Theatre events in Manchester

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Sold out: Jesse Malin + Bason / Hallé St Peter's, Ancoats, Manchester / Fri 12 Jun

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:30 pm Hallé St Peter's

Manchester Jazz Festival 2026 (15-24 May)

 Fri, 15 May at 01:00 pm Various Venues (Manchester)

Manchester Psych Festival

 Sat, 05 Sep at 12:00 pm Various Venues Around Manchester

David Essex at Manchester Opera House

 Sun, 20 Sep at 07:00 pm Manchester Opera House

The Fall: Futures and Pasts - A Weekend celebration of 50 years of The Fall

 Fri, 05 Jun at 05:30 pm Band on the Wall GBP 147

KPOP Princess | Pop Dream Tour Comes To Manchester

Sat, 13 Jun at 08:00 pm Manchester, England, UK

Alfie Boe Manchester Tickets

 Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm Pavilion Theatre EUR 161

Art Garfunkel in Manchester

 Thu, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm Opera House

SATURDAY PASS: The Fall Futures and Pasts - Saturday 6th June 2026

 Sat, 06 Jun at 10:15 am Band on the Wall GBP 55

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:30 pm The Bridgewater Hall

A Night at the Opera by candlelight

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:30 pm Manchester Cathedral GBP 25 to 48

STRIPPED CABARET 30th MAY

 Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am On Bar Manchester

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester - Rob Lamberti Presents Perfectly George

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Bridgewater Hall Manchester

M2TM Manchester 2026 Grand Final

 Sat, 06 Jun at 12:00 pm Rebellion Manchester

Jinkx Monsoon: Speaking of Witch

 Sat, 11 Jul at 06:30 pm Albert Hall

The Princess Proms: Manchester

 Sun, 26 Jul at 02:30 pm The Bridgewater Hall GBP 13 to 45

mjf2026 Piano Trail Walking Tour with FMWT

 Sun, 24 May at 11:00 am Manchester Victoria GBP 0 to 13

An Evening of Kate Bush at Manchester Cathedral

 Sat, 07 Nov at 07:30 pm Manchester Cathedral GBP 0 to 33

China Moses

 Sun, 24 May at 07:30 pm Band on the Wall GBP 15 to 27

Wrong Jovi - A Tribute To Bon Jovi Live In Manchester

 Sat, 30 May at 06:30 pm Lions Den Manchester

An Evening with Terry Deary - Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

Taste Film presents Mamma Mia (2008) in Manchester!

 Fri, 03 Jul at 02:00 pm The Anthologist GBP 88

She Past Away, ACTORS in Manchester

 Fri, 25 Sep at 07:00 pm Gorilla

China Moses (Manchester Jazz Festival 2026)

 Sun, 24 May at 07:30 pm Band on the Wall, Swan Street, Manchester, UK

Greater Manchester AI Day

 Fri, 22 May at 09:00 am The University of Manchester, Engineering Building B Free

SUNDAY PASS: The Fall Futures and Pasts - Sunday 7th June 2026

 Sun, 07 Jun at 10:15 am Band on the Wall GBP 55

South Asian Women in Higher Education (SAWHE)- Launch & Networking

 Fri, 05 Jun at 10:30 am Manchester Museum Free

RDCJ Presents: USA Comedy Movie Star PIERRE & Friends - Manchester

Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm Impossible - Manchester

Centre for Digital Trust and Society Forum 2026

 Thu, 02 Jul at 09:30 am No.1 Circle Square Free

PERFORMERS FROM THE WEST END

 Sun, 14 Jun at 12:00 pm Regent Cres., Stretford, M17 8AA Manchester, United Kingdom

