Manchester Theatre
Discover Manchester's celebrated theatres, from historic institutions to bold contemporary performance spaces.
Manchester theatre is not a single house style. It moves from producing-theatre heritage to youth-led performance, festival-scale commissions and independent musical theatre. This collection gives users a first route through that range.
6 venues
Royal Exchange Theatre
A defining Manchester theatre institution in the city centre.
Royal Exchange Theatre is a major Manchester theatre in St Ann's Square, presenting plays, performance and public cultural programmes from the city centre.
Explore venue →Contact
Youth-led and community-rooted performance on the Oxford Road Corridor.
Contact is a Manchester theatre on Oxford Road with a public programme rooted in performance, young people, community arts and experimental work.
Explore venue →Factory International
Festival-scale contemporary performance and cross-artform production.
Factory International is a major Manchester multi-arts institution on Water Street, spanning theatre, performance, visual arts, music and festival-scale work.
Explore venue →Hope Mill Theatre
An independent Ancoats theatre with a strong musical-theatre identity.
Hope Mill Theatre is an independent Manchester theatre in Ancoats, presenting theatre, performance and musical theatre from Pollard Street.
Explore venue →HOME Manchester
A purpose-built contemporary theatre venue that puts ambitious international work alongside new Manchester voices — distinct from the producing-theatre and youth-led houses already here.
HOME is Manchester's leading purpose-built centre for contemporary theatre, cinema and visual art, bringing ambitious international work together with new voices from the city. It…
Explore venue →Lowry
Salford Quays' large-scale performing arts centre — the city-region's venue for major touring theatre, dance and opera at a scale the other three houses don't attempt.
The Lowry is Salford Quays' major performing and visual arts centre, pairing two theatres with galleries shaped by the work and legacy of L. S. Lowry. Its broad programme works fo…
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