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Our spring 2020 theatre season has just kicked with PUSH Festival, our annual celebration of the North West’s creative talents, featuring 12 theatre productions, which runs to 1 February.

Following PUSH, we welcome Told By An Idiot and the Theatre Royal Plymouth’s The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel (4-8 February); a little space presented by Mind the Gap and Gecko, and commissioned by HOME (12-15 February); and then Extraordinary Wall of Silence presented by Ad Infinitum and commissioned by HOME (12-22 February).

For full details our spring 2020 theatre season, including a major new musical, Bourgeois & Maurice’s Insane Animals, click here. Tickets for Insane Animals are now on sale, so book quickly to make the most of early-bird low prices!

Highlights: Theatre

HOME Presents

Push Festival 2020

Sat 18 Jan - Sat 1 Feb

Two weeks of inspiring, creative experiences fresh from the North West.

Next 7 Days: Theatre

Ladybones

Tomorrow 19.00; Wed 21.00

Archaeologist Nuala unearths a skeleton and her ordered life starts to unravel. Digging into the mystery of the...

An Act of Care

Tomorrow 20.00

A new punk gig theatre piece about Aneurin Bevan, and the National Health Service.

The Political History of Smack and Crack

Tue 28 Jan 2020

This twisted love story between two life-long addicts is an angry, funny love-song to a lost generation.

Ugly Bucket presents:
Bost-Uni Plues

Wed 19.00; Thu 21.00

Based on the true experiences told by graduates, join three clowns as they leave the comfort of student...

PUSH 2020/ Comedy Night

Wed 19.30

The PUSH Festival comedy night returns!

2 Clowns, 1 Cup

Thu 19.00; Fri 21.15; Sat 19.00

Ugly Bucket have invited women to dish all the dirty details, and now they invite you to join...

Freedom to Move

Fri 19.00; Sat 21.00

Through wit, movement and laughter, Freedom to Move examines the funny, intrusive and weird questions asked to people...

Alexei Sayle: Live Tour

Fri 20.00; Sat 20.00

In his own words, Alexei Sayle has been performing stand up for forty years since the day he...

Book Now: Theatre

Told by an Idiot and Theatre Royal Plymouth Productions presents:
The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel

Tue 4 Feb 2020 – Sat 8 Feb 2020

Inspired by true events, this funny, moving and unsettling melodrama offers a unique insight into the early careers...

Our new Jan – Jul 2020 Theatre Season

We're thrilled to unveil a stunning new season for 2020 - featuring glam aliens, zombies, fictitious artists and...

The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel + Post-show discussion

Wed 5 Feb 2020

There will be a post-show discussion after the performance of The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan...

Relaxed Performance (Autism Friendly): The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel

Thu 6 Feb 2020

Relaxed events are designed for people with autism spectrum conditions and their families so they can enjoy the arts together in...

The Beau Defeated

Thu 6 Feb 2020 – Sat 8 Feb 2020

Mary Pix’s hilarious play is all that is best about the Restoration archetype: a world of roaring playboys,...

a little space

This intricately crafted performance combines Gecko’s unique blend of theatre, choreography and stunning imagery with incredible performers from...

Introduction to Working Internationally

Tue 11 Feb 13.00

A workshop on the basics of touring work internationally

Gecko and Mind the Gap presents:
a little space

Wed 12 Feb 2020 – Sat 15 Feb 2020

This intricately crafted performance combines Gecko’s unique blend of theatre, choreography and stunning imagery with incredible performers from...

HOME Presents

Northern Lines & HOME presents:
Extraordinary Wall of Silence

Wed 12 Feb 2020 – Sat 22 Feb 2020

Ad Infinitum combine the company’s signature style of physical storytelling with the beauty of BSL in an unmissable...

Touch Tour: A Little Space

Sat 15 Feb 13.00

Our Touch Tours give visually impaired patrons the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the set, key props and...

The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel

Inspired by true events, this funny, moving and unsettling melodrama offers a unique insight into the early careers...

DR PADDY LADD: In Search of Deafhood Lecture

Sat 15 Feb 17.00

Join award-winning author and activist Dr Paddy Ladd as he shares his investigation of Deaf Culture, history and...

