director Douglas Sirk at his most lavish and best, gathering an all-star cast for this tale of a dysfunctional family at the head of a Texas oil dynasty,...
Ricky Gervais
Monday 20 - Tuesday 21 January 2025
Ricky Gervais has today announced the highly-anticipated first set of official UK dates for his brand-new stand-up show 'Mortality'. Â Fresh from his most recent stand-up special 'Armageddon' winning a Golden Globe, hitting Number 1 on Netf...
Calamity Jane
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 January 2025
Gosh almighty! Grab a posse because the whip crackin' musical comedy classic Calamity Jane is a rollin' on over the plains to a theatre near you. Based on the much-loved Doris Day movie, this plumb fancy new production stars the multi-award...
The Royal Opera - The Tales of Hoffmann (12A)
Tuesday 21 January 2025
The Royal Ballet and Opera returns to the big screen for its Cinema Season 2024/25 with Offenbach's dream-like opera. Through the haze of the years, a poet remembers the women he loved. But when it comes to matters of the heart, nothing i...
XS Malarkey with Johnny Candon
Tuesday 21 January 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...
Animal Farm
Wednesday 22 January - Saturday 1 February 2025
A powerful re-telling of George Orwell's chilling and timeless classic. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master and take over, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality for all. However ove...
Milton Jones
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Most people know Milton Jones as the comedian with the loud shirts and messed up hair, however his stand-up is built on much more than a funny appearance. Radio Times said that the "wild-haired Jones has raised wordplay to the level of fine...
RNCM Opera Scenes
Wednesday 22 - Friday 31 January 2025
FREE EVENT. RNCM vocal and conducting students present excerpts from some of opera's greatest moments in this free series of staged scenes. A perfect way to feed your curiosity! Click on tickets link for the perfromers and excerpts presente...
Votes for Women Across the North of England
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Jill Liddington asks why was the Lancashire story for votes for women is so well-known and the equally dramatic Yorkshire story neglected for so long? Jill Liddington moved to Manchester area in 1974, and in 1978 her coauthored book, One Ha...
An Audience with Mark & Lard
Thursday 23 January 2025
The 24th March 2004 saw the world heritage radio site of the 'Mark and Lard Show' come to an end with a resounding: 'STOP...!' Now fully twenty-one years later we can finally complete that catchphrase with an equally resounding: '... CARRY ...
Milton Jones
Thursday 23 January 2025
Most people know Milton Jones as the comedian with the loud shirts and messed up hair, however his stand-up is built on much more than a funny appearance. Radio Times said that the "wild-haired Jones has raised wordplay to the level of fine...
Music Drop
Thursday 23 January - Thursday 3 April 2025
Music Drop is Contact's open access music service designed to empower the next generation of musicians. Contact's state of the art Media Lounge is equipped with iMacs with Logic Pro and Ableton Live, synthesizers, guitars, basses, pianos, e...
Russell Kane
Friday 24 - Saturday 25 January 2025
Whirlwind, FitBit-breaking comedian, presenter, actor and author Russell Kane is out on the road again, setting it on fire with his unique recipe of sharp wit and "storming physical comedy" (Mail on Sunday). Hyperactive, his brand-new tour ...
Ania Magliano
Friday 24 January 2025
You know when you're trying to wee on a night out, and you're interrupted by a random girl who insists on telling you all her secrets even though you've never met? Imagine that, but she has a microphone. After two critically acclaimed sell-...
Foden's Band
Friday 24 January 2025
The National Champion Band of Great Britain, the Sandbach brass band, who maintain a world class reputation for providing quality entertainment in the field of brass music with a traditional and unique style, perform as part of RNCM Brass B...
