THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Here You Come Again - The New Dolly Parton Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 4 - Sat 8 Feb 2025
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
The Bridgewater Hall
Thu 20 Mar - Sun 1 Jun 2025
Wicked
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Sunday 12 January 2025
Wicked the Musical the smash-hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is "the must-see wonder of the West End" (Andrew Pierce, LBC Radio) Based on the best‐selling novel by Gregory Maguire that ingeniously ...Come From Away
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
Come From Away - a moving tale that captures the spirit of true events that transpired in the wake of 9/11! This musical has taken the West End by storm, winning four Olivier Awards including one for Best New Musical. Aside from a fleet o...Alice in Wonderland
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 3 - Tuesday 31 December 2024
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...The Jungle Book
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Saturday 4 January 2025
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...Spend Spend Spend
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Saturday 11 January 2025
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 ...Rapunzel - A Tangled Tale
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Tuesday 3 - Tuesday 31 December 2024
Get ready for a hair raising adventure as Polka Dot Pantomimes and The Albert Halls proudly present RAPUNZEL - A Tangled Tale! Back by popular demand Coronation Street Legend VICKY ENTWISTLE stars as Mother Gothel (she's back - but this t...Sleeping Beauty - Middleton's Christmas Panto
Middleton Arena, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Monday 30 December 2024
This Christmas, you're invited to the pantomime of your dreams, Sleeping Beauty at Middleton Arena. Once upon a time, in a Pantoland far away, a beautiful Princess is cursed by the evil Carabosse to perish on her 21st birthday by prickin...Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Sunday 12 January 2025
Maureen Nolan and Coronation Street's Emrhys Cooper are set to head a stellar cast in St Helens Theatre Royal's fantastic festive family show this Christmas. Pop legend and West End star Maureen will play the Wicked Queen while Emrhys, who ...The Easy Rollers
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
A roaring seven-piece jazz outfit - ready to transport you back to the golden age of jazz - deliver their sensational cabaret-style show Drop Me Off in Harlem, featuring hits from The Jazz Age (1920-1933) through to The Swing Era (1933-194...An Evening with Anni Domingo
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Picking up the baton from her interview with acting legend Cathy Tyson - actor, director, and writer Anni Domingo will be the next in line to be interviewed for Shakespeare North Playhouse's "An Evening with" series. In January 2022, A...Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
American Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw and New York quartet So Percussion join forces to present a captivating theatrical experience, performing music from their latest collaboration, Rectangles and Circumstance...Chetham's Schools Concerts - Revolting Rhymes
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
You might think you know the story of Little Red Riding Hood, but this musical adaption of Roald Dahl's wicked Revolting Rhymes turns this classic woodland tale into a cheeky, riotous adventure. Performed by musicians from Chetham's...Manchester & Districts' Hospitals Choir Christmas Carol Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
The annual CLIC Sargent Young Lives vs Cancer carol concert returns with a mix of choirs from around the Manchester area - consisting mainly of NHS medical and nursing staff who have given up their time to rehearse and perform - celebrating...HOME Film Pass
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Tuesday 31 December 2024
See everything everywhere (almost all at once) with the new HOME Film Pass! Experience new releases at HOME, any time, as many times as you like for one monthly price. For just £18 you'll also get a range of perks to make the most of your ...The Signalman
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 3 - Wednesday 4 December 2024
After a sold-out Winter 2023 tour across the North-West, ArtsGroupie presents, The Signalman! A gripping slice of gothic horror from Charles Dickens, regarded as the greatest horror story ever written... A ghostly figure has visited the sig....png)
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XS Malarkey - Queer Comedy Fundraiser
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. This week we're bringing you a special night of queer comedy (everyone welcome, of course!), with ...Discounted Vue Cinema Tickets
Vue Cinemas Manchester, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
A must for film buffs, treat yourself to any movie, on any day, at any time at Vue Cinemas in Manchester for a fantastically cheap price: Yellow voucher - only £7.50: Vue Manchester Printworks. Vue Manchester Red Quayside. Vue Bolton. Vue ...Shakespeare North - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 3 - Tuesday 24 December 2024
Want to know more about why Shakespeare North Playhouse was built? Why in Prescot? Why it won 'Theatre Building of the Year 2023' at The Stage Awards? Look no further! On this Guided Tour through Shakespeare North Playhouse, you will be led...Wes Banderson - The Music of Wes Anderson
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Performing a selection of the original score music and deep-cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five-piece ensemble effortlessly switches between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest...The Lowry Dance & Drama Workshops
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Thursday 31 July 2025
The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer for Primary and Secondary Schools. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. Held either at The Lowry or in scho...Phil Collins & Oleksiy Radynski - Intervention
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Tuesday 31 December 2024
A collaborative project by Berlin and Wuppertal-based moving-image artist and filmmaker Phil Collins and Kyiv-based filmmaker and writer Oleksiy Radynski, co-commissioned by HOME and Manchester International Festival, re-contextualising th...The Lost Worlds of Ray Harryhausen: Creatures, Martians and Myths
Waterside, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Saturday 4 January 2025
Ray Harryhausen is known as the mastermind behind some of Hollywood's most iconic cinematic special effects. Inspired by John Walsh's book Ray Harryhausen: The Lost Movies, the exhibition explores the origins of Ray's creative career, with...Little Reads
Z-arts, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Little Reads with Manchester Literature Festival. Join Ged for an interactive Storytelling session in our new Children's Library. 10am session - Pre-school/Family session 11am- Inclusive session (If you require a BSL interpreter please do l...All We Imagine as Light
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
The lives of three women intersect and overlap in a haunting drama that sees the city of Mumbai play a central role....Anora
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. ...Blitz
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
Sir Steve McQueen?s Blitz follows the epic journey of a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother sends him to safety in the English countryside. ...Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
Four generations of the Balsano family gather for what may be the last Christmas in their family home. As they lose themselves in rowdy celebration, cousins Emily and Michelle sneak away to a winter wonderland....Conclave
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
Conclave follows one of the world?s most secretive and ancient events ? selecting a new Pope....Gladiator II
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum....Memories of a Burning Body
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
The fearless voices of three women incarnate in a single 65-year-old woman, who revisits a kaleidoscopic life of intertwined memories, secrets, and hidden desires....