Musical Theatre Raves: Manchester 🎭

 Sat, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm The Church

Delaine Le Bas & Ronke Osinowo: NO performance for Un-Fair-Ground

 Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am The Whitworth GBP 0 to 5

Shadow of Intent

 Thu, 01 Oct at 06:30 pm Manchester Academy 2

Blizzard Comedy's Mini-Fringe All-Dayer

 Sun, 14 Jun at 02:00 pm Gullivers NQ

Whatever Oasis Tribute - Lions Den, Manchester

 Fri, 11 Sep at 06:30 pm Lions Den Manchester

The Devil Wears Prada

 Sat, 24 Oct at 07:00 pm Manchester New Century Hall

Flecky Bennett's The Chethams Library Experience

 Sat, 02 May Chetham's Library GBP 18

Góbéfest After Party: Dance-house with Tcha Limberger's Kalotaszeg Trio & Bekecs Dance Theatre

 Sat, 20 Jun at 11:00 pm Band on the Wall

My Mum Told Me Not To Marry An Atheist

 Sat, 20 Jun at 07:00 pm Contact Theatre Free

Pirates of the Caribbean - Smashed!

 Fri, 15 May at 08:00 pm Waldorf Manchester GBP 10

The Jury Experience: Death on the Port Side

 Sun, 07 Jun at 04:00 pm Royal Northern College of Music GBP 28 to 45

Andy Scott & Carmel Smickersgill + Simeon Walker + Her Revelation

 Fri, 22 May at 08:00 pm Stoller Hall GBP 6 to 17

Nout

 Sat, 23 May at 10:00 pm Band on the Wall GBP 5 to 9

The Music of The Lord of the Rings. Tribute to Howard Shore

 Sun, 31 May at 04:00 pm Manchester Stoller Hall

Wynne Evans at Albert Hall

 Sun, 24 May at 07:15 pm Albert Hall

Romeo and Juliet

Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm The Kings Arms

June Holland Out of the Darkness Into the Light EP Tour - Manchester

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Gullivers

Naomi Campbell - Manchester

Mon, 25 May at 07:30 pm Castle Hotel

GMIF: Party Time

 Sat, 06 Jun at 03:50 pm The Kings Arms

GMIF: Casino Improv, The Invocation

 Sat, 06 Jun at 08:10 pm The Kings Arms

Manchester Camerata: 8 Songs for a Mad King

 Fri, 05 Jun at 07:30 pm Stoller Hall

Field Trip

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm Fairfield Social Club

GMIF: The Art of The Improvised Monologue with Shaun Landry

 Sat, 06 Jun at 12:30 pm The Kings Arms

GMIF: Drunk Classics present: Sense and Sensibility

 Fri, 05 Jun at 08:15 pm The Kings Arms

GMIF: Vermont Avenue: An improvised Billy Wilder Sunset Blvd

 Sat, 06 Jun at 07:00 pm The Kings Arms

Café Autistíque - 27th May 2026

 Wed, 27 May at 05:30 pm Contact Theatre Free

Alice Faye

Sat, 27 Jun at 09:00 am The Deaf Institute

A 30th Anniversary Performance Celebrating the Story of The Monastery Through Song, Sign & Movement

 Sun, 19 Jul at 01:00 pm The Monastery Manchester

The Plastic Cabaret: Freakshow

 Fri, 31 Jul at 07:30 pm On Bar Manchester

Kirsty Greenwood, Lucy Jane Wood & Laura Wood - Waterstones Manchester

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 6

GMIF: Real and Present Theatre

 Sat, 06 Jun at 04:00 pm The Kings Arms

Limbo (Ben Sharrock 2020, 12) : Crime and Justice Film Festival

 Fri, 19 Jun at 05:00 pm Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Actors And Filmmakers Networking Event

 Sun, 28 Jun at 02:00 pm HOME Manchester GBP 15

The Rozzers (Tribute to Sting & The Police)

 Sat, 14 Nov at 07:00 pm Lions Den Manchester

Aladdinsane - The Sound & Vision Of David Bowie - Lions Den, Manchester

 Sat, 17 Oct at 06:30 pm Lions Den Manchester

Manchester, UK - The Oneness Experience

 Sun, 04 Oct at 04:00 pm RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music

HOUSE OF THE 7 | The Cavalcade Club presents

 Sat, 27 Jun at 10:00 am Area Manchester

Manchester Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows

 Mon, 01 Jun at 12:00 am Manchester Central Library GBP 10

Drunk Queer Classics: Titanic

 Fri, 24 Apr at 08:00 pm Social Refuge GBP 15

Manchester School of Theatre Summer School: Matilda Jr.

