What’s on > Theatre

Live theatre is coming back to our building this Autumn! With over 30 shows including The War of the Worlds, The Lemon Table with Ian McDiarmid, HOME favourites Bourgeois and Maurice and Hofesh Shechter are back and there’s also shows from emerging North West talent in the Push Festival and Orbit Festival.

Browse our full Autumn-Winter season brochure online (pdf) here.

Several shows will have a mix of socially distanced and full capacity performances, to provide as many options as possible for audiences post-Covid.

Don’t forget to check out our selection of online events that you can enjoy anytime.

Highlights: Theatre

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

HOME Sound Sessions 2021: Discover 3 new artists in one celebratory night of live music

Sat 19.30

Join us for an evening of celebration and good vibes as three Black artists from across the North...

Spring Summer 2022 Theatre Season

Wed 23 Mar 2022 – Sat 2 Jul 2022

HOME's Spring Summer 2022 theatre season features a variety of brand-new co-commissions and UK premieres as well as...

Next 7 Days: Theatre

Christmas at HOME 2021

Tue 7 Dec 2021 – Thu 23 Dec 2021

Live theatre is back this Christmas at HOME plus our Merry 80s Christmas Cinema Season of festive films

Sh!t Theatre’s Sing-a-long-a-Muppet Christmas Carol

Today 19.30; Tomorrow 19.30; Thu 19.30

You’ve spent the last year applauding the NHS. Now it’s Michael Caine’s turn!

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

HOME Sound Sessions 2021: Discover 3 new artists in one celebratory night of live music

Sat 19.30

Join us for an evening of celebration and good vibes as three Black artists from across the North...

Book Now: Theatre

Le Gateau Chocolat presents:
Duckie

Wed 15 Dec 2021 – Thu 23 Dec 2021

Family-friendly glamour & glitz take centre stage in a classic tale of identity & belonging

Mr Wilsons Second Liners presents:
Leftism

Wed 15 Dec 2021

Leftfield’s iconic debut album - Leftism - gets a signature dose of live brass treatment by Manchester’s favourite...

Bourgeois & Maurice presents:
Bourgeois & Maurice: That’s Snowbiz!

Fri 17 Dec 2021 – Sat 18 Dec 2021

Critically acclaimed musical monsters Bourgeois & Maurice return to HOME to present a Christmas show like no other!

Young Identity: HOME Unlocked

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In this special film to mark the end of the year, join Young Identity as they discuss the...

Playreading: Nov 2021 – Aug 2022

First Friday of every month, 11:00

Read and discuss plays that are linked to our theatre productions in a fun, friendly and informal setting.

Motionhouse Dance presents:
Nobody

Thu 10 Feb 2022 – Sat 12 Feb 2022

Fast-moving and spellbinding, Nobody uses Motionhouse’s renowned dance-circus style to tell this ultimately uplifting story, full of twists...

Dudaan in association with HOME and Transform presents:
JUMBIE

Wed 23 Mar 2022 – Sat 26 Mar 2022

An immersive interdisciplinary performance, JUMBIE is a playful and naughty experience that may or may not make sense.

Actors Touring Company presents:
Rice

Tue 29 Mar 2022 – Wed 30 Mar 2022

Brimming with wickedly humorous observations on globalisation, politics and family, this is a powerful new play from Asian-Australian...

HOME and Les Enfants Terribles presents:
The House with Chicken Legs

Wed 30 Mar 2022 – Sat 23 Apr 2022

Based on the best-selling novel by Sophie Anderson, Marinka and her unusual house are brought to life in...

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Wed 27 Apr 2022 – Wed 11 May 2022

Welcome to a euphoric night on the rock ‘n’ roll rollercoaster with singer Hedwig – a hedonistic genderqueer...

A RashDash and HOME co-production, co-commissioned by Soho Theatre, Tobacco Factory Theatres and MAYK presents:
Oh Mother

Thu 12 May 2022 – Sat 28 May 2022

Following the award winning Three Sisters, RashDash and their mums explore having and becoming mothers. It is relentless....

The White Card

Wed 18 May 2022 – Sat 21 May 2022

The White Card poses the question: can society progress when whiteness remains invisible?

Mick Perrin Worldwide presents:
Simon Amstell: Spirit Hole

Tue 24 May 2022

With his first stand up tour since the release of internationally acclaimed feature film - ‘Benjamin’ and Netflix...

Double Murder

Wed 22 Jun 2022 – Sat 25 Jun 2022

Internationally celebrated choreographer Hofesh Shechter presents a thrilling new double bill of contemporary dance for our times.

Dorcas Seb presents:
Vice Versa

Fri 1 Jul 2022 – Sat 2 Jul 2022

A vibrant show where performance-art meets theatre. This one-woman show is majestically combined with with 3D sound-design, stunning...

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