Your guide to the arts in Manchester: exhibitions, plays and musicals, and concerts and gigs. Plus, discover what’s on at galleries, museums and cinemas across the city.
The show will star Alexandra Burke as Julianne Potter with further casting to be announced soon. Classic rom-com, My Best Friend’s Wedding is being made into a musical and, although we're not overly sure how it's going...
Following a sell-out 2019 tour, Dolly Parton’s iconic 9 To 5 will return to The Palace Theatre in 2020. The Musical tells the story of Doralee, Violet and Judy - three workmates pushed to boiling point by their sexist...
Work has started at the Science and Industry Museum to create a new 725 square metre flexible gallery space. The project, which is set to open in October 2020, will reveal striking historic spaces previously not open t...
The new exhibition at Manchester Football Museum chronicles the history of the humble football shirt. STRIP! How Football Got Shirty, the National Football Museum's latest exhibition unpicks the global fascination with...
Lightopia will explore the senses with unique interactive and immersive lights, lanterns, installations and an incredible water-screen projection. Taking place at Heaton Park (Manchester’s largest historic park and Eur...
The colourful streets of Manchester await on Manchester’s street art is already well-documented on Instagram but now’s your chance to get even snap-happier with the blistering colours and mesmerising shades that line...
A trail of festive light sculptures has popped up in Manchester city centre. The trail includes a giant Manchester worker bee in St Peter's Square along with a star-shaped archway that visitors can pose for photos bene...
What does the future hold for Tiny Tim? tells the tale of Timothy, a.k.a Tiny Tim, as he sets out to find his place in an expanding and volatile world. Inspired by the characters of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas...
The topsy-turvy experience will give people the chance to take ‘zero gravity’ selfies. The Upside Down House has landed on its roof outside the Great Hall and will be open until October 2020. The Upside Down Hou...
Famous Manchester faces are leading a new campaign to help Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham’s homelessness initiative. Sixteen well-known personalities from the city have posed for a unique set of portrait photogr...