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Friday 29 November 2024

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences. The superb score includes ...

Peter Kay

Peter Kay

AO Arena, Manchester
One of Britain's best loved comedians, Peter Kay is finally returning to stand-up comedy with his first live tour in twelve years - a tour which still officially ranks in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour...

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Lowry, Salford
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour. This audacious reinvention of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago and has since become the most successful da...

The 100 Story Hotel

The 100 Story Hotel

Z-arts, Manchester
Created with bestselling, multi-award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph and Discover Children's Story Centre. This interactive world of play and storytelling has something for everyone aged 1-8 and their families.  Hello and welc...

Micky Flanagan

Micky Flanagan

Co-op Live, Manchester
Cockney comedian Micky Flanagan is back with a brand-new live show. "My wife and management said I can't spend all my time in the pub apparently or at the races or on a Saga holiday, they're Mr and Mrs no-treats, but I'm a people pleaser a...

Fontaines D.C.

Fontaines D.C.

Aviva Studios, Manchester
The London-based, Dublin-raised five piece are back with their fourth album, ROMANCE - and stop off with what's set to be an unforgettable live show. Set for release on 23 August 2024 via XL Recording, ROMANCE builds upon sonic sensibilitie...

WHP x Eat Your Own Ears - Curated by Barry Can't Swim

WHP x Eat Your Own Ears - Curated by Barry Can't Swim

Depot Mayfield, Manchester
  London-based promoters and record label Eat Your Own Ears return to Manchester's Warehouse Project. The Eat Your Own Ears event, curated by Barry Can't Swim for house, breaks, and techno.    ...

Home Alone in Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra

Home Alone in Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
This beloved holiday favourite features renowned composer John Williams' charming and delightful score performed live to picture by a live symphony orchestra. Since its debut in 2013, Home Alone in Concert has become a seasonal favourite wi...

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
A wild & wonderful adventure for Christmas 2024 Swing into the jungle this festive season and join man-cub Mowgli and his friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, a gang of mischievous monkeys and a pack of wily wolves in this enchanti...

Jurassic World - The Exhibition

Jurassic World - The Exhibition

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Welcome to Jurassic World Get closer to dinosaurs than ever before at Jurassic World: The Exhibition! Based on one of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, the exhibition will immerse audiences of all ages in scenes of the beloved mov...

Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and 7-nights at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End, comic legend Frank Skinner is back with his critically acclaimed new show '30 Years of Dirt'. Skinner's live career began in 1987 when ...

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Follow the White Rabbit into the Cockpit Theatre next Christmas and be welcomed back to Wonderland! Everything is as Alice remembered... or is it? Let Shakespeare North whisk you away to Wonderland with this marvellously whimsical festive t...

Spend Spend Spend

Spend Spend Spend

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Based on the life of Viv Nicholson and directed by Josh Seymour, this carnivalesque musical comedy is the big-hearted experience everyone needs this festive season. From rags-to-riches and back again, we follow working-class Yorkshire lass ...

Confidence Man

Confidence Man

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Parading within a brand of dance pop that sounds like Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder gleefully discovering house music via Dee-lite, Confidence Man will make you feel good. Real good. With ponytails higher than the heavens and moxie turn...

90s Baby Classical

90s Baby Classical

Albert Hall, Manchester
This unique spectacular nostalgic 90s show includes a full 17-piece elemental orchestra performing era-defining 90s tracks live alongside some of the best artists and vocalists from the era. British vocalist, Alison Limerick, joins us at...

I Wish

I Wish

HOME, Manchester
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's that glittering like a disco ball? Gurl, that's Effie-fabulous Fairy Godmother of fairytale fame! After centuries of making wishes come true, she's marking the milestone of her brumblefillionth wish with a ...

Aurie Styla

Aurie Styla

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
One of the UK's most charismatic comedians, Aurie Styla, is backs with his fifth solo show, The Aurator Tour. This comes off the back of his previous sold out tours, "Green" (his real last name) and "Just Like That", starring in two movie...

Anjunadeep

Anjunadeep

New Century Hall, Manchester
A series of intimate shows takes melodic anthemic house label Anjunadeep back to where it all began: the club. These events will showcase the new wave of Anjunadeep artists who are pushing the boundaries of their sound....

Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers)

Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers)

Manchester Academy, Manchester
When future historians of music draw up a list of the movers and shakers who changed the modern musical landscape, there will be no doubt that North London-born Hugh Cornwell, the former leader and main songwriter of all The Stranglers' mos...

Saturday 30 November 2024

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences. The superb score includes ...

Peter Kay

Peter Kay

AO Arena, Manchester
One of Britain's best loved comedians, Peter Kay is finally returning to stand-up comedy with his first live tour in twelve years - a tour which still officially ranks in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour...

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Lowry, Salford
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour. This audacious reinvention of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago and has since become the most successful da...

The 100 Story Hotel

The 100 Story Hotel

Z-arts, Manchester
Created with bestselling, multi-award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph and Discover Children's Story Centre. This interactive world of play and storytelling has something for everyone aged 1-8 and their families.  Hello and welc...

The Script

The Script

Co-op Live, Manchester
The Irish pop trio reemerge with undeniable confidence. Their distinctly unique tracks span pure pop, heartfelt folk-flavoured ballads, fast-paced, dance-floor-filling pop-funk songs and everything in between. Since their formation in 2001...

Fontaines D.C.

Fontaines D.C.

Aviva Studios, Manchester
The London-based, Dublin-raised five piece are back with their fourth album, ROMANCE - and stop off with what's set to be an unforgettable live show. Set for release on 23 August 2024 via XL Recording, ROMANCE builds upon sonic sensibilitie...

