Royal Exchange

Royal Exchange
St Ann's Square
Manchester, M2 7DH

About

Closed by Manchester bombing 1996. Reopened Dec 1998 with a new 120 seat studio space added. Seats 750. Founding sponsor of The Studio - Selfridges and Co. Swan Street Studio opened April 2015 and seats 100.

Current Productions

Nora - A Doll's House

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Performances begin: 04 March 2022

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Electric Rosary

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Performances begin: 23 April 2022

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Red Velvet

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Performances begin: 27 May 2022

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The Glass Menagerie

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Performances begin: 02 September 2022

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Let the Right One In

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Performances begin: 22 October 2022

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Betty! A Sort of Musical

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Performances begin: 03 December 2022

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Past Productions

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
Play
Closed: 15 January 2022
Let the Right One In
Play
Closed: 08 August 2020
Oh Mother
Play
Closed: 01 August 2020
Electric Rosary
Play
Closed: 04 July 2020
The Glass Menagerie
Play
Closed: 04 July 2020
West Side Story
Musical
Closed: 23 May 2020
Catching Comets
Play
Closed: 02 May 2020
Blink Dance Theatre - Girl Meets Boy
Dance/Ballet
One Night Only: 28 April 2020
Smith
Play
Closed: 25 April 2020
Over My Dead Body
Play
One Night Only: 04 April 2020
The Department of Distractions
Play
Closed: 02 April 2020
Madame Ovary
Concert/Event
Closed: 28 March 2020
Carol Ann Duffy - And Friends
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 23 March 2020
Idol
Play
Closed: 21 March 2020
Rockets and Blue Lights
Play
Closed: 17 March 2020
Wuthering Heights
Play
Closed: 07 March 2020
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Gypsy
Musical
Closed: 01 February 2020
Cuttin' It
Play
Closed: 01 February 2020
Light Falls
Play
Closed: 16 November 2019
24 Hours of Peace
Concert/Event
Closed: 11 November 2019
Macbeth
Play
Closed: 19 October 2019
Oh Mother
Closed: 12 October 2019
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Play
Closed: 10 August 2019
Tao of Glass
Concert/Event
Closed: 20 July 2019
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Hobson's Choice
Play
Closed: 06 July 2019
Wrestling the Walrus
Play
Closed: 06 July 2019
Yvette
Play
Closed: 08 June 2019
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West Side Story
Musical
Closed: 25 May 2019
Illegalised
Play
Closed: 11 May 2019
Truth to the Power Cafe - 2019
Concert/Event
Closed: 27 April 2019
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Simon Stephens Presents
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 23 April 2019
Adieu
Play
Closed: 18 April 2019
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Barber Shop Chronicles
Play
Closed: 23 March 2019
Status
Play
One Night Only: 23 March 2019
Your Sexts are Shit:Older Better Letters
Concert/Event
Closed: 16 March 2019
From Shore to Shore
Play
Closed: 16 March 2019
Carol Ann Duffy - And Friends
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 11 March 2019
Mother Courage and Her Children
Play
Closed: 02 March 2019
Nanjing
Play
Closed: 02 March 2019
We're Just Getting Started
Play
Closed: 23 February 2019
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The Producers
Musical
Closed: 02 February 2019
Carol Ann Duffy - And Friends
Concert/Event
Closed: 14 January 2019
Sleepyhead
Family/Kids
Closed: 31 December 2018
The Slow Show
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 18 December 2018
Mercury Rev Celebrates Deserter's Songs 20th Anniversary
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 16 December 2018
Mercury Rev
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 16 December 2018
James Holden - & The Animal Spirits
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 09 December 2018
Burgerz
Play
Closed: 17 November 2018
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Death of a Salesman
Play
Closed: 17 November 2018
The Mysteries
Play
Closed: 11 November 2018
Seance
Concert/Event
Closed: 31 October 2018
Jane Weaver - Loops in the Secret Society (solo)
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 21 October 2018
Mother's Bloomers
Play
One Night Only: 20 October 2018
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Queen Margaret
Play
Closed: 06 October 2018
War with the Newts
Play
Closed: 06 October 2018
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The Greatest Play in the History of the World...
Play
Closed: 29 September 2018
Lankum
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 23 September 2018
Band on the Wall - The Lone Bellow
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 02 September 2018
The Tempest
Play
Closed: 18 August 2018
The Act
Play
One Night Only: 28 July 2018
Queens of the Coal Age
Play
Closed: 21 July 2018
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Happy Days
Play
Closed: 23 June 2018
Anyone's Guess How We Got Here
Play
Closed: 16 June 2018
Joke Translation Service
Play
One Night Only: 08 June 2018
Half Breed
Play
Closed: 02 June 2018
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The Cherry Orchard
Play
Closed: 19 May 2018
Three Sisters
Play
Closed: 19 May 2018
Arts Battle, A Night o High Drama
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 06 May 2018
Carol Ann Duffy - And Friends
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 25 April 2018
Frankenstein
Play
Closed: 14 April 2018
Mixtape
Play
Closed: 14 April 2018
Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok
Play
Closed: 07 April 2018
Frankenstein
Play
Closed: 07 April 2018
Moonwatcher
Family/Kids
Closed: 03 March 2018
Jessica Walker - Forbidden Love
Cabaret
Closed: 01 March 2018
Moments That Changed Our World
Play
Closed: 25 February 2018
The Almighty Sometimes
Play
Closed: 24 February 2018
Black Men Walking
Play
Closed: 03 February 2018
Guys and Dolls
Musical
Closed: 27 January 2018
The Claim
Play
Closed: 13 January 2018
How to Hide a Lion
Family/Kids
Closed: 31 December 2017
Woke
Play
Closed: 18 November 2017
Jubilee
Play
Closed: 18 November 2017
Mother's Bloomers
Play
One Night Only: 14 November 2017
The Greatest Play in the History of the World...
Play
Closed: 12 November 2017
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Parliament Square
Play
Closed: 28 October 2017
Carol Ann Duffy - And Friends
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 23 October 2017
Shami Chakrabarti
Concert/Event
One Night Only: 22 October 2017
Cosmic Scallies
Play
Closed: 14 October 2017
Our Town
Play
Closed: 14 October 2017
Two Man Show
Play
One Night Only: 23 September 2017
Daniel Kitson - Something Other Than Everything
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 09 September 2017
Bin Laden: The One Man Show
Play
Closed: 07 September 2017
We Were Told There Was Dancing
Play
Closed: 19 August 2017
Fatherland
Play
Closed: 15 July 2017
Actresses Always Lie
Play
One Night Only: 08 July 2017
Sprachspiel
Play
One Night Only: 07 July 2017
Persuasion
Play
Closed: 24 June 2017
What If I Told You
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 20 June 2017
Bears
Play
Closed: 18 June 2017