What's on in May in Manchester
Disney's Aladdin
Wednesday 22 May - Sunday 7 Jul 2024
From the producers that brought you The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Frozen, comes the spectacular Disney Broadway and West End musical ALADDIN. Don't miss out on Disney's enchanting Aladdin musical, an extraordinary theatrical ...
The Wizard of Oz
Wednesday 1 - Sunday 5 May 2024
Starring award-winning comedian and musical theatre star Jason Manford as The Cowardly Lion, JLS sensation Aston Merrygold as The Tin Man and RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner and Dancing On Ice star The Vivienne as The Wicked Witch of the ...
Jesus Christ Superstar
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 May 2024
An Album That Inspired A Revolution. A Revelation That Changed The World. A Reinvention For This Millennium.
Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) directs this mesmerizing new production of the iconic global phenomenon, JESU...
42 Balloons
Wednesday 1 - Sunday 19 May 2024
2nd of July 1982. Using a lawn chair and approximately 42 helium-filled weather balloons, truck driver Larry Walters defied all the odds (and FAA airspace regulations!) to make his lifelong dream a reality and fly sixteen thous...
Bonnie & Clyde
Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 May 2024
Discover the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation. WINNER of Best New Musical (What'sOnStage Awards 2023), the West End smash-hit BONNIE & CLYDE is set to hold-up Manchester fo...
An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 4 May 2024
Prepare to be swept off your feet with An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical, based on the award-winning 80s movie. This timeless story of love, courage, and redemption will make your heart soar and leave you breathless, longing for m...
The Kite Runner
Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 May 2024
Direct from Broadway, The Kite Runner, an outstanding and unforgettable theatrical tour de force is returning to the UK in 2024.
Based on Khaled Hosseini's international bestselling novel, this haunting tale of friendship spans cultur...
Kay Mellor's The Syndicate
Friday 17 - Sunday 19 May 2024
Based on her hit BBC TV show that entertained millions of viewers over four series, The Syndicate is a new stage play by the legendary Kay Mellor, that follows five supermarket employees whose lottery syndicate numbers come in, just as...
Sweat
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 25 May 2024
A sweeping state-of-the-nation play that embraces huge political and economic ideas in a magnificent gritty social drama. Nottage's stunning writing pits friend against friend as social and racial tensions, once buried by a sense of so...
Little Shop of Horrors
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 18 May 2024
The mean green monster musical explodes into Bolton!
Downtown on Skid Row, weedy flower shop assistant Seymour is down on his luck until he stumbles across a mysterious new plant with killer potential. Fame and fortune follow but will...
Strictly Come Dancing - The Professionals
Tuesday 14 - Wednesday 15 May 2024
Join a dazzling dozen of the world's best professional dancers as they take to the road next year for the 2024 official Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals UK Tour.
This exhilarating show will showcase the exceptional talent of ...
Johannes Radebe - House of JoJo
Thursday 9 May 2024
A new story begins…Welcome to the House of JoJo. Join TV Dance Sensation Johannes Radebe and a host of eclectic characters in this brand-new theatrical celebration jam-packed with roof-raising music, dazzling costumes and of cou...
Hallé - Tony Bennett: the Music and Songs of a Legend
Saturday 25 May 2024
From his recording debut in the 1950s to his collaboration with Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett's seventy-year career has been characterised by class, style and an ear for a great song.
In this spectacular programme, conductor Richard Balcomb...
Some Enchanted Evening
Saturday 25 May 2024
A celebration of golden age showtunes
Presented by the English Musical Theatre Orchestra and Guests
Join us for an enchanting evening of your favorite musicals, brought to life in vibrant technicolor by the English Musical Theatre Or...
Mind Mangler - Member of the Tragic Circle
Wednesday 15 - Saturday 18 May 2024
Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer, the multi award-winning team behind the sold-out global smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong and the BBC TV series The Goes Wrong Show, star in this hilarious new comedy by Mischief.
Join the "Mind Mangle...
Rhod Gilbert
Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 May 2024
Rhod is embarking on a full UK & Ireland tour playing more than 90 dates, and running until October 2025. Previously, Rhod was dealing with some pretty pungent life citrus, and an idiot called John. Little did he know that things were ...