ZAYN

ZAYN

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Mult-platinum selling Bradford recording artist, songwriter, producer and philanthropist Zayn Malik is best known for his time in One Direction and for his skyscraping vocals and hybrid style of pop and R&B. With his debut solo album, he be...

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
A wild & wonderful adventure for Christmas 2024 Swing into the jungle this festive season and join man-cub Mowgli and his friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, a gang of mischievous monkeys and a pack of wily wolves in this enchanti...

Jurassic World - The Exhibition

Jurassic World - The Exhibition

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Welcome to Jurassic World Get closer to dinosaurs than ever before at Jurassic World: The Exhibition! Based on one of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, the exhibition will immerse audiences of all ages in scenes of the beloved mov...

Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and 7-nights at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End, comic legend Frank Skinner is back with his critically acclaimed new show '30 Years of Dirt'. Skinner's live career began in 1987 when ...

XXL

XXL

Depot Mayfield, Manchester
Techno festival XXL returns to Depot Mayfield across 5 rooms at Mayfield....

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Follow the White Rabbit into the Cockpit Theatre next Christmas and be welcomed back to Wonderland! Everything is as Alice remembered... or is it? Let Shakespeare North whisk you away to Wonderland with this marvellously whimsical festive t...

Spend Spend Spend

Spend Spend Spend

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Based on the life of Viv Nicholson and directed by Josh Seymour, this carnivalesque musical comedy is the big-hearted experience everyone needs this festive season. From rags-to-riches and back again, we follow working-class Yorkshire lass ...

Gorilla Circus - RPM

Gorilla Circus - RPM

Lowry, Salford
A mesmeric new show combining exhilarating acrobatics, adrenaline-pumping street dance and breath-taking roller skating, set on a giant moving treadmill! RPM explores the tragic, comic and absurd aspects of modern society, unravelling untol...

Confidence Man

Confidence Man

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Parading within a brand of dance pop that sounds like Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder gleefully discovering house music via Dee-lite, Confidence Man will make you feel good. Real good. With ponytails higher than the heavens and moxie turn...

The Snuts

The Snuts

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
The Snuts are all about big noises and raw honest performances. Close friends who grew up together in West Lothian, the four-piece love making music with their best mates. Comprised of frontman and guitarist Jack Cochrane, guitarist Joe McG...

Elderbrook

Elderbrook

Albert Hall, Manchester
A live phenomenon, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer-songwriter, London electronic artist Alexander Kotz (a.k.a. Elderbrook) has an innate flair for creating emotive music that explores the sensitive and introspective themes of id...

I Wish

I Wish

HOME, Manchester
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's that glittering like a disco ball? Gurl, that's Effie-fabulous Fairy Godmother of fairytale fame! After centuries of making wishes come true, she's marking the milestone of her brumblefillionth wish with a ...

National Theatre Live - Prima Facie (15)

National Theatre Live - Prima Facie (15)

HOME, Manchester
Jodie Comer's (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller's gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the to...

The Smyths - Tribute to The Smiths

The Smyths - Tribute to The Smiths

O2 Ritz, Manchester
The Smyths are a joyous celebration of arguably the greatest band of all time, Manchester legends The Smiths. Thrillingly accurate, the group have amassed a huge following and regularly sell out huge venues both here and abroad. 2023 marks...

Sunday 1 December 2024

Manchester United v Everton

Manchester United v Everton

Old Trafford, Manchester
The Red Devils take on The Toffees in the Premier League at The Theatre of Dreams. ...

Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol

Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol

Lowry, Salford
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...

Fontaines D.C.

Fontaines D.C.

Aviva Studios, Manchester
The London-based, Dublin-raised five piece are back with their fourth album, ROMANCE - and stop off with what's set to be an unforgettable live show. Set for release on 23 August 2024 via XL Recording, ROMANCE builds upon sonic sensibilitie...

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend

O2 Apollo, Manchester
New York indie rockers Vampire Weekend formed in 2006 and have enjoyed international success with the singles "A-Punk", "Oxford Comma", "This Life" /"Unbearably White" and "Cousins". Led by vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, they were i...

Jurassic World - The Exhibition

Jurassic World - The Exhibition

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Welcome to Jurassic World Get closer to dinosaurs than ever before at Jurassic World: The Exhibition! Based on one of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, the exhibition will immerse audiences of all ages in scenes of the beloved mov...

Yotam Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi

Lowry, Salford
Spend a delicious evening with the inimitable chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, celebrating the release of his highly anticipated new cookbook, Comfort, Ottolenghi's most personal work since his era-defining publications, Simple and F...

The Hallé - Christmas Family Concert

The Hallé - Christmas Family Concert

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
A festive adventure for all the family! It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Gather the family, grab your jingle bells (a bunch of keys works too) and head on down to The Bridgewater Hall for a morning of festive fun with the Halle. Pr...

Will Young

Will Young

RNCM, Manchester
British pop royalty Will Young was the winner of the first ever Pop Idol in 2002, with the wide-smiled and bright-eyed Wokingham singer breaking records when his chart-topping double-single Evergreen / Anything Is Possible became the fastes...

Manchester Camerata & Kantos - Handel's Messiah

Manchester Camerata & Kantos - Handel's Messiah

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Start your festivities with this most beloved of masterpieces. Feel immersed in the festivities amongst the warm, candlelit atmosphere of The Great Nave of the Monastery for this joyful celebratory performance of Handel's Messiah, notabl...

Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) + Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral)

Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) + Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral)

Albert Hall, Manchester
A special co-headline show from Gruff Rhys, the frontman of Super Furry Animals and the Mercury Prize-nominated electro-pop outfit Neon Neon, together with Bill Ryder-Jones, a seasoned musician who joined The Coral in 1996, playing with the...
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