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Catch a true RuPaul’s Drag Race legend on our Theatre 1 stage this week, as Season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon and lyrical genius Major Scales arrive with their new show The Ginger Snapped, looking at the darker side of drag fame.

An incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality, gender and religion in 21st century Britain – The Funeral Director opens on our Theatre 2 stage this week. Tickets are already very limited so book ahead to avoid disappointment!

Highlights: Theatre

HOME Presents

Señor Serrano presents:
Kingdom

Tue 9 Apr 2019 – Sat 13 Apr 2019

An irreverent cocktail mixing bananas, consumerism, punk rock & King Kong

Next 7 Days: Theatre

English Touring Theatre and Papatango Theatre presents:
The Funeral Director

Wed 19.45; Thu 19.45; Fri 19.45; Sat 19.45

The Funeral Director is an incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality, gender and religion in 21st century Britain.

Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: The Ginger Snapped

Thu 20.00; Fri 20.00; Sat 20.00

RuPaul's Drag Race favourite Jinkx Monsoon returns to showcase new music from her upcoming album. It's therapy you...

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Manchester Camerata presents Upclose: ¡Viva! 2019

Fri 5 Apr 19.30

Manchester Camerata are going to set HOME alight, kindling your imaginations through vivid and vibrant music, searing your...

Our Feb – Oct 2019 Theatre Season

2019 marks the beginning of a new phase for us here at HOME, where there will be a...

HOME Presents

Señor Serrano presents:
Kingdom

Tue 9 Apr 2019 – Sat 13 Apr 2019

An irreverent cocktail mixing bananas, consumerism, punk rock & King Kong

Matt Haig: Notes on a Nervous Planet

Mon 15 Apr 19.30

An evening of positive & insightful discussion about the modern world & how best to navigate it.

National Theatre Connections 2019

Tue 12 Mar 2019 – Sat 27 Apr 2019

Greater Manchester’s youth theatres, schools and colleges perform at HOME in the National Theatre’s Connections Festival

Headlong presents:
Richard III

Tue 30 Apr 2019 – Sat 4 May 2019

A must-see, critically-acclaimed performance from Tom Mothersdale as Headlong return to HOME following People, Places an

Bertrand Lesca & Nasi Voutsas presents:
One

Wed 8 May 2019 – Fri 10 May 2019

Bert & Nasi return to HOME following Eurohouse and Palmyra to look at the Left through the prism of the Right.

Soho Theatre & Tim Whitehead Management presents:
Peaches Christ’s Drag Becomes Her

Wed 8 May 2019 – Sat 11 May 2019

Peaches Christ, Jinkx Monsoon, BenDeLaCreme and Major Scales star in a drag parody of Death Becomes Her.

Hofesh Shechter Company presents:
Grand Finale

Wed 22 May 2019 – Sat 25 May 2019

Returning to HOME following a sell-out run in January 2018, Grand Finale is back.

Take part in a theatre audience research project

Are you curious about your own and others’ experiences of live theatre? Would you like to see three...

This Egg, made in collaboration with Made My Wardrobe presents:
dressed

Tue 4 Jun 2019 – Sat 8 Jun 2019

This Egg return to Manchester following last June’s Me & My Bee with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival award-winning dressed

Ambassador Theatre Group presents:
Ian McKellen On Stage

Wed 5 Jun 2019 – Thu 6 Jun 2019

To celebrate his 80th birthday, Sir Ian McKellen is touring a new show to raise money for Theatres across the country.

