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
Orton: Fallen Angel
Friday 30 - Saturday 31 May 2025
This new play from Grin Theatre Company, written by Wes Williams, re-imagines the turbulent relationship between the iconic gay writer Joe Orton and his partner Kenneth Halliwell. Based on true events and incidents the play explores thei...
An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo
Friday 30 - Saturday 31 May 2025
This is not a coming out story, it is not a gay tragedy, and it is not porn. It is life through the lens of a queer young man, navigating masculinity, Grindr and institution that is rife with shame; doing it all with a sensational soundtrac...
The Eras Drag Party - A Taylor Swift Inspired Drag Show
Friday 30 May 2025
Join Blaze, Sissy Scorpio and Rozie Cheeks for a journey through the eras of Taylor Swift. Inspired by her recent record-breaking world tour, but with a drag twist. Expect glamorous costumes, backing dancers, and all the Taylor songs you ...
Gary Meikle Saddleworth
Friday 30 May 2025
Gary Meikle is coming back to Saddleworth to preview his brand new show ? Neurospicy . A rare chance to see this internationally acclaimed comedian in the intimate setting of Off The Rails Comedy Club!Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary, sweari...
BTW Impossible may-hem
Friday 30 May 2025
Family friendly professional wrestling show at Ellesmere Road Recreational Club. High flying action, Death defying moves and huge characters...
Aljaz & Janette - A Night to Remember
Saturday 31 May 2025
A Night to Remember is the brand-new show from Strictly favourites Aljaz & Janette! It will be a night of unforgettable dancing, great music and plenty of laughter! Aljaz and Janette have graced UK stages across the country for over 6 years...
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Saturday 31 May 2025
Born to Blue Peter and Jigsaw presenter Janet Ellis and film producer and director Robin Bextor in April 1979, Sophie Ellis-Bextor first delved into the world of music in the mid-'90s as the lead singer of Britpop outfit Theaudience. The ba...
Irish Annie's
Saturday 31 May 2025
Starring Ricky Tomlinson as Scouse Jim alongside his Royle Family co-star, extra special guest Sue Johnston, and Catherine Rice as Irish Annie, Asa Murphy's new musical play celebrates the best of Irish culture, from the music to the comed...
Spy Movie: The Play
Saturday 31 May 2025
From two of the minds behind The New Musketeers (Trinity Theatre) and stars of The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Spy Movie: The Play! is a new hilarious homage to Bond movies and fringe theatre suitable for the whole family...
You Choose
Saturday 31 May 2025
Suitable for ages 2-7, You Choose - Every show is unique!Based on the brilliant book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt Nonsense Room Productions (Shark in the Park and Hairy Maclary Shows) bring you an interactive musical show for all th...
Stop Making Sense (PG)
Saturday 31 May 2025
★★★★★ "This document of Talking Heads' innovative 1983-84 stage show is perhaps the greatest of all concert movies, as well as a unique cinema classic in its own right." ~ Radio Times. The greatest concert film of all time, Stop...
The Roller Boys
Sunday 1 June 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 ...
Breathe
Sunday 1 June 2025
Part gig, part puppet theatre and part live film, Breathe explores the inner workings of trees, beautifully realised with a combination of stunning puppetry, breathtakingly detailed sets, and groundbreaking live camerawork. Underscored th...
Pooch Party
Sunday 1 June 2025
Join us on Sunday 1st June in the upstairs area of Sky Bar to socialise your furry friends with treats and puppichinos galore...
Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial
Monday 2 - Saturday 7 June 2025
A story stranger than fiction that blurs the boundaries of tabloid scoop, court case and soap opera, The Wagatha Christie Trial explores privacy and celebrity in modern Britain. On 9 October 2019, Coleen Rooney publicly accused Rebekah Var...
Djo (Joe Keery)
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Djo - the neo-psychedelia musical project of actor Joe Keery, known for his work in blockbuster projects as Stranger Things and Fargo - is back on tour. With lush guitars and instrumentation reminiscent of late 60's and 70's pop, Keery's ...
Call of Cthulhu
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Ancient mysteries, forbidden lore... secrets humanity was not meant to know! Join Keeper of Arcane Lore Mark Meer and an all-star cast of Investigators as they confront the terrors of the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft, in Call of Cthu...
