From top class theatre to Florence and the Machine, there is something for everyone across Greater Manchester this week.
Here's our guide to what's on when...
THEATRE
THE LAST FIVE YEARS - Albert Halls, Bolton - tonight and tomorrow
HANCOCK AND CO: ONE MAN, MANY VOICES - The Met, Bury, tomorrow
THE ILLUSION - Home, Manchester, tonight, tomorrow and Saturday
J’AI TROP PEUR (I’M SO SCARED) - Home, Manchester, November 27
THE MAIDS - Home, Manchester, November 16 to December 1
THE PRODUCERS - Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, November 30 to January 26
THE ORESTEIA - The Lowry Theatre, Salford, November 28 and 29
BENIDORM LIVE - Palace Theatre, Manchester, November 26 to December 1
WHITE - Home, Manchester, December 13 to December 23
SLAPSTICK - Home, Manchester, December 13 to December 22
ME, YOU AND GEORGE CLOONEY - The Met, Bury, December 13
FAULTY TOWERS DINING EXPERIENCE - The Lowry, Salford, December 16 to 19
CINDERELLA: A WICKED MOTHER OF A NIGHT OUT - The Lowry, Salford, December 18 to 22
LITTLE GIFT - The Lowry, Salford -December 19 - 31
MUSIC
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - Manchester Arena, Friday
THE HUMAN LEAGUE - Manchester Arena, Saturday
HITS RADIO LIVE - Manchester Arena, Sunday
LAURYN HILL - Manchester Arena, November 26
SHALAMAR - Manchester Ritz, November 27
CHRISTINE AND THE QUEEN - Manchester Apollo, November 27 and 28
BROTHERS OSBORNE - Manchester Academy, November 28
IBIZA CLASSICS - Manchester Arena, November 29
YEARS AND YEARS - Manchester Apollo, November 29
SIXTIES GOLD - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, November 3
KATIE MELUA - The Lowry, Salford, December 2
YOUNG FATHERS - Albert Hall, Manchester, December 2
THE CARDIGANS - Manchester Apollo, December 3
LM/DC - Manchester Apollo, December 5
FRANKI VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS - Manchester Arena, December 6
OLD DOMINION - Manchester Academy, December 6
HOZIER - Manchester Apollo - December 6
DEACON BLUE - Manchester Apollo - December 7
AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD - Manchester Apollo, December 8
MADNESS - Manchester Arena, December 7
JAMES AND THE CHARLATANS - Manchester Arena, December 8
BLACK STONE CHERRY - Manchester Arena, December 10
NIGHTWISH - Manchester Arena, December 11
DEF LEPPARD - Manchester Arena, December 12
JOSH GROBAN - Manchester Arena, December 14
THE SLOW READERS CLUB - Manchester Apollo, December 14
ALAN WALKER - Albert Hall, Manchester, December 14
NILE ROGERS & CHIC - Manchester Arena, December 15
LILY ALLEN - Albert Hall, Manchester, December 16 to 18
ORBITAL - Manchester Apollo, December 20
JOOLS HOLLAND & HIS RHYTHM & BLUES BAND - Manchester Apollo, December 21
COMEDY
COMEDY NIGHT - The Alma Inn, Bolton, first Thursday of every month
STAND UP THURSDAY - The Comedy Store, every Thursday
THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE - Frog and Bucket Comedy Club, every Thursday
THURSDAY COMEDY CLUB - The Met, and Ramsbottom Civic Hall, first Thursday of every month
FRIDAY BARREL OF LAUGHS - Frog and Bucket Comedy Club, every Friday
BEST IN STAND UP - The Comedy Store, every Friday and Saturday
SATURDAY BARREL OF LAUGHS - Frog and Bucket Comedy Club, every Saturday
KING GONG - The Comedy Store, first Sunday of every month
COMEDY NIGHT - BarMetro.Rocks, Bolton, second Sunday of every month
NEW STUFF WITH TOBY HADOKE - The Comedy Store, second and last Sunday of every month
NEW COMEDIANS WITH ALEX BOARDMAN - The Comedy Store, third Sunday of every month