Punt and Dennis
Monday 13 May 2024
Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt are back on tour for the first time in 10 years.
Older but not really much wiser, Punt and Dennis are returning to what they do best. What have they learned from a decade of following the news for Mock The We...
All Killa No Filla - Live
Friday 24 May 2024
The smash-hit true crime comedy podcast heads out on its biggest tour yet!
To celebrate ten years of talking murder, oversharing, and rapidly veering off topic, Kiri & Rachel hit the road and head to some of their favourite venues in ...
Julian Clary
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Julian Clary, renowned homosexual and national trinket, is fixing to saddle up and head on out for his 2024 UK tour. “Yes, it has a Western theme,” the old buckaroo confirms, sipping Bourbon from a pint tankard. “It w...
The Accountants
Saturday 4 - Saturday 11 May 2024
Experience an electrifying encounter of cultures as China and India take centre stage in this awe-inspiring theatrical event from visionary artist Keith Khan, choreographed by Xiexin Dance Theatre and Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance C...
Robin/Red/Breast
Wednesday 15 - Sunday 26 May 2024
An intimate, immersive and voyeuristic take on a folk horror classic
Norah is an outsider in the village. A TV script editor and city dweller seeking a slower pace of life after a breakup. But the village is not as it seems. Ancient r...
Silence
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 4 May 2024
“It was a great tragedy. We were friends one day and enemies the next. I will take these things to my grave.”
The 1947 partition of India into East Pakistan and West Pakistan - now Bangladesh - saw millions uprooted and ...
Frankie Goes To Bollywood
Wednesday 15 - Saturday 25 May 2024
Inspired by real stories of British women who have been caught in the spotlight of the biggest film industry in the world, this new musical is a breathtakingly colourful journey of romance, sweeping songs and vibrant dance.
Frankie...
Testmatch
Thursday 23 May - Saturday 1 Jun 2024
Cricket's past & present collide in this compelling new play
It makes the whole of western history make sense, this weather.
If I had to live in this, I'd get off this island as fast as I possibly could,
And take over whatever land ...
The Father
Monday 6 - Saturday 11 May 2024
The Father (Le Père) is a play about a man called Andre. Now 80 years old, Andre was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine. Or was he an engineer whose daughter Anne lives in London with her ...
The Audience
Monday 20 - Saturday 25 May 2024
Altrincham Garrick Playhouse present this multi-award winning play by the acclaimed writer Peter Morgan (“The Queen” and Netflix's “The Crown”).
Spanning sixty years from the 1950s through to the 21st century, ...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Tuesday 28 May - Saturday 1 Jun 2024
Dive into Eric Carle's bright and colourful world as his beloved stories are transformed from page to stage using a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets and charming music. Featuring your favourite titles: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little ...
CBeebies Ocean Adventure Proms
Sunday 5 May 2024
Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
On the big screen, Andy is ready to report from an adventure in his submarine pod, plus CBeebies favourites Jo...
Day Out With Thomas at East Lancashire Railway
Saturday 4 May - Sunday 6 Oct 2024
Peep! Peep! Join Thomas & Friends for a day of family fun at East Lancashire Railway. Take a train ride with Thomas, meet Sir Topham Hatt and join Sodor Station Sweepers Rusty & Dusty for a trainload of excitement.
There will be lots ...
Rude Science
Sunday 26 May 2024
The naughtiest, funniest, most revolting science show in the world.
Brace yourselves for BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates' revolutionary, high-tech, highly-explosive new show, packed with outrageous science stunts. On the surface it's a ri...
Manchester United v Arsenal
Saturday 11 May 2024
The Red Devils take on the Gunners in the Premier League at The Theatre of Dreams.
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Manchester United Legends - Brian McClair & Andrew Cole
Thursday 9 May 2024
The ultimate evening of Manchester United legends with Brian McClair and Andrew Cole live on stage. The evening will be full of entertainment and banter (as you can well expect,) so sit back and enjoy!
This evening will give you a ...
An Evening with Man City Legends
Monday 6 May 2024
Come and join four Manchester City Legends as they chat about their action packed football careers. Starring Shaun Wright Phillips, Nicky Weaver, Peter Reid and Paul Dickov as they delve into all things football. Having amassed over 50...
