The most-visited immersive, multi-sensory experience in the world has extended its Manchester run by over a month

Manchester’s Palace Theatre kicks off its 2022 theatre season with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage adaptation of School of Rock

Dick Whittington and His Amazing Cat plays at Contact Theatre this Christmas

Find out what shows are heading to Manchester’s main theatres over the holiday season

TURN ON FEST returns with in person events, following the 2020 launch and the online festival in 2021

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews The Wiz at Hope Mill Theatre – the first UK production in a decade

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Steps and Sophie Ellis-Bextor at the AO Arena.

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is the Royal Exchange Theatre’s annual musical of 2021

The stage adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe plays at the Lowry this Christmas

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy argues that Betty White’s recent passing shouldn’t stop the celebrations she wanted for her 100th birthday

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Aladdin at the Opera House – their first panto in two years – starring Alexandra Burke

This year’s musical at the Royal Exchange Theatre is something very different

Queer Contact returns to Contact – for the first time in the newly transformed venue

For the first time in its history, the Royal Exchange Theatre has announced a year-long season – which sees the return of creative duo Sarah Frankcom and Mazine Peake

After last year’s pantomime was cancelled, the Opera House returns with Aladdin – starring Alexandra Burke

To mark 40 years of Postman Pat, some of the original sets and props are set to go on display for the first time in Greater Manchester

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, a contemporary reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s classic, at the Lowry

This Christmas, Hope Mill Theatre is staging The Wiz – a musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – a decade after it was last performed in the UK