BEAT THE FROG - Frog and Bucket Comedy Club, every Monday
SEANN WALSH - The Lowry, Salford, tonight
IAIN STIRLING - The Lowry, Salford, Saturday
DANIEL SLOSS: X - The Lowry, Salford, Sunday
ROSS NOBLE - Apollo, November 30
BARBARA NICE CHRISTMAS SHOW - The Lowry, Salford, December 1
STEPHEN K AMOS - The Lowry, Salford, December 2
OUR RITA’S COMEDY ROADSHOW - Palace Theatre, Manchester, January 11
MUSICALS
MATILDA THE MUSICAL -Palace Theatre, Manchester, until Saturday
KINKY BOOTS - Opera House, Manchester, until December 1
SIX - The Lowry, Salford, December 4 to 16
WICKED - Palace Theatre, Manchester, December 4 to January 5
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Opera House, Manchester, January 9 to 29
CLASSICAL
SPACE SPECTACULAR - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Sunday
MESSIAH WITH THE HALLÉ - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, December 1
JOHN WILSON & THE JOHN WILSON ORCHESTRA - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, December 2
LOVE ACTUALLY WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, December 11
CHRISTMAS AT THE MOVIES - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, December 19
BALLET
MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE -The Lowry, Salford, until December 1
THE NUTCRACKER - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, January 2 and 3
MOSCOW CITY BALLET, ROMEO & JULIET - Palace Theatre, Manchester, January 17
MOSCOW CITY BALLET, SWAN LAKE - Palace Theatre, January 18 and 19
DANCE
SIGMA - The Lowry, Salford - November 26
BALLET BAR - Home Manchester, November 28 and 29
KIDS
CINDERELLA - Manchester Opera House, December 8 to December 30
STICK MAN - The Lowry, Salford, December 1 to January 6
SCARY FAIRY SAVES CHRISTMAS - The Lowry, Salford, December 5
DOCTOR DOLITTLE - The Lowry, Salford, December 11 to January 5
LITTLE GIFT - The Lowry, Salford, December 19 to December 31
SNOW WHITE - The Lowry, Salford, January 4 to January 6
THE SNOWMAN WITH THE HALLÉ - The Lowry, Salford, December 15 and 16
LILY AND THE CHRISTMAS SNOW BEAR - The Met, Bury, December 20 and 21
TRIBUTE
THE BOOTLEG BEATLES - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, December 7
JAZZ
FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ - Horwich RMI, first Friday of every month
KEITH RAE SOUND – Horwich RMI, third Friday of every month
FOLK
ANDY WHITE - The Met, Bury, Saturday
BLAZIN’ FIDDLES - The Met, Bury, November 29
CALAN - The Met, Bury, December 6
JIM MORAY - The Met, Bury, December 7
NORDIC FIDDLERS BLOC - The Met, Bury, December 13
VARIETY
MIKE SWEENEY - The Lowry, Salford, December 6
CHRISTMAS MURDER MYSTERY - Palace Theatre, Manchester, December 9
EVENING OF ERIC AND ERN AT CHRISTMAS - The Lowry, Salford, December 18 to- January 6
LOCAL GIGS
OPEN MIC – Ye Olde Man & Scythe, Churchgate, Bolton, second and fourth Tuesday of every month
JAM NIGHT - Ye Olde Man & Scythe, Churchgate, Bolton, first and third Wednesday of every month
OPEN MIC – Hogarths, Churchgate, Bolton, every Thursday
WEEKLY COUNTRY AND WESTERN CLUB — Bury Bridge Working Men’s Club, Lower Woodhill Road, Bury, every Friday
SOUL AND MOTOWN — The D Havilland Club, Farnworth, first Friday of every month
BLACKOUT — Blind Tiger, Nelson Square, Bolton, every Wednesday
WIZDOM - The Bowling Green, Horwich, November 30
THE THREE - Retro Lounge Bar, Bury, November 30
RIFF RAFF - Jolly Nailor, Atherton, December 7
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