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
The All or Nothing Experience - The Story Of The Small Faces
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 May 2025
After three sell out tours and a successful West End run of All or Nothing - the Mod Musical, writer Carol Harrison and the show's multi-talented cast, perform the new, All Or Nothing Experience Concert Show, celebrating the music of the...
Wickedly Ariana - A Tribute to Ariana Grande & Wicked
Friday 16 May 2025
The first theatre production to celebrate the contemporary icon Ariana Grande, one of the most influential and loved artists of the generation. The sensational Hannah Thomas with her amazing band and dancers will take you on a magical journ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 16 May - Friday 5 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.. ...
Holly Redford Jones - I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 May 2025
Manchester-based Chesterfield musician turned stand-up comedian Holly Redford Jones is dancing in a Lesbian Bar and you're invited... Set in an imaginary Lesbian Bar, this bold new show is a sonic love letter to sapphic institutions of a by...
Send in the Clowns - Cock of Ages
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 May 2025
Send In The Clowns is a raucous, wild, and tantalising drag revue show celebrating the magic and madness of musical theatre. This time the Clowns are taking on the Rock (and sometimes Roll) musical, with a celebration-cum-assassination of t...
Jennifer Reid
Friday 16 May 2025
Kicking off an exploration of northern folk in the Portico Collection, acclaimed musician and researcher Jennifer Reid sings some ballads. The working classes made music as a provocation and this is a tradition that Jennifer Reid continues,...
Henning Wehn
Saturday 17 May 2025
With his new show, Acid Wehn, award-deserving German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn takes an unbiased look at climate change, a topic sure to delight audiences and no surprise. After all, everyone loves talking about the weather. Rain or sh...
Roy Chubby Brown
Saturday 17 May 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...
Beyond the Barricade
Saturday 17 May 2025
Beyond the Barricade, the UK's longest running Musical Theatre Concert Tour, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2024. Join the cast for two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, featuring the songs that have made audiences ret...
Nish Kumar
Sunday 18 May 2025
In this election year - with the country in turmoil - there's only one comedian who can kill the mood even further... Nish Kumar - one of The Guardian and The Telegraph's 50 Best Comedians of the 21st Century - is back on tour with his bran...
Benji Waterhouse
Sunday 18 May 2025
Described by The Times as "the Adam Kay of mental health care", NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian, and Sunday Times best-selling author Benji Waterhouse - is going on his first book tour! Through a mixture of stand-up and chapter...
An audience with Irene Estry & Friends
Sunday 18 May 2025
A fun night filled with joy and laughter as TV and Radio Presenter Michelle Eagleton hosts an intimate conversation with Fitness and Wellbeing Instructor to the stars, Irene Estry. Expect some incredible stories as Irene recalls her career,...
The Rocky Horror Show
Monday 19 - Saturday 31 May 2025
Australian superstar Jason Donovan* returns to the UK in Richard O'Brien's legendary rock 'n' roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show, as part of a new world tour. The legendary performer reprises his iconic role as the captivating Frank-n-Furt...
Modern Table Dance Company - Ham:beth
Tuesday 20 May 2025
K-pop boy-band meets Shakespearean drama in this energetic all-male show by award-winning South Korean dance company Modern Table Dance Company, led by choreographer Kim Jae Duk. 8 dancers in slick suits battle against the pressure to conf...
Jock Night
Tuesday 20 - Saturday 31 May 2025
Following a critically acclaimed run at London's Seven Dials Playhouse, Hive North bring Adam Zane's uncut and extended version of his outrageous Offie-nominated comedy-drama back to Manchester. Welcome to Jock Night - Manchester's wildest...
XS Malarkey with Sharon Wanjohi
Tuesday 20 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...
Jason Manford
Wednesday 21 May 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...
Scissor Sisters
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Touring again for the first time in over 10 years, US indie pop superstars Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis revisit their entire eponymous debut album on stage in honour of its 20th anniversary. The best-selling album of 2004 in the U...
Dracula
Wednesday 21 - Saturday 24 May 2025
A powerful stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic classic The time is 1897. Mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change, scientific mastery and media innovation. But poised between traditional beliefs, the threat of the unknown an...
XS Malarkey Presents John-Luke Roberts: It Is Better + Best Of
Wednesday 21 May 2025
In 2024 John-Luke Roberts remounted all ten of his solo shows, from over fifteen years of making and performing comedy. To celebrate the achievement, he?s taking a compilation of some of his favourite bits on tour, alongside the whole of hi...
Crooners
Thursday 22 May 2025
Packed with personality and humour, Crooners have been wowing audiences with their witty and exhilarating show full of hilarious one liners, laugh out loud silliness and superb musical numbers with the outstanding 9-piece The Mini Big Band ...
Emergence Dance
Thursday 22 May 2025
Emergence, the touring postgraduate dance company of Joss Arnott Dance and the University of Salford, return with a brand-new, triple bill programme of adrenaline-fuelled dance works performed by a new company of extraordinary dancers. N...
London Concertante - Vivaldi's Four Seasons & The Lark Ascending
Friday 23 May 2025
A stunning concert celebrating the virtuosity of the violin in all its forms, London Concertante brings Vivaldi's masterpiece to life in a wonderful concert featuring gems of baroque music. This concert features Vivaldi's Four Seasons; a je...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 23 May - Thursday 6 November 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.. ...
The Taming of The Shrew: The Experiment
Friday 23 May 2025
This Taming of the Shrew is a high octane comedy that punches in the gut. One of Shakespeare's most controversial works, "The Taming of the Shrew" sees an immovable object and an unstoppable force meet when fierce Katherine (labelled a veno...
