The East High Wildcats get ready to rock the stage at the Opera House!

Chicago brings all that jazz to Manchester's Palace Theatre.

The Opera House will be invaded by loathsome lice, terrible trench foot and Dick the plane-spotting chicken when the Horrible Histories show comes to town.

If you’ve never been to a Sing-A-Long-A party before, you’re in for a treat this Halloween as the Rocky Horror Picture Show turns the Opera House into a decadent den of iniquity!

After 22 years in the West End, Willy Russell's smash hit comes to Manchester.

Druid Theatre Company's manic, exuberant and disquieting play comes to The Lowry.

Victoria Wood's hilarious sitcom is transformed into a stage show that will have you rolling in the aisles.

Matt Lucas stars in a darkly comic play about love, ambition and jealousy at The Lowry.

Joe DiPietro's rollercoaster play takes audiences on a whistle-stop tour of gay sexual politics.

Entertain the kids this summer with this whizzpopping stage show!

Feelgood Theatre Productions bring a heart-stopping promenade performance of Macbeth to Heaton Park this summer.

Neil Bartlett turns the Royal Exchange into a bingo hall in this Manchester International Festival commission.

Discover the best in new writing for theatre at this year's 24:7 Theatre Festival.

Phenomenal demand brings West Side Story back to The Lowry this summer.

Damon Albarn's new show for Manchester International Festival could be the most innovative thing you see this year.

Divine decadence hits The Lowry in this dazzler of a show.

Part theatre, part performance art, entirely astounding – Ontroerend Goed's Smile Off Your Face is an intimate and totally different experience.

The biggest Disney phenomenon of the decade alights at The Lowry this spring.

Hailed as the theatrical event of our generation, Stephen Daldry’s An Inspector Calls is a must-see show.

See the critically acclaimed West End musical at Manchester’s Opera House this April.

Ronnie Burkett's Theatre of Marionettes explores what happens when a golden boy's life has lost its shine.

Kneehigh Theatre’s nationally acclaimed production comes to Manchester.

Cirque Du Soleil has been stunning audiences with its incredible shows for the last 14 years. Now audiences in Manchester have the opportunity to experience its original and greatest show, Quidam.

Tim Flavin takes the lead in one of the best-loved musicals of all time.

The story of the world’s best-loved nanny brings a spoonful of sugar to Manchester this Christmas.

The smash hit teen musical glides into Manchester.

Mickey Dack’s autobiographical play about a life of crime in Salford returns to The Lowry.

After winning Best New Play at the 2006 MEN Theatre Awards, Alan Plater’s exuberant musical returns to Manchester.

Seen for the first time outside London, Charlie and Lola bring their bestest play to the city in an enchanting show for mummies, daddies and their little ones.

Join Peter, Wendy and a star-studded cast as this favourite Christmas show flies into the Opera House.

The classic tale is the big musical for this Christmas at The Lowry.

The Royal Shakespeare Company returns to The Lowry with an all-new production of Shakespeare’s most popular play.

If you are ever going to take a chance on a piece of theatre, go to see Slava’s Snow Show.

Join the adventure as clownfish Nemo and his overprotective father Marlin set off on a quest to reunite.

The 1987 movie and John Updike's novel are reinvented as a musical starring Marti Pellow.

After almost two years in the West End, Manchester comes to the Cabaret...

This African circus enjoys a marathon run this summer at the Trafford Centre.

Written after a weekend holiday at the home of actress Laurette Taylor, Hay Fever shows Noel Coward's genius for piercing satire to its fullest extent.

A powerful new production of the bloody Jacobean thriller with popular film and television actor Stephen Tompkinson.

Ol' Blue Eyes is back in town as the Sinatra show plays six dates.

A chance meeting brings together two youngsters from rival families in Shakespeare's evergreen tale.

Can Bob fix it? Yes he can! TV's most loveable builder and his live show come to town.

The Disney pals take centre stage in Playhouse Disney Live.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe-First winner Bob Kingdom returns to the Library Theatre to perform Dylan Thomas: Return Journey, presented by Richard Jordan Productions Ltd.

James son of James is a story of accidental heroism, hero worship, sadness, love, power, betrayal and revenge.

Bryony Lavery's gripping, four-times Tony award-nominated play arrives for a run in our city.

Arthur Miller's play follows one man’s struggle to change his fate.

Unashamedly feelgood and 100% escapist, Oh! What A Night will have you dancing all the way home.

Roald Dahl's story of how Danny and his father outwit the horrible Victor Hazell is given new life in David Woods' adaptation.

The play behind the Bafta-award winning television series Our Friends in the North will have its first ever revival at The Lowry.

Comic Brendan O'Carroll ibrings Mrs Brown back to the stage in her funniest show yet.

With some of the best loved music to come from Broadway, Fiddler on the Roof is a must-see show.

Madama Butterfly is showing at the Opera House and is being performed by the Ukrainian National Opera of Odessa. 

Hello, Dolly! is back on stage after 20 years and is a winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

The Library Theatre continues their season with a new production of Beckett’s classic tragic-comedy, Waiting for Godot.

La Traviata is the love story that gripped Paris.

The UK premiere of the award-winning Broadway show premieres at The Palace Theatre.

The Royal Exchange closes its season with a major revival of Arnold Wesker's classic story of self-discovery.

The UK's most famous medium brings messages from beyond to audiences at Manchester Opera House.

With their distinctive combination of theatre, movement, puppets and projections, Kneehigh Theatre's adaptation of the classic fairytale will delight children and adults alike.

Harold Brighouse's charming Salford-based comedy returns to the region in a new production starring John Savident.

Oscar Wilde's classic tale of comedy, morality and sexual politics brings a festive sparkle to the Royal Exchange.

The Library Theatre announces a festival of the best new theatre seen in non-traditional venues around Manchester and Salford in 2007.

After his success in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shane Ritchie returns to the Palace Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Our review of the Library Theatre's Christmas production.

The Lowry brings together stars in the magical tale of the boy sets off for London where the streets are paved with gold...

Children have two festive treats in store at the Royal Exchange Studio Theatre.

Angela Carter's adaptation of the classic fairy tale about the cat who helps his master become rich is a gothic, subversive Christmas treat.

The line-up is revealed for a series of free Friday evening events at the Royal Exchange.

David Williamson's play is a stark exploration of justice, anger and the human capacity for forgiveness.

The award-winning drama returns to the Royal Exchange as part of the Out of the Blue - Best of the Studio season.

Fusing explicit sex and violence with tragedy and the grotesque, The Changeling is more than an average Jacobean play.

Following on from the success of her previous one-woman show Curry Tales, Rani Moorthy explores issues of skin colour, beauty and identity in her new show Shades Of Brown.

Shelagh Delaney's kitchen sink masterpiece ends the Salford Season at The Lowry.

Continuing the autumn season at the Library Theatre, Brian Friel's play Faith Healer is a poignant success.

The Library Theatre continues its current season with the north-west regional premiere of Irish dramatist Brian Friel’s touching and moving drama, Faith Healer.

The Indian interpretation of Shakespeare's classic is theatre at its best.

The Royal Exchange's Henry V is perfectly pitched for a modern audience...

The Royal Exchange opens its new season on with Henry V...

Private Lives is a bitingly funny success for the Library Theatre

The Library Theatre will start its new season with Noel Coward’s celebrated comedy, Private Lives...

King Cotton premieres at The Lowry with mixed success.