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The brillaint SparkPlug is finishing up on our Theatre 2 stage this weekend – tickets are extremely limited so please book in advance or check where you can catch it on tour here.

From Tue 26 Feb – Sat 2 Mar, the big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak Wise Children is on our Theatre 1 stage. Expect show girls and Shakespeare, sex and scandal, music, mischief and mistaken identity – and butterflies by the thousand.

Next 7 Days: Theatre

Box of Tricks presents:
SparkPlug

Wed 13 Feb 2019 – Sat 23 Feb 2019

A punchy and poetic exploration of family, race, identity and love.

Old Vic and Wise Children presents:
Wise Children

Tue 19.30; Wed 19.30; Thu 14.00, 19.30 + more times

A celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope wrapped in a big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy.

Our Friends in the North

Thu 19.15 + more times

Originally staged by the RSC in 1982, Peter Flannery’s Our Friends in the North is one of the...

Book Now: Theatre

Sleepwalk Collective presents:
Kourtney Kardashian

Thu 7 Mar 2019 – Sat 9 Mar 2019

Kourtney Kardashian is a love/hate letter to outrageous luxury and artistic genius.

Our Feb – Oct 2019 Theatre Season

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

Mark Thomas – Check Up: Our NHS @ 70

Fri 8 Mar 2019 – Sat 9 Mar 2019

Based on a series of interviews with leading experts in and on the NHS and residencies in hospitals...

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

James Meek: Dreams of Leaving & Remaining Book Launch

Wed 13 Mar 19.30

Dreams of Leaving and Remaining is urgent reporting from the frontline of the crisis from one of our finest...

Jessie Cave: Sunrise

Wed 13 Mar 2019 – Sat 16 Mar 2019

Jessie is trying to get her personal life in order - before her kids wake up.

Parent & Baby/ Jessie Cave: Sunrise

Fri 15 Mar 2019

Join us for a Parent & Baby performance of Jessie Cave's Sunrise.

An Evening With Tony Walsh

Sat 16 Mar 19.30

A rip-roaring rock and roller-coaster ride from a profoundly inspiring artist at the very top of his game

HOME Presents

HOME and the Southbank Centre presents:
Scottee: Fat Blokes

Tue 19 Mar 2019 – Sat 23 Mar 2019

A sort of dance show about flab, double chins & the men they are attached to.

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

Thu 21 Mar 2019 – Sat 23 Mar 2019

Join Limmy for a night of anecdotes and chit-chat as he launches his autobiography.

English Touring Theatre and Papatango Theatre presents:
The Funeral Director

Wed 27 Mar 2019 – Sat 30 Mar 2019

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 28 Mar 2019 – Sat 30 Mar 2019

It's therapy you can dance to!

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...

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.

Headlong presents:
Richard III

Tue 30 Apr 2019 – Sat 4 May 2019

Headlong return to HOME following People, Places and Things in 2017, with a fresh take on Shakespeare's iconic villain.

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.

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

A play about prejudice and brotherhood, asking us which side of the fence do we stand when hard choices need to be made?

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.

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.

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...

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