What's on in Manchester in May
Mary Poppins
Friday 9 - 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...
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Friday 9 - 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...
Dear England
Thursday 29 May - Sunday 29 Jun 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 th...
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...
Come Fall in Love
Thursday 29 May - Saturday 21 Jun 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...
Abigail's Party
Friday 9 - Saturday 24 May 2025
Mike Leigh's tragicomic masterpiece ABIGAIL'S PARTY has garnered cult status across the decades.
In the Royal Exchange's distinctive space, award-winning Director Natalie Abrahami draws on the unique in-the-round stage to create an intimat...
North By NorthWest
Friday 9 - Saturday 10 May 2025
Theatre legend Emma Rice takes on film legend Alfred Hitchcock in this riotously funny reworking that turns the original thriller on its head.
It would be strange, would it not, if, in a city of seven million people, one man were never mis...
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 actor...
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...
The 39 Steps
Friday 9 - Saturday 10 May 2025
Brilliantly bonkers and hilarious adaptation of Hitchcock's iconic thriller.
Follow the dashing Richard Hannay as he embarks on a thrilling adventure filled with daring antics, romantic encounters and ghastly murders.
Get set for a whirlw...
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 a...
Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Friday 9 - Sunday 18 May 2025
A frenetic adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet haunted by Radiohead's Hail to the Thief.
Shakespeare's great tragedy and Radiohead's seminal album collide for a feverish experience that fuses theatre, music, and movement.
In this frenetic ...
A Night at The Oscars - A Musical Revue
Friday 9 - Sunday 11 May 2025
Every year Hollywood pats itself on the back and celebrates its best films, best performers and best songs!
A Night at the Oscars tells the story of the Golden Age of Hollywood through song, dance and stories! Enjoy the fabulous music o...
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 ...
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...
Gary Clarke Company - Detention
Wednesday 14 - Thursday 15 May 2025
Barnsley's pioneering, award-winning dance theatre company Gary Clarke Company proudly presents its highly anticipated new dance theatre show, Detention, sequel to the multi award-winning Coal and critically acclaimed Wasteland.
Detention ...
Adventures in Wonderland
Friday 9 May - Saturday 19 Jul 2025
Fall down the rabbit hole and have your very own magical adventure with Adventures in Wonderland at Z-arts!
Created by Z-arts in partnership with Macmillan Children's Books, step into Alice's shoes and have your very own magical Adventure ...
National Portrait Gallery Unframed - Stories: Brought to Life
Friday 9 May - Sunday 31 Aug 2025
Discover the extraordinary stories behind some of the nation's favourite portraits, in this new immersive experience inspired by the National Portrait Gallery.
Stories - Brought to Life uses the latest digital technology to explore the liv...