The Complete Works: Lindsey Hilsum

Wed 19 Feb 18.45

Join Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum and broadcaster and critic Ella Wakatama OBE in conversation.

Coram Boy

Thu 27 Feb 2020 – Sat 29 Feb 2020

Based on Jamila Gavin’s Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award-winning novel, Coram Boy is a gripping family...

HOME Presents

HOME presents:
Bourgeois & Maurice’s Insane Animals

Fri 28 Feb 2020 – Sat 14 Mar 2020

This mind-bending, time-travelling musical comedy is packed with satirical & side-splitting songs & a hero’s journey that is...

Little Wimmin

Thu 5 Mar 2020 – Sat 14 Mar 2020

Blurring the boundaries of live art, music, theatre, comedy & dance, Little Wimmin examines how we think about...

Extraordinary Wall of Silence

Ad Infinitum combine the company’s signature style of physical storytelling with the beauty of BSL in an unmissable...

Conversations with Roddy Doyle

Sun 8 Mar 19.30

Celebrate the career of one of Ireland’s best-loved writers, as he discusses his work in an intimate and...

Night of the Living Dead: Remix

Wed 18 Mar 2020 – Sat 21 Mar 2020

50 years after the release of Romero’s politically charged zombie movie, imitating the dog & Leeds Playhouse create...

Royal Court presents:
Poet in Da Corner

Tue 24 Mar 2020 – Sat 28 Mar 2020

In this semi-autobiographical piece by Debris Stevenson, step into a technicolour world where music, dance and spoken word...

Not I

Tue 31 Mar 2020 – Thu 2 Apr 2020

Jess Thom takes on Samuel Beckett's short play in a theatrical experience that explores neurodiversity and asks who...

David Hoyle presents:
Ten Commandments

Thu 9 Apr 2020

Rioting the wrongs of contemporary Britain, Ten Commandments examines the meaning of ageing, human rights, queer politics, ethics,...

Mark Thomas: 50 Things About Us

Sat 11 Apr 2020

Mark Thomas' 50 Things About Us is a show about songs, gongs, loot, tradition, wigs, nicking, statues, art...

Amsterdam

Wed 15 Apr 2020 – Sat 18 Apr 2020

Stories of a devastating past are compellingly reconstructed to try and make sense of the present. Amsterdam is...

National Theatre Connections 2020

Mon 20 Apr 2020 – Sat 25 Apr 2020

Greater Manchester’s youth theatres, schools and colleges perform here at HOME in the National Theatre’s Connections festival, a...

Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales: Together Again, Again!

Fri 1 May 2020 – Sat 2 May 2020

It’s been forty five years since Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales have set foot on stage together. Now,...

It Don’t Worry Me

Tue 5 May 2020 – Wed 6 May 2020

The first part of a series of work based on the life of the fictitious artist Patrick Watson,...

Double Murder

Wed 13 May 2020 – Sat 16 May 2020

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

Art Heist

Tue 19 May 2020 – Fri 22 May 2020

An existential comedy caper about the power of frames and the absurdity of labels. From the team behind...

Peaches Christ: Addams Apple Family Values

Wed 27 May 2020 – Sat 30 May 2020

Following the hugely successful Drag Becomes Her last year, Peaches Christ and the team now tackle the Addams...

You & I

Tue 2 Jun 2020 – Thu 4 Jun 2020

From award-winning company Casus Circus. An empowering hour of skill and identity celebrating the loving relationship between two...

Adam Buxton Rambles

Mon 8 Jun 2020 – Tue 9 Jun 2020

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

Vir Das: Loved

Wed 10 Jun 2020

Top Indian comedian and Netflix superstar Vir Das returns to the UK for an exclusive run of his...

Cave Women: Work in Progress

Thu 11 Jun 2020 – Fri 12 Jun 2020

Cave sisters. A dark place. Working out how to work together. Jessie Cave return to HOME following a...

One Woman

Thu 2 Jul 2020 – Sat 4 Jul 2020

One Woman lets you share the transformation of chaos into beauty, through an intense all-senses-on-board ride that goes...

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