Lunatraktors
Friday 23 May 2025
Broken folk' duo Carli Jefferson and Clair Le Couteur rework Anglo-Celtic traditional music with influences from post-punk, trip-hop and queer cabaret. Lunatraktors strip folk down to the bare bones, mixing tonal percussion, tapdance and ha...
House of Comedy
Friday 23 May 2025
Whether you?re a die-hard fan of comedy scratch nights or you're just looking for a great night out, House of Comedy's lineup will feature national legends alongside the freshest new talent....
Ali Chahrour - The Love Behind My Eyes
Saturday 24 May 2025
Choreographer and dancer Ali Chahrour presents The Love Behind My Eyes, a powerful exploration of love, loss, and longing. Inspired by the tragic story of Mohamed Bin Daoud, a revered Iraqi jurist whose devotion to a young man consumed hi...
That'll Be The Day
Saturday 24 May 2025
Celebrate the golden age of Rock 'n' Roll and Pop from the '50s right the way through to the '80s from Trevor Payne and an exceptional cast of who combine hilarious comedy sketches and impersonations with brilliant vocals and superb musicia...
The Adult Pantomime - Dick Whittington
Saturday 24 May 2025
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 7th year with the pantomime paved with gold... Dick Whittington - Adults Only! Dick is trying to seek fame and fortune in the city of London with his faithful feline friend Tommy. While there, they manage...
The Detective Dog
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 May 2025
Tiny & Tall Productions, formerly Tessa Bide Productions, brings you Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie's well-loved story, The Detective Dog on stage for Deaf and hearing family audiences. Whether it's finding a lost shoe or discovering who ...
The Dinosaur That Pooped
Sunday 25 May 2025
When Danny and Dino's favourite rock band are playing their last ever concert, they go on a quest to get the last two tickets. But with a villainous band manager lurking, nothing goes to plan. Will the band perform? Will Danny rock out? Or ...
Footy Fest
Sunday 25 May 2025
Join us for Footy Fest on May 25th, 2025, this Bank Holiday weekend At St Hugh of Lincoln primary school in Lostock, Manchester....
Wicked Sing-Along (PG)
Monday 26 May 2025
You're the one the Wizard has been waiting for! So gather your fellow witches of Oz for a special sing-along screening of Wicked, with lyrics on screen to ensure not a single magical moment is missed. Wicked, the untold story of the witches...
There's A Monster in Your Show
Tuesday 27 May - Sunday 1 June 2025
Tom Fletcher's interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved 'Who's in Your Book?' series makes its debut as a brand-new musical show. A group of performers are preparing to start their show, but...
Taming Of The Shrew
Tuesday 27 - Saturday 31 May 2025
HER Productions remount their highly successful rendition of one of Shakespeare's most polarising comedies. A drunken patron (Sly) falls victim to our gang of Unseemly Women. As Sly wakes from his wild night of Cabaret, he is told a story...
G4
Wednesday 28 May 2025
The ultimate celebration of Musical Theatre. Following on from their critically-acclaimed 20th Anniversary album and tour, The UK's No1 vocal harmony quartet and original X Factor stars, G4, now unleash their unique trademark sound on t...
Carmilla
Wednesday 28 - Thursday 29 May 2025
Paying homage to it's 19th-century roots, Carmilla is a timeless reflection on the complexities of human emotion and the shadowy borders between life and death. A twilight world of gothic horror recieves a queer reimagining from Chalice Pri...
Last Unicorn Airways
Wednesday 28 May 2025
Last Unicorn Airways is a spellbinding sensory-immersive journey around the world and into the heart of Hand Christian Anderson's timeless tale, The Flying Trunk. Two baggage handlers recreate a round-the-world journey aboard the final flig...
Dear England
Thursday 29 May - Sunday 29 June 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A theatrical spectacle as uplifting as any England victory." (Telegraph). The National Theatre's Olivier-Award winning smash hit head out on a national tour, following a record-breaking run in the West End. The country tha...
Come Fall in Love
Thursday 29 May - Saturday 21 June 2025
Change all your plans! Come Fall in Love, the hilarious, heart-winning new musical comedy from the co-writer of Legally Blonde and lyricist of Mean Girls - and based on a record-breaking Bollywood phenomenon - makes its UK premiere at the M...
Myra's Story
Thursday 29 - Friday 30 May 2025
Direct from London's West End, where every performance received a huge standing ovation and the smash hit of four Edinburgh fringes. The incredible story of middle-aged homeless alcoholic, Myra McLaughlin living rough on the streets of Dubl...
A Shoddy Detective and the Art of Deception
Thursday 29 - Friday 30 May 2025
Fresh from selling out their run at The Ed Fringe, Camden Fringe, New Normal Festival and a 2022 Spring Tour. Shoddy are back with their hit show "A Shoddy Detective". A laugh-out-loud slapstick whodunnit featuring four actors, a dozen ch...
Words with Lucy Spraggan
Thursday 29 May 2025
Words with Lucy Spraggan is back! After its sold-out debut in Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre, Lucy, who turned her journaling into her Sunday Times Bestselling memoir, Process, is taking the interactive journalling event on the road for ...
Day of Dance with Lowry
Thursday 29 May 2025
Love to move? Aged between 10-16 years? If so, this Day of Dance is for you! Dance Artists, Cameron and Shannon share their top tips and inspire young people of all abilities through a day of physical, creative workshops. Open to dance en...
Sophie McCartney
Friday 30 May 2025
After a phenomenal debut tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back! A new decade beckons and she DOES NOT BELIEVE IT! What does life look like when you're too old to be young, but too young to be old? Grab your glow sticks and j...
The Roller Boys
Friday 30 May 2025
Experience the electrifying fusion of music, skating, and extreme stunts with The Roller Boys. Feel inspired by the infectious energy as sparks fly off their wheels with the all singing, all dancing, roller skating phenomenon guaranteed to ...
