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
The Totally Improvised Musical
Friday 4 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...
Bi-Topia
Friday 4 April 2025
A "hilarious, honest and raw" exploration of an authentic Bisexual experience, taking inspiration from personal experiences and expanding to the wider LGBTQ+ narrative, BI-TOPIA sheds a very timely spotlight on the Bisexual experience and r...
TURN 2025
Friday 4 April 2025
Our annual platform for North West dancers and dance-makers, Turn is an opportunity to engage with new dance in Greater Manchester every spring. This twelfth edition will present up to ten short works over a single night throughout Contact?...
The Hallé - The Music of Star Wars
Saturday 5 April 2025
Feel the force of the Halle as we bring you John Williams' music from Star Wars to the stage of The Bridgewater Hall. Join conductor Stephen Bell, presenter Tom Redmond, the Halle and the Halle Choir as they bring to life John Williams' ico...
Rachel Fairburn
Saturday 5 April 2025
 Co-host of international smash hit podcast All Killa No Filla, renowned Manchester stand up comedian and "rock'n'roll star of British Comedy" (Rolling Stone), Rachel Fairburn is back with a brand-new tour, Side Eye. She's bringing...
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta - Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Candlelight
Saturday 5 April - Saturday 21 June 2025
Few things are more magical than hearing the world's most breath-taking classical music being performed live by a brilliant orchestra in beautiful surroundings, by the flicker of candlelight.  This experience comes to life when the city's...
Warren Mailley-Smith - Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
Saturday 5 April - Saturday 21 June 2025
The perfect option for first-time classical concert goers, spectacular British concert panist Warren Mailley-Smith performs a selection of sensational works for solo piano, including Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. ...
Warren Mailley-Smith - Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
Saturday 5 April - Saturday 21 June 2025
The perfect option for first-time classical concert goers, spectacular British concert panist Warren Mailley-Smith performs a selection of sensational works for solo piano, including Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Saturday 5 April - Saturday 29 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.. ...
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe
Saturday 5 April 2025
Here he is! Yorkshire's biggest bastard. For 1 night only! Join owner and MC of The Misty Moon (working men's club in Rotherham/portal to hell) for a slap-up feast of laughs, tricks and mucky bitter. Can Frankie save showbiz? Can he protect...
MISS CHIEF CABARET: Who Dunnit
Saturday 5 April 2025
Miss Chief is BACK with an amazing season of shows for the Manchester rodents, this 2025. Located at Feel Good Club, Hilton Street....
Wigan @ The Edge - Saturday 5th April
Saturday 5 April 2025
Teach Rex uses life-like dinosaurs to perform their 1 hour show, teaching children about the anatomy and life of one the most mesmerising creatures...
Rachel Fairburn
Sunday 6 April 2025
 Co-host of international smash hit podcast All Killa No Filla, renowned Manchester stand up comedian and "rock'n'roll star of British Comedy" (Rolling Stone), Rachel Fairburn is back with a brand-new tour, Side Eye. She's bringing...
The Very Best of Tommy Cooper
Sunday 6 April 2025
With the blessing of the Tommy Cooper Estate, this hilarious one-man show written and performed by Danny Taylor focuses on the much missed West Country comedian and magician's legendary act, recapturing his trademark mayhem and misfiring ma...
Octagon Comedy Club
Sunday 6 April - Sunday 18 May 2025
After sell-out shows, the Octagon Comedy Club is back for even more laughs! Join us one Friday a month and enjoy a hilarious night of live stand-up from some of the best names in comedy. To see who is performing, more details can be found h...
SIX the Musical Live!
Sunday 6 - Tuesday 8 April 2025
Filmed at London's Vaudeville Theatre, SIX the Musical Live! features the six original West End queens - Jarneia Richard-Noel, Millie O'Connell, Natalie Paris, Alexia McIntosh, Aimie Atkinson and Maiya Quansah-Breed - each reprising their...
The Muslims Are Coming
Sunday 6 April 2025
The Muslims are coming... so round up your friends for an uplifting night of laughter and belly laughs that are big enough to burn off an entire Biryani. It's a comedy night with a whole heap of halal-hilarity to celebrate Ramadan & Eid wit...
TommyInnit
Monday 7 April 2025
 One of the world's most popular YouTubers and Twitch Streamers, gamer, comedian and writer Tom Simons (aka TommyInnit) has announced returns with The Survival Tour. Not content with writing the definitive book on how to survive the worl...
Adam Frost
Monday 7 April 2025
Award-winning British garden designer and BBC Gardeners' World presenter, Adam Frost, is leaving the garden and heading back out on tour!In his most personal show to date, Adam will discuss the plants that have shaped his life and reflect o...
Little Women
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 April 2025
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was an immediate critical and commercial success. The book was inspired by Alcott's experiences growing up and is one of the best loved novels of all time. Experience the enduring journey of the March sister...
The Koala Who Could
Tuesday 8 - Sunday 13 April 2025
A Lowry, Rose Theatre, Nicoll Entertainment, Northern Stage, Unicorn Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studios co-production Based on the bestselling picture book about taking a chance An empowering and chuckle-out-loud story about embracing chang...