Point Break &8211; 4K Restoration
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Undercover FBI agent Johnny Utah infiltrates the California surfing fraternity to uncover the identity of the ?Ex-Presidents?, in Kathryn Bigelow's classic 90s action film....Small Things Like These
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance in Small Things Like These, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan. ...The Contestant
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 December 2024
The Contestant is the true story of a Japanese reality TV star left naked in a room for more than a year, completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on national TV....Jurassic World - The Exhibition
Trafford Centre Overflow Car Park 7, Manchester
Wednesday 4 - Thursday 19 December 2024
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...Tinderella
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 4 December 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
Get ready for the funniest, filthiest, most wickedly fabulous pantomime you've always wished to see! Release your inner child, and then leave them at home because this show is not for kids! In a scandalous twist on the classic fairy tale, ...The Totally Improvised Musical
Fierce Bar, Manchester
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Every night is opening night as the team of top improvisers, create a completely unscripted comedy musical from your suggestions. A brand-new show from the award-winning team behind ComedySportz (Best Alternative Act - North West Comedy Awa...Geoffrey Chaucer's Mediaeval Christmas Festivitye
53two, Manchester
Wednesday 4 December 2024
John-Luke Roberts presents a night of ridiculous carousing hosted by the "great poot" Geoffrey Chaucer. With an astonishing line-up of the finest in alternative comedy, a visit from a Terrible Old Crone, and as much capering as you could wa...Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d?Etat examines how jazz and geopolitics collide in a nefarious chapter of Cold War history: the murder of Patrice Lumumba. ...Mo Gilligan
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024 - Thursday 24 April 2025
Mo Gilligan is a British stand-up comedian known for his observational comedy. After several years of uploading comedy clips to social media, he found global success in 2017. He hosted The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, which debuted in 201...The Wasp
The Edge Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 5 - Friday 6 December 2024
The Wasp is a heart-wrenching, dark, comedic thriller for anyone who has been through secondary school and has the scars to prove it.... They haven't seen each other in decades. One has everything. The other has nothing. And now a shocking ...Tough Old Bird
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 5 - Friday 6 December 2024
Ageing well doesn't mean behaving yourself... Tough Old Bird explores how women are viewed in society as they have the absolute gall to get older. Have you ever noticed those adverts promising to 'defy the effects of ageing'? Ooooh Nana hat...A Winter Union
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024
Five leading lights of the British roots scene join forces to create a festive folk band like no other. Expect soaring harmonies and exquisite musicianship as the 5-piece blast through a repertoire of brand new, specially written songs, fre...moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024 - Friday 31 January 2025
Inspired by the hit SAW movie franchise, SAWtopsy at moviESCAPE, Stockport's leading Escape Room offering, is a gory and ominous room with dim, atmospheric lighting, however it does not feature any jump scares - well none that are deliberat...First Thursday Comedy
The Met, Bury
Thursday 5 December 2024 - Thursday 3 April 2025
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...An Evening of Clairvoyance with Karen Dawson
The Oddfellows Arms, Northwich
Thursday 5 December 2024 - Tuesday 28 January 2025
An evening of clairvoyance with top clairvoyant medium Karen Dawson. ...
Music Drop
Contact, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024 - Thursday 3 April 2025
Music Drop is Contact's open access music service designed to empower the next generation of musicians. Contact's state of the art Media Lounge is equipped with iMacs with Logic Pro and Ableton Live, synthesizers, guitars, basses, pianos, e...Co-operation 180 Years: Co-ops on Film + Q&038;A
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024
An evening of films and discussion, presented by the Co-operative Heritage Trust, to mark 180 years since the formation of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society. ...RM: Right People Wrong Place
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 December 2024
Who is the leader of 21st century pop icons BTS, solo artist RM, and simply - Kim Namjoon? Right Place, Wrong Person documents the making of RM's second solo album....Short Films for Palestine (Fundraiser)
Carlton Club, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024
Braziers International Film Festival and MCR Palestine Film Festival present: Short Films For Palestine, a fundraiser for Gaza charities....The 100 Story Hotel
Z-arts, Manchester
Friday 6 - Tuesday 31 December 2024
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...A Christmas Carol - The Musical
