Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Tue 29 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
Wed 20 Aug - Sat 4 Oct 2025
Fri 22 Nov 2024 - Sun 12 Jan 2025
Fri 18 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
Thu 26 Mar - Sat 25 Apr 2026
Tue 28 Jan - Sat 1 Feb 2025
Sat 14 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
The Epic History of The Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth & Beyond
Monday 4 November 2024
The history of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a long and winding journey with many roads that take readers down the most unexpected of paths. From abandoned plot lines to dramatic changes in the narrative, this talk will explore ...
Cross of Iron + intro
Monday 4 November 2024
Set in 1943, this explosive epic centres on Corporal Steiner, an accomplished but war-weary combat veteran leading a group of German soldiers on the Russian front....
Simon Brodkin
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Simon Brodkin: Screwed Up After selling out 110 dates across the UK and Europe, Simon Brodkin, the world-famous prankster, Lee Nelson creator and most-watched British stand-up comedian on TikTok, brings his outrageous stand-up show to Salfo...
The Haunting of Blaine Manor
Tuesday 5 - Wednesday 6 November 2024
Renowned American parapsychologist Doctor Roy Earle, famous for discrediting hauntings and exposing fake mediums, is invited to attend a seance in what is said to be the most haunted building in England, a building with a horrific history, ...
Follow the Signs
Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Fuse Theatre in association with Soho Theatre presents a fully BSL-led hip-hop gig theatre show. Follow the Signs is performed through BSL, rap, spoken English, movement, and creative captioning, to be shared and celebrated by Deaf and hea...
Little Reads
Tuesday 5 November - Tuesday 3 December 2024
Little Reads with Manchester Literature Festival. Join Ged for an interactive Storytelling session in our new Children's Library. 10am session - Pre-school/Family session 11am- Inclusive session (If you require a BSL interpreter please do l...
John Bishop
Wednesday 6 - Thursday 7 November 2024
Comedian, TV presenter and actor John Bishop took a less travelled route into show business. Born and raised in Liverpool, the younger Bishop was a semi-professional footballer for Southport and Hyde United, following in the footsteps of ol...
OUTPATIENT
Wednesday 6 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Fresh from their Edinburgh run, Crowded Room (The Listening Room, EDITH) return with OUTPATIENT: an explosive autobiographical comedy about the fantasies of human minds and the fragility of human bodies. DEATH. It's coming for us all, so wh...
Most Haunted - The Stage Show
Wednesday 6 November 2024
The acclaimed World No.1 paranormal show, the multi-award winning Most Haunted is the original and most successful worldwide paranormal investigation television series ever made and premiers its spine-chilling theatre show in 2023/24. Pres...
The Getaway + intro
Wednesday 6 November 2024
A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry....
Simon Reeve
Thursday 7 November 2024
Author and TV presenter, Simon Reeve is one of the world's most adventurous travellers. His unique brand of documentary film-making combines travel and adventure with current affairs, history, wildlife, culture and conservation. His journey...
National Theatre Live - Prima Facie (15)
Thursday 7 - Saturday 30 November 2024
Jodie Comer's (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller's gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the to...
Creepy Boys
Thursday 7 November 2024
From real-life-lovers-turned-identical-twins, Sam Kruger (Winner - Just for Laughs Comedy Award 2019) and S.E. Grummett (Winner - Best Theatre, Adelaide Fringe 2021) comes a bizarre comedy with just a splash of the occult. You're invit...
First Thursday Comedy
Thursday 7 November - Thursday 5 December 2024
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...
An Evening with Jimmy Anderson
Friday 8 November 2024
Following his recent retirement, hear from one of England's greatest ever pace bowlers, Jimmy Anderson to mark the release of his new autobiography. 21 years. 188 Test Matches. 704 Test Wickets. A story of dedication and resilience, Jimmy w...
Geraint Thomas & Luke Rowe - Watts Occuring
Friday 8 November 2024
Join Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas and his best mate, super domestique and podcast co-host Luke Rowe, for their first-ever Watts Occurring live show. The two Welshmen will bring their usual mix of cycling comedy and brutally honest i...
The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III
Friday 8 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Award-winning Out Of The Forest Theatre's irreverent comedy - featuring live music inspired by Bulgarian and Jewish folk tunes - tells the incredible true story that the world forgot. The year is 1943 and Bulgaria has just told Hitler where...
Neon Brush - Paint in the Dark Experience
Friday 8 November - Saturday 21 December 2024
A painting workshop in a unique retro-futuristic atmosphere. Immerse yourself in a fluorescent neon-lit setting to create your own work of art. Brush in one hand, glass in the other (with or without alcohol), unleash your inner artist! N...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 8 November 2024 - Friday 11 July 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.. ...
Sanctuary
Friday 8 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Red Ladder Theatre Company in collaboration with Theatre Royal Wakefield & CAPA College Traditionally, churches across the world have offered sanctuary to those seeking safety from persecution. But how do we react when that ideal becomes a ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 8 November 2024 - Friday 11 July 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.. ...
Aurelio Voltaire
Friday 8 November 2024
Aurelio Voltaire is often described as a modern day renaissance man. He is a singer/ performer, creator of comic books, animation and toys. An internationally touring musician, he is at the forefront of the Gothic, Steampunk and Dark Cabare...
Gilda &8211; 4K Restoration
Friday 8 November 2024
Rita Hayworth stars in her signature role as the ultimate femme fatale Gilda, brought back to the big screen in this stunning 4K restoration....
