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Company Chameleon's Obscura double-bill will be the company's first indoors tour in six years. Pic: Joel Chester Fildes

Company Chameleon's Obscura double-bill will be the company's first indoors tour in six years. Pic: Joel Chester Fildes

Company Chameleon moves indoors

Jan 26

Poster for the UK tour of The Lightning Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical

Poster for the UK tour of The Lightning Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical

RuPaul star joins the Lightning Thief tour

Jan 18

Poster for HOME Manchester's community-based show The Home we Made

Poster for HOME Manchester's community-based show The Home we Made

HOME makes a home on home ground

Jan 10

Poster for Northern Broadsides' 2026 production of Crime and Punishment

Poster for Northern Broadsides' 2026 production of Crime and Punishment

Adolescence meets Crime and Punishment

Dec 6, 2025

Rebecca Lock and Jena Pandya as mother and daughter Katherine and Ellie, and the cast of Freaky Friday at HOME Manchester. All pics: T Money Photography

Rebecca Lock and Jena Pandya as mother and daughter Katherine and Ellie, and the cast of Freaky Friday at HOME Manchester. All pics: T Money Photography

Freaky Friday

Dec 3, 2025

Poster for HOME Manchester's offer of The Lightning Thief - the Percy Jackson musical

Poster for HOME Manchester's offer of The Lightning Thief - the Percy Jackson musical

HOME promises a lightning spring 2026

Nov 22, 2025

Mark Edel-Hunt as Alan Turing and Carla Harrison-Hodge as Pat in Breaking The Code. All pics: Manuel Harlan

Mark Edel-Hunt as Alan Turing and Carla Harrison-Hodge as Pat in Breaking The Code. All pics: Manuel Harlan

Breaking the Code

Steve Griffiths

Oct 30, 2025

Yes, it's a theatre performance: the audience can get in on the action and play a board game in 1884. All pics Alex Brenner, representative of a typical performance

Yes, it's a theatre performance: the audience can get in on the action and play a board game in 1884. All pics Alex Brenner, representative of a typical performance

1884

Oct 12, 2025

Sutara Gayle comes HOME

Sutara Gayle comes HOME

Sutara Gayle comes HOME

Oct 9, 2025

Darkfield - Seance, Flight, Arcade

Darkfield - Seance, Flight, Arcade

Darkfield - Seance, Flight, Arcade

Sep 11, 2025

Sheena Wrigley, left, will take charge of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre alongside artistic director Selina Cartmell (right)

Sheena Wrigley, left, will take charge of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre alongside artistic director Selina Cartmell (right)

Sheena Wrigley to join Manchester Royal Exchange

Aug 29, 2025

A dramatic scene from The Shawshank Redemption (pic from the 2022-23 production)

A dramatic scene from The Shawshank Redemption (pic from the 2022-23 production)

TV names for Shawshank

Jul 28, 2025

Immerse yourself in Darkfield's Arcade

Immerse yourself in Darkfield's Arcade

Immerse yourself in Darkfield

Jun 30, 2025

Poster for HOME Manchester's Little HOME free festival in August 2025

Poster for HOME Manchester's Little HOME free festival in August 2025

Free family festival at HOME Manchester

Jun 29, 2025

Tess

Tess

Tess

Jun 6, 2025

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