Djo (Joe Keery)
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Djo - the neo-psychedelia musical project of actor Joe Keery, known for his work in blockbuster projects as Stranger Things and Fargo - is back on tour. With lush guitars and instrumentation reminiscent of late 60's and 70's pop, Keery's ...
Becky Namgauds - The Heat
Tuesday 3 June 2025
The Hear, a surreal dance theatre piece by Becky Namgauds, begins in the realm of the domestic space. As the landscape unravels, cracks appear, and through them seep the dark psyche, simmering desires, and moments of biting absurdity transf...
The Gentleman of Shalott
Tuesday 3 - Wednesday 4 June 2025
The Gentleman of Shalott is a queer adaptation of Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott, influenced by Theatre of the Absurd, exploring isolation; social media-induced anxiety; neurodiversity and our unwillingness to confront the climate cris...
Mike Peters (The Alarm)
Tuesday 3 June 2025
It's been a remarkable career. Mike Peters, frontman of The Alarm, created one of Britain's best-loved rock bands at the turn of the 1980s. He filled arenas, enjoyed hits with Sixty Eight Guns Spirit Of '76, and Absolute Reality, and opened...
Femmes & Thems
Tuesday 3 June 2025
A showcase of the best female and non-binary comedy talent from across the UK in a night of upbeat, shocking, silly, and (most importantly) hilarious stand-up comedy. From TV and touring comics to brand new acts, Femmes and Thems is the bes...
Robin Ince
Wednesday 4 June 2025
A journey through the minds that populate the planet and may populate the universe beyond. An hour of joy and curiosity with the presenter of The multi award winning Infinite Monkey Cage. Expect stories of chimpanzees and astronauts, of sta...
The Play's The Thing: A One Person Hamlet
Wednesday 4 June 2025
'Mark Lockyer has absolute commitment and mastery of this timeless classic' Rufus Norris. Artistic Director, Royal National Theatre With all the characters played by one actor, stunningly simple staging, and all the language we love, we ...
Cock
Wednesday 4 - Saturday 7 June 2025
Following its Northern premiere in 2024, COCK by Mike Bartlett and Directed by Rupert Hill returns as part of a large 2025 tour. The play centres on John, a man who finds himself torn between his long-term boyfriend and a woman he unexpe...
Jacob Alon
Wednesday 4 June 2025
As seen on Later... with Jools Holland, Jacob Alon is a Dunfermline indie folk singer-songwriter with a profound gift for storytelling. Both intimate and devastatingly introspective, their music is touched by a rare timelessness. Drawing ...
Pride & Prejudice
Thursday 5 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Jane Austen's most iconic love story is brought dazzlingly to life on stage When it comes to the subject of marriage, headstrong Lizzy Bennet is determined to resist the mounting pressures and expectations from society. But can she resist l...
Ockham's Razor - Tess
Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 June 2025
A groundbreaking adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney of Ockham's Razor, a contemporary circus company who combine circus and visual theatre to make work that is arresting...
RNCM Opera Scenes
Thursday 5 - Thursday 19 June 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...
LOOKING FOR ME FRIEND: The Music of Victoria Wood
Thursday 5 - Friday 6 June 2025
A funny and touching tribute to this much loved and sorely missed national treasure. Written and performed by BBC1's All Together Now star, Paulus, ('King of Cabaret', The Stage) this brand-new show sees him in a fresh light as a lifelong...
Danny Bowes (Thunder) - Maximum Chat
Thursday 5 June 2025
Thunder frontman and Planet Rock radio presenter Danny Bowes presents his highly anticipated one-man show, Maximum Chat. The tour marks a significant return to the stage for Bowes, following his recovery from a life-threatening accident in...
Sorry (I Broke Your Arm and Legs)
Thursday 5 June 2025
A riotous debut PowerPoint presentation from James Akka (Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!), combining all the thrills of World Book Day with the hilarity of the Maths Olympiad. Sam's obviously the correct choice for Head Boy. He's got the Powe...
Blindboy
Friday 6 June 2025
The Blindboy Podcast Live returns on its biggest tour yet, with Irish satirist Blindboy Boatclub, Limerick's own polymath, bestselling author, screenwriter, songwriter, musician, producer and academic. Described as a "cultural phenomenon" b...