Paddington in Peru
Friday 8 - Thursday 14 November 2024
A thrilling adventure awaits the Browns when a mystery plunges them into an?unexpected journey?through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru. ...
Jason Manford
Saturday 9 November 2024
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...
An Audience with Lucy Worsley on Jane Austen
Saturday 9 November 2024
Following her sold-out Agatha Christie tour, acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the life of one of English literature's most cherished figures. For these live, beautifully-illustrated talks, Lucy invites audiences to step into t...
Dick & Angel Strawbridge - Escape to the Chateau
Saturday 9 November 2024
Spend an entertaining evening with the stars of Channel 4 hit Escape to the Chateau, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, and experience the Chateau like never before. Over the past eight years, millions of viewers across the world have been enthral...
Go Gaga Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 9 November - Saturday 14 December 2024
Drag queens, brunch, bottomless bubbles & all the Gaga hits you you handle?... Look no further for a pop-tastic brunch party you'll never forget. A full show from Lady Gaga Impersonator Donna Marie & her backing dancers ...
Best of Buzz Comedy
Saturday 9 November - Saturday 7 December 2024
Waterside's legendary monthly comedy night showcasing new and established talent upstairs in the Old Courtroom Chambers. Buzz Comedy is a long-running, well-respected, and award-winning comedy night fronted since 1989 by the veteran wit...
Nativity the Musical
Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 November 2024
Drama MOB students perform this hilarious and family-friendly musical about a primary school's attempt to put on a Christmas nativity musical and make a child's Christmas wish come true....
Ms Rachel tribute
Saturday 9 November 2024
Get ready to sing, dance, and have fun with your little ones Join us for fun songs like Hop Little Bunnies Sticky Bubble Gum and many more...
Ms Rachel tribute at The Sound Lounge
Saturday 9 November 2024
Get ready to sing, dance, and have fun with your little ones Join us for fun songs like Hop Little Bunnies Sticky Bubble Gum and many more...
An Audience with Monty Don
Sunday 10 November 2024
Join BBC Gardeners' World presenter and gardening writer, Monty Don, as he shares his passion for gardens and the unique role they play in human inspiration and wellbeing. Monty has been making television programmes for over 30 years and ha...
Grace Campbell
Sunday 10 - Monday 18 November 2024
Grace Campbell, "one of the funniest women in Britain" (Times), is On Heat. About to enter her 30s, Campbell has recently made some huge life changes. She got a dog, she stopped replying to internet trolls, she tried non-monogamy, and then...
Ned Boulting
Sunday 10 November 2024
ITV's Tour de France commentator Ned Boulting returns again. But this time he's 101 years too late for the 1923 Tour de France! In his latest celebration of the greatest race on earth, Ned delves into the hidden mysteries of a mysterious ro...
THE MAKINGS OF A MURDERER 2 - THE REAL MANHUNTER
Sunday 10 November 2024
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...
NOAHFINNCE
Sunday 10 November 2024
NOAHFINNCE is the alias of Noah Adams, a voice for a generation who are fed up of being told how to be. A virtuoso performer (he plays drums, guitar, bass, ukulele, and sings as LOUD as possible), NOAHFINNCE is ready to flip off traditio...
Nature Elly
Sunday 10 November 2024
A puppet theatre show created especially for 2-5 year olds, full of interactive fun, beautifully written original music and a cast of stunning and adorable animal puppets for little ones to meet. Created by award-winning Barmpot Theatre, in...
ABC - An Intimate Evening with Martin Fry
Sunday 10 November 2024
The hits earned their place in pop history. From Poison Arrow to The Look Of Love, from All Of My Heart, and Be Near Me, to When Smokey Sings, ABC were the band that redefined glamour and cool. Led by the charismatic Mancunian Martin Fry, t...
Hauntings
Sunday 10 November 2024
Hauntings is a spellbinding evening of three tales of the supernatural during which the award-winning actor, Gerard Logan, will take you to world of invisible, but terrifyingly present, spirits. The evening includes MR James' classic, 'Oh, ...
Sunday Salsa Social - 10th Nov
Sunday 10 November 2024
Join us again for SSS, our very own monthly salsa social - get ready to dance, connect and have an unforgettable time All levels welcome...
Only Fools and Horses The Musical
Monday 11 - Saturday 23 November 2024
Stick a pony in your pocket - The Trotters are back and coming to a town near you! The smash hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical - direct from a record-breaking four-year sold-out run-in London's West End - featuring Del Boy, Rodney,...
Ricky Gervais
Monday 11 November 2024 - 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'. Fresh from his most recent stand-up special 'Armageddon' winning a Golden Globe, hitting Number 1 on Netf...
Ant Middleton
Monday 11 November 2024
This year, Ant Middleton returns to the UK stage to talk all things K2; from the gut-wrenching experience of leaving his family to travel to one of the most dangerous mountains in the world - and the consecutive obstacles he had to surmount...
Talk Of The Devils - Live
Monday 11 November 2024
The world's biggest Manchester United podcast brought to you by The Athletic returns to the live stage. Back by popular demand, the sell-out tour is returning, and you don't want to miss it, as they bring you exclusive insight and knowl...
Animation Mixtape: Part 1 (18)
Monday 11 - Wednesday 13 November 2024
Whether you?re an animation aficionado or this is your first experience beyond the mainstream, let MAF welcome you to the world of animation with our selection of international shorts in competition....
Black Butterflies
Monday 11 - Wednesday 13 November 2024
Tanit, Valeria and Shaila are three women from very different parts of the world who face the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything because of global warming effects and they will be forced to emigrate to survive....