HOME Manchester goes for West End shows and even a Christmas spectacular in a packed autumn season running from August until February 2025
Shows include a musical adaptation of the Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street; award-winning theatre show My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) starring Rob Madge; moving production Two of Us, which shows an imagined final meeting between John Lennon and Paul McCartney; 1980s-inspired musical After The Act about pride, protest and abseiling lesbians, and new interactive show, Feel Me, presented by the UK leaders in devised verbatim theatre, The Paper Birds.
Miracle on 34th Street rune from December 6-31 and is based on the classic tale set in New York. A major department store is on the brink of closure, and a kind-hearted stranger fills in for their missing Santa. Is he a deluded stand-in - or the real Santa?
Opening the theatre season (August 2-4 and the following weekend, 10-11), HOME invites families to embark on an adventure filled with interactive performances, workshops and fun for all ages at family festival Little HOME.
From August 19-25 HOME welcomes award-winning show My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) in a glittering Manchester debut ahead of Manchester PRIDE. Written and performed by Rob Madge , the show has gathered widespread acclaim.
Audiences can look forward to a variety of TV personalities and live music during the season, including broadcaster restaurant critic Jay Rayner (September 4) and cherished broadcaster Carol Vorderman (September 13) as she shares stories about her unlikely pivot from daytime queen of mental arithmetic to fearless political activist.
On Tue 10 Sep, experience the darkly humorous and beautifully peculiar performance of Olivier Award winning, Grammy-nominated Brechtian street opera trio The Tiger Lillies as they present their new show Come on Down.
Witness the imagined retelling of the final meeting between John Lennon and Paul McCartney in Two of Us (September 26-28). The Watford Palace Theatre production, based on the screenplay by Mark Stanfield, offers a moving exploration of friendship, fame, and forgiveness.
UK leaders in devised verbatim theatre The Paper Birds present a new interactive show, Feel Me, on October 9-10. The show ask the audience to say, using mobile phones, who and what you care about from the stories on stage.
From October 29-November 2, HER Productions presents Kin, a poignant drama written by Christine Mackie (Coronation Street, Downton Abbey) which delves into complex family dynamics.
November 5-9 brings the world premiere of Follow the Signs, as we follow Chris, a deaf Black man, navigating his place in the world.
Breach Theatre presents a new 1980s inspired musical, After the Act, from November 12-16. The show, about pride, protest, and abseiling lesbians, is funny, camp and unapologetically queer, but also a clear-eyed exposure of the political moves used to enact repressive laws, such as the Tory "Section 28", which banned the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools.
Finally, PUSH Festival 2025 takes place from January 24-February 8, HOME's annual celebration of North West creative talent. Over two weeks HOME's stages, screens and spaces will be dedicated to showcasing fantastic works from around the region.
Tickets for all these and more are now on sale.
Full info and tickets here