Swap the big auditoriums for pubs, studios and unexpected spaces as Greater Manchester Fringe Festival celebrates 15 years this July.

Three actors tear through 40 characters in Le Navet Bete’s chaotic, costume-swapping mythological farce.

Sarah Frankcom returns to the Royal Exchange with a Tony Award-winning musical about queer lives and the costs of keeping family secrets.

Discover a fast, funny and brilliantly accessible take on Shakespeare, performed in one of Manchester’s most beautiful hidden spaces.

Manchester’s thriving queer cabaret scene takes centre stage in a bold pre-Pride celebration of creativity, community and fearless self-expression.

Catchy songs, colourful characters and sharp social satire combine in one of the most talked-about queer theatre hits.

Four open-air productions, films under the stars and frozen cocktails in the park – Chester’s doing summer right.

The UK premiere of a lesser-known Simon Stephens play explores love, isolation and the search for human connection.

Jen Heyes and Kit Green breathe thrilling new life into Virginia Woolf’s modernist classic with an inventive theatrical reimagining.

Get ready for a fresh take on an American classic from Olivier-nominated director Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu at the Liverpool Everyman this autumn.

A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A ruler for the prince. Shakespeare, brilliantly reimagined through kitchen clutter.

Meet, Flecky Bennet, your guide through the dark and demonic side of the city as he takes you on one of Manchester’s award winning ghost walks.