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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

Jaz Woodcock Stewart & Morgan Runacre-Temple presents:
Civilisation

Wed 3 Nov 2021 – Sat 6 Nov 2021

Jaz Woodcock-Stewart from award-winning company Antler collaborates with critically acclaimed choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple. A hairdryer, an oven, a...

Our Autumn Winter 2021 Theatre Season

Wed 1 Sep 2021 – Fri 31 Dec 2021

Live theatre returns to HOME with a new season featuring over 30 shows by some of our favourite...

Next 7 Days: Theatre

HOME Presents

Push Festival 2021

Throughout 2021

Push Festival is our annual celebration of the North West’s creative talents.

Black History Month 2021 at HOME

Fri 1 Oct 2021 – Sun 31 Oct 2021

We're excited to be celebrating Black History Month 2021 with the return of our specially curated programme

HOME Presents

Hofesh Shechter Company presents:
Political Mother Unplugged

Wed 19.30; Thu 19.30; Fri 19.30; Sat 19.30

Hofesh Shechter is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his iconic masterpiece Political Mother with a powerful new version...

Brouhaha 2021 with Kani Kamil and Sherko Abbas

Wed 19.30

Brouhaha is understood as noise and voice of a state of social agitation. This performance is a new...

Membership & Support

As a registered charity, we rely on the generosity of our members, supporters, trusts and foundations to help...

Emmanuela Yogolelo presents:
Tales from the Congo Basin

Fri 14.00

A fun, traditional African storytelling and music session, for families with children aged 8+.

Book Now: Theatre

Jaz Woodcock Stewart & Morgan Runacre-Temple presents:
Civilisation

Wed 3 Nov 2021 – Sat 6 Nov 2021

Jaz Woodcock-Stewart from award-winning company Antler collaborates with critically acclaimed choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple. A hairdryer, an oven, a...

Playreading: September – December 2021

Fri 3 Dec 11.00

The group meets on the first Friday of most months at HOME. The sessions, which are open to...

Dibby Theatre presents:
First Dibs: The Assembly

Sat 6 Nov 2021

Join the First Dibbers as they proudly present work-in-progress sections of five exciting new LGBTQ+ led pieces, at Dibby’s end-of-term assembly.

Ai Weiwei in Conversation

Mon 8 Nov 19.30

Come and hear Ai Weiwei, hailed as 'the most important artist working today' by the Financial Times and...

YOU US & THEM

Tue 9 Nov 2021 – Wed 10 Nov 2021

You, Us and Them is a surreal, physical journey through the lives of two people whose friendship is...

Adam Buxton Rambles

Wed 10 Nov 2021 – Thu 11 Nov 2021

Join comedian and podcast host Adam Buxton as he talks about and reads from his upcoming new book.

Ugly Bucket presents:
Good Grief

Thu 11 Nov 2021 – Sat 13 Nov 2021

Ugly Bucket process the death of a friend in the only way they know how, through a high...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

A Night of Positive Laughter: HOME Comedy Club in association with Laff Til Ya Fart

Sat 13 Nov 19.30

The brainchild of Trevor Dwyer-Lynch, actor, MC and comedian, Laff Til Ya Fart’s “A Night of Positive Laughter” presents comedy lovers with...

HOME Presents

Malvern Theatres, Sheffield Theatres, Wiltshire Creative and HOME in association with MGC presents presents:
The Lemon Table

Tue 16 Nov 2021 – Sat 20 Nov 2021

Starring Ian McDiarmid and Directed by Michael Grandage, this adaptation of Julian Barnes' short stories is a sensitive,...

Susanna Amato presents:
Landfill of Memories

Tue 16 Nov 2021 – Wed 17 Nov 2021

Imagine destroying twenty years worth of accumulated memories...could you obliterate your past?

Holly Rush presents:
Superhero Alter Ego

Online from 1 March until 17 November

Take a surreal, escapist journey into the world of comic books

PlayMakers Takeover

Sat 20 Nov 2021

Join Box of Tricks for our first ever day-long PlayMakers Takeover as we bring together Northern playwrights and...

PlayMakers Culture Café

Sat 20 Nov 10.30

Join Box of Tricks and our family of supported writers for a coffee and a chat about our...

PlayMakers Masterclass

Sat 20 Nov 2021

Writing from lived experience: A 60-minute practical workshop led by Box of Tricks’ Artistic Director Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder and playwright...

SparkPlug + Q&A with David Judge (CTBA)

Starts Sat 20 Nov 2021 at 15.30

Cinema screening of Box of Tricks’ acclaimed stage production SparkPlug (filmed at HOME in 2019) – a punchy, poetic exploration...

Orbit Festival 2021

Tue 23 Nov 2021 – Sat 4 Dec 2021

Orbit is HOME’s annual festival of extraordinary, award-winning, international artists. This year’s Orbit Festival will combine live and...

Two Destination Language presents:
Near Gone

Tue 23 Nov 2021 – Thu 25 Nov 2021

Two performers have a difficult story to tell. They come on stage and launch themselves into an hour...

Figs In Wigs presents:
Astrology Bingo

Online Event Fri 26 Nov 8pm

Join your favourite galactic gal pals Figs in Wigs online for Astrology Bingo - the world’s first ever...

Xavier de Sousa presents:
REGNANT

Sat 27 Nov 2021

REGNANT is a new durational play, a dinner party where the guests diving into how we interact with each...

Phil McIntyre Entertainment presents:
Harry Hill: Fight!

Mon 29 Nov 2021

Harry talks about his new autobiography FIGHT! and shares photo’s and clips from his huge home movie collection.

How to be a High Performer with Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes

Wed 1 Dec 19.30

In this interactive event, Jake and Damian reveal the secrets the world's most remarkable athletes, coaches and entrepreneurs...

Christmas at HOME 2021

Fri 3 Dec 2021 – Thu 23 Dec 2021

Live theatre is back this Christmas at HOME!

Sleepwalk Collective & Christopher Brett Bailey presents:
Psychodrama

Fri 3 Dec 2021 – Sat 4 Dec 2021

Racing across the savage inner-landscape of the human mind, two unlikely (anti)heroes pursue a nightmare vision of freedom...

A Queeriosity Family Christmas

Fri 3 Dec 2021 – Sat 4 Dec 2021

It’s that time of year again! The tree is up, the stars are shining brightly and someone’s chestnuts...

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

Tue 7 Dec 2021 – Thu 9 Dec 2021

The cult Christmas show returns because we just all really need it right now.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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

Sat 11 Dec 19.30

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

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...

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...

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