Upswing - Showdown
Friday 6 - Saturday 7 June 2025
Six extraordinary acrobats but only one winner. Who will be the "new face of circus"? Part talent show, part beauty pageant with a touch of the Hunger Games, Showdown, from multi-award-winning UK-based contemporary circus company Upswing, c...
John Kearns
Friday 6 June 2025
The Varnishing Days is the heart-stopping, glasses-dropping, hard-rocking, wig-shaking, levothyroxine-taking, knee-knocking, boot-licking, justifying, teeth rattling, digressing new show from stand up comedian to the stars John Kearns. G...
Josh Jones
Friday 6 June 2025
After his 2023/24 sell-out smash tour Gobsmacked, this marvellous Manc is back with his best show yet, I Haven't Won the Lottery so here's another show. A TV favourite, and now an aspiring doctor's wife, Josh Jones is now knee deep into his...
Terminal 2
Friday 6 - Saturday 7 June 2025
With their plane delayed due to a power cut, George and Lynda Sumner debate the meaning of life, the common bluebottle, sex tapes and the pros and cons of WH Smith... but it soon becomes clear that Lynda's journey is one way and that George...
Yeh Dosti - Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay
Friday 6 June 2025
Yeh Dosti: Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay will feature mesmerising dance performances choreographed to Sholay's legendary soundtrack. Experience the unforgettable dances and songs that have defined Bollywood cinema! A talented cast of dan...
Local
Friday 6 June 2025
A show about home, belonging or not, and letting go. 'Local' is a solo show where storyteller Liz Richardson revisits her childhood memories and home in West Cumbria in an attempt to understand whether she still belongs there, or ever did. ...
Sing With The Hallé - Be in the Audience
Saturday 7 June 2025
Hear the Halle Choir and a huge chorus of singers for this very special performance of Mozart's Requiem. Following a full day of rehearsals with the Halle's exceptional Choral Director, Matthew Hamilton, the massed singers, alongside the Ha...
Sing With The Hallé - Be in the Choir
Saturday 7 June 2025
Experience the thrill of singing alongside one of the world's most renowned choirs and orchestras in a full day of inspiring choral music. Everyone is welcome and no previous experience is required! You will have the joy of singing one o...
Jonny Pelham
Saturday 7 June 2025
Jonny Pelham is one of the most exciting stand-up comedians in the UK. He's appeared on shows such as; Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Russell Howard's Stand-up Central, Live from the BBC and Bobby and Harrie...
Rory Bremner
Sunday 8 June 2025
What happens when Britain's sharpest political impressionist steps out from behind the masks? For four decades, Rory Bremner has been the voice of our times - quite literally. Now, in this intimate new show, the master mimic & satirist comb...
Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga Concert Experience
Sunday 8 June 2025
Join the Novello Orchestra for a new Marvel Studios film concert that takes fans on an epic cinematic journey covering twenty-three films in one momentous concert experience. Embark on a thrilling and unprecedented live concert journey th...
Mike Peters (The Alarm)
Sunday 8 June 2025
It's been a remarkable career. Mike Peters, frontman of The Alarm, created one of Britain's best-loved rock bands at the turn of the 1980s. He filled arenas, enjoyed hits with Sixty Eight Guns Spirit Of '76, and Absolute Reality, and opened...
Thick & Tight - Natural Behaviour
Tuesday 10 - Wednesday 11 June 2025
After last year's award-winning tour of Tits & Teeth, Thick & Tight present a brand new variety show Natural Behaviour, a collection of performed portraits of human and non-human life forms. Outrageous, beautiful, hilarious and profound, Na...
Scouts! The Musical
Tuesday 10 - Sunday 15 June 2025
Welcome to the Scout Games! Scouts from around the world have gathered to compete but when an intruder threatens to sabotage the competition, it is up to Joe and Ayesha to use their newfound skills to save the day! Created in partnership wi...
Translations
Tuesday 10 - Sunday 15 June 2025
Brian Friel's modern masterpiece examines the fractious relationship between people and nations through the lens of language and (mis)communication. It's August 1833. The pupils have gathered in a hedge-school in the townland of Baile B...