Kim's Convenience
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 April 2025
Following hugely successful runs in London and internationally, Kim's Convenience is heading out on a UK tour! Now a global smash hit, this hilarious and heartwarming drama about a family-run Korean store that inspired the Netflix phenomeno...
Billy Billingham - Always A Little Further
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Billy Billingham MBE QCB is as tough as they come. Chief Instructor on Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins, Paratrooper, decorated SAS leader, and a bodyguard to Hollywood superstars, Billy has seen extreme combat and gruelling missions aplen...
XS Malarkey with Sean Morley
Tuesday 8 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...
Wythenshawe @ The Forum - Tuesday 8th April
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Teach Rex uses life-like dinosaurs to perform their 1 hour show, teaching children about the anatomy and life of one the most mesmerising creatures....
Mary Poppins
Wednesday 9 April - Saturday 17 May 2025
Cameron Mackintosh and Disney's spectacular production of the classic multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS will embark on a 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour from November. Acclaimed Australian stars, Stefanie Jones and Jack Chambers repris...
The Smartest Giant in Town
Wednesday 9 - Thursday 10 April 2025
George wishes he wasn't the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it's time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he's the smartest giant in town . ....
An Evening with Phil Rosenthal - Somebody Feed Phil
Wednesday 9 April 2025
"Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal is the award-winning creator, executive producer, writer, and host of "Somebody Feel Phil," Netflix's most popular food and travel show, which premiered its fifth season in May 2022. This Emm...
Deirdre O'Kane
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Comedic fireball Deirdre O'Kane is mad for road, mercilessly mining hilarity from the human condition. Will she conquer the chaos or revel in it? Tame the mayhem or "O'Kane it"? Either way you're in for a night of relentless laughs fuelled ...
The Wizarding Adventure
Wednesday 9 April - Wednesday 29 October 2025
It's a kind of magic! Are you ready to attend your first day at the Grand Old School of Wizardry. Join the madcap mages and wacky witches of the faculty on a spellbinding adventure to work on your wand waving, brush up on your broomstick sk...
The Alice Project
Wednesday 9 April 2025
"Who are you?" asks the Caterpillar. Alice is not sure... Acclaimed performance company Platform 4 take you on a sonic journey through the Wonderland of Alice, weaving together original music, interviews with inhabitants of the New Forest, ...
The Naughty Fox
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Experience a world of puppetry, music, light projection and bubbly energy as our two storytellers bring household objects to life.  Feel your way through the immersive, multisensory journey of friendship and play for little ones (0-5 Yrs)...
Lawrence Chaney
Wednesday 9 April 2025
These pipes have a lot of stories to tell! Lawrence Chaney's triumphant return to the stage for another stand up comedy tour, "Memoirs from My Shagpipes!" The Scottish BAFTA winner talks Living in America during an election year, life 4 yea...
9 to 5
Wednesday 9 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Hope Mill Amateur Dramatics Company presents their production of the popular musical 9 to 5, based on the seminal 1980 hit movie with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick. Set in the late 1970s. this hilarious story...
The Moth
Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 April 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...
Queer Lady M
Thursday 10 - Friday 11 April 2025
It's time for Queer Lady M's cabaret! Performed by gender-fluid artist Shane Gabriel, Lady Macbeth comes to life like you've never experienced before! There's outrageous lip-syncing, cheeky dancing and sassy conversation as Queer Lady M in...
Adam Rowe & Friends
Thursday 10 - Friday 11 April 2025
Adam Rowe hosts and headlines whilst introducing some of the best comedians in the country who also happen to be his mates. ...
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Friday 11 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Based on Brian Helgeland's iconic 2001 film (originally starring Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany), A Knight's Tale, the brand-new comedy musical, charges into Manchester Opera House for its World Premiere, prior to the West End. From the Prod...
Jon Culshaw
Friday 11 April 2025
The star of BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers, BBC One's The Impressions Show and Channel 4's Partygate takes his brand new show on the road following a completely sold out and critically acclaimed season at the Edinburgh Festival. Join Jon ...
THE QUEEN OF THE OCEAN - TITANIC EXPERIENCE
Friday 11 April 2025
The Queen of the Ocean is a totally immersive theatre and dining experience from Histoire Productions based on the RMS Titanic. Serving up a 4 course recreation of the final meal on board, be takenback to a world of ocean class liners, opul...
Teach Rex
Friday 11 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...
Bollywood Time Machine
Friday 11 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 ...
Craig Revel Horwood
Saturday 12 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 Man From Delmonte
Saturday 12 April 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. Between 1988 and 1991 they shone brightly creating some of the most memorable pop songs of the "Madchester" era. Water in My Eyes, My Love is Li...
The Friends Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 12 April 2025
Oh. My. God. A Friends Bottomless Brunch. Friends fans, it's time to get your turkey-eating pants on, we're hosting a F.R.I.E.N.D.S BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH. Could you BE any more excited?!!Bringing together the best of 90's nostalgia, cocktails, ...
Matt Forde
Sunday 13 April 2025
Finally, the UK has a new government. That can only mean one thing: new people to take the piss out of. Leading political comedian and satirist Matt Forde makes this his personal mission. Host of hit political podcast 'The Political Party',...
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...
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