Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Thu 26 Mar - Tue 28 Apr 2026
Wed 20 Aug - Sat 4 Oct 2025
Wed 30 Apr 2025 - Fri 13 Feb 2026
Wed 9 Apr - Sat 17 May 2025
RNCM Chopin Prize
Thursday 13 March 2025
An evening of exceptional piano music, the Royal Northern College of Music's annual Chopin Prize sees finalists from the RNCM School of Keyboard Studies showcase their skills in honour of the virtuoso pianist and his compositions. Chopin ...
Kellie Colbert - Dedicated To The One I Love
Thursday 13 March 2025
Dedicated To The One I Love draws on Greater Manchester-based performance maker Kellie Colbert's real experience of being gaslit. A performance that aims to create a safe space as Kellie confronts the fears of being alone, and falls for an...
Lowry CAT - Open Dance Class
Thursday 13 - Thursday 20 March 2025
Calling all young people aged 8-14Â who love to move! Take part in inspiring dance classes to develop your dance ability and unleash your artistic creativity. Experience how dancers train at Lowry. Classes are led by Lowry Centre for Advanc...
Blue Velvet
Thursday 13 March 2025
Colliding sensuality and violence, voyeurism and innocence, Blue Velvet's dissection of the American psyche remains as potent as ever.?...
Candlelight - A Tribute to Adele
Friday 14 March 2025
Whether you're looking for a beautifully unique concert or a romantic candlelit evening, this music experience is for you. The performance will feature incredible tributes to Adele's greatest songs, played by an all-female, electric-acousti...
Candlelight - Rings & Dragons
Friday 14 March 2025
Discover the beautiful soundtracks of fantasy films performed by a string quartet under the gentle glow of candlelight at this multi-sensory musical experience in an awe-inspiring location. Expect to hear music from Rings of Power, The Lo...
Clinton Baptiste
Friday 14 March 2025
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation's favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay's 'Phoenix Nights', Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond! In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 14 March - Friday 12 December 2025
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...
Broadway Rave
Friday 14 March 2025
Calling all Musical Theatre nerds, drama geeks, actors, actresses, theatre lovers, and more! Welcome to Broadway Rave, a Broadway Dance Party celebrating the best in show-tunes and musical theatre. Come sing along to all of your favorite br...
Cristina Aguilera - Emuná
Friday 14 March 2025
Emuna by flamenco dancer Cristina Aguilera, an enchanting and passionate performance from flamenco greats, with Miguel Lavi, David Caro. International flamenco star from Granada, Cristina Aguilera (bailaora) returns with her second show aft...
In Conversation with Clint Boon
Friday 14 March 2025
For the first time, Clint Boon will be answering the questions, from growing up in Oldham, early days of Inspiral Carpets, Noel Gallagher giving him Oasis demos on the road and more! Host for the evening will be Clint's close friend and fel...
Lady Bushra - Drag Comedy Cabaret
Friday 14 March 2025
Join the BBC New Comedy Award shortlisted drag comedian Lady Bushra - the brainchild of British Asian Bradford comedian Amir - known for her viral digital content and one liners. Get ready to hear about life from a British South Asian per...
All Happy Families
Friday 14 March 2025
A family finds itself under the same roof again, where every corner reveals secrets and long-held resentments....
Away
Friday 14 March 2025
Meditative and dreamlike ? told through beautiful animation and without dialogue ? Away is a moving story of resilience and the quest for connection....
Black Bag
Friday 14 March 2025
When she is suspected of betraying the nation, intelligence agent George faces the ultimate test ? loyalty to his marriage or his country....
Oh My Goodness
Friday 14 March 2025
Mother Veronique and five eccentric sisters of the St. Benedict convent set out to save the local nursing home by entering the local bike race....
Opera North - The Flying Dutchman
Saturday 15 March 2025
Although not his first opera, Wagner regarded The Flying Dutchman as the true beginning of his artistic voyage, and it is in many ways the ideal introduction to his musical universe. From the bracing horn calls that set the propulsive dra...
