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Theatre tickets in Manchester slashed to £15 in huge January sale

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You can now grab theatre tickets for just £15 for some massive shows coming to Manchester in 2024.

Musicals, dramas, comedy and dance shows are all included in the massive sale, which includes the Palace Theatre and the Opera House in Manchester.

Thousands of cheap theatre tickets are up for grabs in ATG’s biggest January sale ever.

With more than 150 shows taking part across 24 venues around the UK, you can nab some big savings.

In Manchester’s much-loved sister theatre venues, that means tickets are available for just £15 for family-friendly musical Madagascar The Musical.

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Based on the DreamWorks animated film of the same name, Madagascar The Musical invites audiences along on a journey with “all of your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends” as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to “the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar”.

The smash-hit production is already being described by critics as “a wacky adventure for the whole family” that’s truly brought to life on stage.

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The legendary Full Monty is another film favourite that’s taking to the stage in 2024 at the Opera House.

It will follow a group of hard-working lads desperate for extra cash, who decide to take on a side hustle as strippers – with heartwarming and hilarious results.

Sister Act has been added to the January theatre sale too, which comes to Manchester in March and tells the tale of disco diva Deloris after she witnesses a murder.

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Placed under protective custody, she is hidden in the one place she shouldn’t be found – a convent. Encouraged to help the struggling choir, she helps her fellow sisters find their true voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own.

You can browse cheap theatre tickets in the ATG Tickets January sale here, and see the full list for Manchester below.

Manchester theatre shows included in the ATG Tickets January sale

ATG Tickets said: “2024 promises to be a bumper year for live entertainment and we’re celebrating the New Year with our biggest ticket sale ever.

“Don’t miss out on savings across hit musicals, brilliant dramas, inspiring dance, live comedy, and much, much more.

“Our biggest ever ticket sale features hundreds of shows with ticket prices from as little as £15 (+ £3.95 transaction fee per order). With 24 ATG venues up and down the country you’re sure to find the perfect ticket deal for you.”

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The all-new Cirque Wicked Wizard of Oz is coming to the AO Arena in 2025

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Something Wicked comes this way but not as you know because a high-flying twist on the Wizard of Oz lands in Manchester next year – only this time, make it Cirque!

That’s right, AO Arena is set to welcome the Cirque Wicked Wizard of Oz: an acrobatic take on the classic children’s story and much-loved 1939 film starring Judy Garland.

With Wicked fever having taken over the global zeitgeist following the release of this year’s feature-length adaption and even more people, theatre fans or not, going along to see the long-hailed theatre production that inspired it, it seems there’s no better time to announce this latest entry into the universe.

Set to embark on its inaugural tour in 2025, the experience is being described as ‘cirque meets panto’ and is set to deliver a magical retelling of the iconic tale like never before.

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Turning the Emerald City into the Emerald Circus, World’s Biggest Productions (the same team behind Elf: The Musical, Peter Pan and many other pantomime hits) are bringing this new concept to the masses starting in Autumn 2025, with a Manchester date pencilled in for the following winter.

Featuring a cast of more than 60, including already familiar audience favourites like Jordan Conway, Kelly Banlaki and Kev Orkian in starring roles, anyone who has seen one of their productions before will know how big and bold an affair they are.

Combine that with one of the most well-known stories on the planet and what do you get? Well, what we can only expect to be a supremely energetic, colourful and heartfelt spectacle on a huge scale.

Promising aerial stunts, amazing special effects and the big-budget perks of an arena as legendary as the AO, this is not one you’ll want to miss if you’re a musical theatre fan.

It’s also not the show the theatre company are bringing to the stage next year either, as their hugely successful run of Elf will be returning alongside Scrooge – yes, another circus spin, only this time on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

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Most importantly, all of these shows are fundamentally family-friendly, meaning not only can they be enjoyed by people of all ages but they’ll make for a perfect day out come the festive period.

Cirque Wicked Wizard of Oz comes to Manchester for one night only on Tuesday, 23 December 2025 with the fun starting from 7pm.

You can grab your tickets HERE.

In the meantime, if you’re still in need of a musical theatre of fantasy fix, you can read all about what we made of the most recent showings of Wicked at the Palace Theatre down below.

Wicked at the Palace Theatre – the magical musical EVERYONE is talking about arrives in Manchester

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Thousands of FREE tickets to The Big Night of Musicals at AO Arena have been released

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There are thousands of free tickets up for grabs to attend ‘The Big Night of Musicals’ in Manchester next year which features a variety of theatre classics.

The curtain has risen once again as returning favourite, The Big Night of Musicals, is coming to AO Arena for a fourth year.

Hosted once again by the one and only Jason Manford, this event contains segments from some of the world’s greatest theatre productions.

Fronted by The National Lottery, this showcase is a thank you to all players whose money has supported more than 20,000 theatre-related projects totalling £1.3 billion.

These funds have been used on many performing arts resources including restoring theatres and enabling hundreds of musical-related projects to commence.

This isn’t something to be missed out on as the bill is shaping up to be one of the event’s biggest to date featuring stars from the West End and some of the most notorious shows.

Attendees can expect to hear some familiar favourites in the likes of Bat Out of Hell, Here & Now: The Steps Musical, Mean Girls and more.

There’s even an exclusive preview of the upcoming theatre adaptation of a Disney superhero as snippets from ‘Hercules’ will be performed live.

Guests even have a chance to be in the same room as musical theatre legend Carrie Hope Fletcher as she takes on the role of Calamity Jane in the theatre show of the same name.

Dear Evan Hansen is also on the bill and if you aren’t free for the musical ensemble, it’s running at Palace Theatre Manchester from 18-22 February next year and tickets are available right now.

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This event has a super varied lineup too, from throwback pop bangers to Wild West heroines, this night really caters to everyone.

In true musical style, there will be big, bold performances and, of course, lots of excellent surprises all set to make a fantastic night of live music at the AO Arena.

All National Lottery players have the chance to reserve up to four tickets, the only cost is proof they’ve purchased a product from the National Lottery and a £2 booking fee per ticket.

Tickets for the ‘Big Night of Musicals’ on 25 January are already on sale you can try your luck at grabbing some free seats HERE.

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