The Tiger Lillies: Devil’s Fairground

Tue 11 Jun 2019

The Grammy nominated Godfathers of alternative cabaret return with a special show to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

Bush Theatre and Nassim Soleimanpour presents:
Nassim

Tue 18 Jun 2019 – Thu 20 Jun 2019

Each night a famous face joins playwright Nassim Soleimanpour on stage, while the script waits unseen in a sealed box…

Burnt Lemon Theatre presents:
The Half Moon Shania

Mon 24 Jun 2019

Burnt Lemon Theatre return with their all-female, all punk production. Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

Strictly Arts Theatre Company presents:
Freeman

Mon 24 Jun 2019

Shortlisted for Amnesty International’s Freedom of Expression Award. Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

Chalk Line Theatre presents:
Testament

Tue 25 Jun 2019

An award-winning play exploring suicide, loss and guilt. Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

Zanetti Productions presents:
The Basement Tapes

Tue 25 Jun 2019

Twin Peaks meets Serial in this Fringe First-winning mystery. Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

POLICE COPS presents:
Badass Be Thy Name

Wed 26 Jun 2019

A gritty Northern kitchen-sink drama turns into a vampire slaying horror epic. Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

MALAPROP Theatre presents:
Everything Not Saved

Wed 26 Jun 2019

This is a show about memory (but not nostalgia). Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

National Student Drama Festival: 1

Thu 27 Jun 2019

This year's Incoming Festival will be selecting the very best shows from the National Student Drama Festival.

National Student Drama Festival: 2

Thu 27 Jun 2019

This year's Incoming Festival will be selecting the very best shows from the National Student Drama Festival.

The PappyShow presents:
GIRLS

Fri 28 Jun 2019

Devised by women from 17-70, investigating what it means to be a woman today. Part of Incoming Festival...

Lost Watch presents:
Shorts and Socks Included

Fri 28 Jun 2019

Collars, chevrons, sashes and nylon. Fashion in football is born! Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

Sounds Like Chaos presents:
WOW! EVERYTHING IS AMAZING

Sat 29 Jun 2019

Is technology shaping us or are we shaping it? Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

Sleepless Theatre Company presents:
Nine Foot Nine

Sat 29 Jun 2019

What would happen if self-identifying women across the world grew to be 9ft tall? Part of Incoming Festival...

This Noise presents:
No One is Coming to Save You

Sun 30 Jun 2019

One night in the minds of two insomniacs. Part of Incoming Festival 2019.

Wildcard presents:
Electrolyte

Sun 30 Jun 2019

An award-winning piece of gig theatre that explores mental health for a contemporary audience. Part of Incoming Festival...

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company presents:
One Night in Miami…

Tue 2 Jul 2019 – Fri 5 Jul 2019

Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cook meet in a downtown Miami motel room.

CAITLIN MORAN LIVE: HOW TO BE FAMOUS

Sun 7 Jul 19.30

Don’t miss this chance to join inimitable writer Caitlin Moran as she dives into a hilarious and thought-provoking...

HOME Presents

Liz Richardson, Josie Dale-Jones & Sam Ward in association with HOME presents:
SWIM

Tue 9 Jul 2019 – Sat 13 Jul 2019

Thousands of people have turned to immersing themselves in cold water and say they’ve never felt more alive.

HOME and The National Theatre of Scotland presents:
Red Dust Road

Wed 11 Sep 2019 – Sat 21 Sep 2019

Based on the soul-searching memoir by HOME Patron Jackie Kay.

Breach Theatre presents:
It’s True, It’s True, It’s True

Tue 8 Oct 2019 – Sat 12 Oct 2019

Fringe First and Total Theatre award-winners, Breach return to HOME with a restaging the 1612 trial of Agostino Tassi.

HOME Presents

Scottee & HOME presents:
Class

Wed 23 Oct 2019 – Sat 26 Oct 2019

HOME Associate Artist, Scottee is making a show for T1 about what it is to be embarrassed about who you are.

Reasons To Stay Alive

Tue 29 Oct 2019 – Sat 2 Nov 2019

The first theatrical adaptation of Matt Haig’s frank and funny bestseller.

Bryony Kimmings presents:
I’m a Phoenix, Bitch

Tue 26 Nov 2019 – Sat 30 Nov 2019

Following a critically acclaimed twice extended run at Battersea Arts Centre, Bryony Kimmings' I’m a Phoenix, Bitch comes to...

Little Angel Theatre presents:
The Slightly Annoying Elephant

Thu 5 Dec 2019 – Sun 29 Dec 2019

Little Angel Theatre are back at HOME with this hilarious story by comedian and author David Walliams, brought...

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