Candace Bushnell - True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and The City
Saturday 15 March 2025
In her new one-woman show, New York icon Candace Bushnell, the international best-selling novelist and creator of Sex and the City takes the audience on a whirlwind tour of New York City, from Studio 54 to the Lipstick Jungle and beyond, sh...
Sing-a-long-a Dirty Dancing
Saturday 15 March 2025
The producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a GREASE bring you their latest interactive film. The brand new singalonga screening of the classic film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. It's the Summer of 1963, it's ...
Klamauk Kabaret
Saturday 15 March 2025
Step into a world where the extraordinary meets the absurd. Klamauk Kabaret brings together Manchester's most daring and dazzling circus artists for an unforgettable debut. Prepare for a night of breath taking aerial feats, mesmerizing burl...
Sing-a-Long-a Beauty And The Beast (PG)
Saturday 15 March 2025
Singalonga Productions invite you to "Be our Guest" as they celebrate the brand new adaptation of Disney's iconic fairy tale with on-screen lyrics so everyone can join in!. This is your chance to sing your heart out to the Disney songs of y...
Motherkind
Saturday 15 March 2025
Motherkind is a playful and powerful kaleidoscope of stories about parenting, the maternal brain and making space from Mothers Who Make. The vignette style show explores the early days, the fragility, the absurdity and the beauty of life....
The Groove Chorus
Saturday 15 March 2025
Get ready to dance all night with The Groove Chorus! Featuring a choir of 40 singers and a 9-piece live band, they serve up dance anthems with a disco twist. Naturally, they are joined by a resident pole dancer, special drag queens, and lot...
Macbeth starring David Tennant & Cush Jumbo (15)
Saturday 15 March - Wednesday 23 April 2025
David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an 'enthralling' (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare's MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse i...
Shakespeare and Love Tour
Saturday 15 March 2025
An enchanting behind-the-scenes Theatre Tour exploring love as seen by The Bard, with insights into his romantic tales and the timeless allure of the Shakepeare North Playhouse's Cockpit Theatre. Step into a world of romance on the Shakespe...
Family Film/ Away
Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 March 2025
Meditative and dreamlike ? told through beautiful animation and without dialogue ? Away is a moving story of resilience and the quest for connection....
Last Swim + Q&038;A
Saturday 15 March 2025
On A-level results day, an ambitious Iranian-British teen in London grapples with a major life decision....
Karen Hauer & Gorka Marquez - Speakeasy
Sunday 16 March 2025
Strictly Come Dancing professionals Karen Hauer and Gorka Marquez return with their brand-new show Speakeasy. Expect exhilarating live music and breath-taking choreography with Karen and Gorka's newest offering, which follows their debut to...
Attention All Shipping - A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast
Sunday 16 March 2025
As the shipping forecast embarks on its second century, bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Charlie Connelly's hilarious and informative show brings the quirky broadcast vividly to life, celebrating what he regards as the great...
Prolisok Dance Ensemble - Step Into Ukraine Benefit Concert
Sunday 16 March 2025
After successful 2024 London shows, internationally renowned Ukrainian dance ensemble Prolisok return with their spectacular production. This amazing fundraising concert showcases flamboyant dances from across Ukraine, where Prolisok and th...
The Littlest Yak
Sunday 16 March 2025
A rollicking, heart-warming tale for everyone. This musical adaptation of the award-winning children's book will delight audiences young and old with beautiful puppets, catchy tunes and an uplifting tale of self-acceptance for all the famil...
Shaun Ryder
Sunday 16 March 2025
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure. Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is hitting the road for a new, spoken word tour. The star of more-TV-shows-than-anyone-has-a-right-to-feature-on - including Celeb...