 Mon, 27 Jul at 09:00 am Grosvenor East theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University

Othello

 Tue, 29 Sep at 07:30 pm 2, Tony Wilson Place, M15 4FN Manchester, United Kingdom

The Improv Magic Show

Fri, 23 Oct at 06:30 pm The Kings Arms

Joan As Police Woman in Manchester

 Sat, 07 Nov at 07:00 pm RNCM Theatre

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 Sat, 20 Jun at 07:00 pm Gullivers GBP 17 to 28

Sherlock Holmes & the Hound of the Baskervilles - Outdoor Theatre is back!

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm Longford Park, Stretford, United Kindgom

Z (Costa-Gavras 1969, 15): Crime and Justice Film Festival

 Sat, 13 Jun at 01:00 pm Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Scratch Night

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:30 pm The Fitzgerald GBP 6 to 17

Romeo.Juliet

Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm The Kings Arms

The Lantern Night 001

 Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm Cloudwater Brew Co Taproom GBP 12

Silent Struggles

 Sun, 14 Jun at 06:30 pm 53two

Prat Pack at Manchester Opera House

 Sun, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm Manchester Opera House

GMIF: How To Improvise Any Genre (But Specifically Horror)

 Sun, 07 Jun at 12:30 pm The Kings Arms

Mamma Mia singalong with Adam Booth - family friendly

 Sat, 27 Jun at 06:00 pm 5th Manchester Boys' Brigade & Girls’ Association GBP 2 to 9

Performing Trees Exhibition: Curator Tour

 Thu, 21 May at 05:45 pm The Whitworth GBP 0 to 10

Interim remedies in crypto cases

 Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm Hill Dickinson LLP Free

Manchester City Centre Walking Tour

 Wed, 25 Feb at 10:30 am outside the main entrance of Manchester Central Library GBP 14

The Puppet Folk Experience!

 Thu, 20 Aug at 07:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 6 to 17

Rising Stars Manchester - 53two - Theatre North

 Sun, 24 May at 07:00 pm 53two GBP 14

Unlimited Residency – Sophie Woolley

 Thu, 11 Jun at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

Final remedies in crypto cases

 Thu, 11 Jun at 05:30 pm Addleshaw Goddard LLP Free

GMIF: Davenham Theatre, Improv Joy

 Sun, 07 Jun at 03:00 pm The Kings Arms

Guilt Trip

 Sun, 18 Oct at 07:00 pm Manchester New Century Hall

STEPHEN & MORE

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:30 pm The Whitworth GBP 0 to 3

The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later (HOME, Manchester)

 Thu, 21 May at 07:30 pm HOME Manchester GBP 3 to 6

Session Days Goodfellas SOLD OUT

 Sun, 14 Jun at 11:00 am The Fitzgerald

Meatloaf & Legends of Rock Tribute Show

 Sat, 07 Nov at 08:30 pm 118 Worsley Rd

ZAI - Pequi Season

 Fri, 22 May at 08:30 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe GBP 12

M (Fritz Lang 1931, PG): Crime and Justice Film Festival

 Wed, 20 May at 05:30 pm Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Free

LITBM : Saves The World | Sketch Comedy || Creatures Comedy Club

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm Creatures Comedy Club

Manchester Regional Conference

 Sat, 20 Jun at 08:40 am INNSiDE by Meliá Manchester GBP 27 to 58