What's on in Manchester in April
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...
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...
Abigail's Party
Friday 4 April - Saturday 17 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...
Death of a Salesman
Tuesday 29 April - Saturday 3 May 2025
One of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman explodes onto the stage in this fresh new production led by acclaimed actor David Hayman (Sid and Nancy, Dad's Army).
This timeless, powerful story ta...
Picture You Dead
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Hot on the heels of the latest instalment of the acclaimed ITV Series Grace, Superintendent Roy Grace is back in a brand-new Peter James stage adaptation of the bestselling Picture You Dead.
Starring 2024's multiple award-winning actor Pet...
Boys from the Blackstuff
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 April 2025
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents Liverpool's Royal Court and National Theatre production of Alan Bleasdale's "Boys From The Blackstuff" by James Graham.
Gizza job. Go on, gizzit.
80s Liverpool.
Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser are us...
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 siste...
North By NorthWest
Tuesday 29 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
It would be strange, would it not, if, in a city of seven million people, one man were never mistaken for another…
But that is exactly what happens to Roger Thornhill, reluctant hero of North by Northwest, when a mistimed phone call...
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 phenome...
Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Sunday 27 April - 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 ...
Of Mice and Men
Wednesday 2 - Saturday 12 April 2025
A gripping tale of hope and friendship.
Lennie and George are unlikely best friends, two drifters bound together by a shared faith and the ambition to live the great American dream. Landing a job on a Californian ranch during the Great De...
The 39 Steps
Wednesday 16 April - 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...
Tambo & Bones
Wednesday 2 - Saturday 5 April 2025
Winner of 2019 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting and UK Theatre Awards.
Tambo and Bones are stuck in a minstrel show.
It's hard to know what's real when you're stuck in a minstrel show.
Their escape plan: get out, get rich, get even.
In...
THISISPOPBABY - WAKE
Thursday 17 - Monday 21 April 2025
Acclaimed Irish theatre company THISISPOPBABY invites you to witness an anthemic spectacle with the spirit of an epic trad session and the ecstatic energy of a stadium concert.
Glitter, beats and banging tunes - this Irish WAKE is the ulti...
Room on the Broom
Tuesday 15 - Sunday 20 April 2025
Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom!
Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories' fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
The witch and her cat are t...
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 cha...
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 . ....
Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow
Friday 18 - Monday 21 April 2025
It's time to get Merry at The Plaza Easter Pantomime Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow!
Stockport's much loved Pantomime Star Richard Chandler with the fabulous Scott Gallagher returns with a sensational cast for an affordable family festive...
The Worst Witch
Friday 4 - Thursday 17 April 2025
Adapted from Jill Murphy's original books by Emma Reeves, with Music by Luke Potter.
Before Harry Potter exploded onto the scene there was another seemingly ordinary child, Mildred Hubble, who wound up in the most extraordinary of pla...
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 stor...