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (18)
Sunday 16 - Wednesday 19 March 2025
Chantal Akerman's remarkable 1975 Belgian epic of everyday life topped the prestigious Sight and Sound 2022 list to be voted the Greatest Film of All Time in this once-a-decade poll. Here Akerman presents three days in the life of a widow w...
Santosh + Q&038;A
Sunday 16 March 2025
A complex character study of a female cop whose moral conflict lays bare the oppression of casteism and misogyny in Northern India....
Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners
Monday 17 March 2025
Direct from the West End, the show brings to life the music of Ireland's favourite sons 'The Dubliners'. Telling the story of a career spanning 50 years and evoking the spirit of Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Jim McCann, Ciaran B...
The Bridgewater Hall Building Tour with BSL
Monday 17 March - Thursday 3 April 2025
Take a look behind the scenes at The Bridgewater Hall, and learn more about Manchester's iconic international concert venue. The entertaining and knowledgeable tour guides will lead you through the building's history, its acoustics and arch...
The Lowry Dance & Drama Workshops
Monday 17 March - Thursday 31 July 2025
 The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer for Primary and Secondary Schools. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. Held either at The Lowry or in scho...
Handbagged
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 March 2025
The Queen and her most powerful subject, behind closed doors. Moira Buffini's clever and fiercely funny comedy is a fly-on-the-wall look at what might have happened when Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher came face-to-face in the priv...
Pride & Prejudice (sort of)
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 March 2025
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen's most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will be...
Hold on to your Butts
Tuesday 18 - Wednesday 19 March 2025
65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth... 30 years ago, a movie about dinosaurs ruled the box office... Hold On To Your Butts is a must see "shot-for-shot" parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. After selling out in New ...
Anton Du Beke - At the Musicals
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Strictly Come Dancing legend and judge, Anton Du Beke, takes to the stage in 2025. With his live band, guest singer and dancers, expect a fab-u-lous evening of song, dance and laughter. Anton will be performing songs and dances from some of...
Stephen Sharer
Tuesday 18 March 2025
With almost 12 million subscribers and over 6 billion streams, American YouTube personality Stephen Sharer brings his family-fun Share The Love music tour to town. Join the Sharer Fam and sing along to Stephen's hit music, dance with the n...
The Moth
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Acclaimed Elysium Theatre Company return after their celebrated 50th Anniversary production of 'The Island' in 2024 with a drama by Paul Herzberg that will grip you from the beginning and not let go. 1994: a chance meeting on a train betwee...
XS Malarkey with Peter Brush
Tuesday 18 March 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...
Tom Segura
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Best known for his Netflix specials, Ball Hog (2020), Disgraceful (2018), Mostly Stories (2016), and Completely Normal (2014), actor, comedian, writer and podcaster Tom Segura is one of the biggest names in the comedy business with hit podc...
Jimbo's Drag Circus
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Get ready to experience the most extraordinary show on earth - "Jimbo's Drag Circus World Tour"! Brace yourself for an unforgettable evening filled with outrageous characters and adult humour, starring none other than Canada's very own Jimb...
The Totally Improvised Musical
Wednesday 19 March 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...
Behind the Scenes Tours
Wednesday 19 March 2025 - Wednesday 24 June 2026
Enjoy a tour of Stockport's magnificent 1932 Art Deco Super Cinema and Variety Theatre. Many of the greatest stage and screen stars of yesteryear and the modern day have appeared in person on stage or on the giant silver screen at The Plaza...
Opera della Luna - The Mikado
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 March 2025
Opera della Luna's 30th Anniversary celebrations continue with a revival of the company's legendary production of The Mikado, its most colourful and popular production ever. This astonishing and inventive company have achieved nation-wide r...
The Greatest Star - Barbra Streisand Tribute Show
Thursday 20 March 2025
Starring Kearra Bethany, as seen on ITV's Starstruck, The Greatest Star takes you on a magical musical journey through time as you sit back and relax enjoy the sounds of this fabulous concert style production. Barbra Streisand is, by far, o...
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