Theatre and performance

A man and woman dancing on a pink and purple lit stage

Music, theatre, dance and comedy – Trafford has it all. Want to see something experimental on stage, or be swept away by the skill of a performance? You're in the right place.

Night People, Waterside. Photo: Steve Longbottom

What's On

A poster featuring two comedians dressed as Morecambe and Wise

29 October

Theatre and Performance, Sale

An Evening of Eric & Ern

The Production Garden in association with Cube Room Productions presents an evening of ERIC & ERN with Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens.

Two female actors dressed as dead twin girls staring vacantly at the camera while stood in front of a piranha display

30 October – 1 November

Festivals and Events, Trafford Park

Ascarium: The Cursed Depths

This Halloween, brave the darkness of Ascarium: The Cursed Depths at SEA LIFE Manchester. An after-hours scare awaits, where something lurks beneath the waves… and it knows you’re coming.

Halloween Pink Pony Ceilidh Club in glowing neon Times Modern font, a spiderweb border on a black background and graphics of pink horsehoes, medieval buglers and a cameo wearing a pink cowboy hat

31 October

Theatre and Performance, Stretford

Pink Pony Ceilidh Club - Halloween!

'Pink Pony Ceilidh Club' is a fun and silly guided ceilidh (a series of choreographed group dances) to a bardcore (flutes and lutes covers) soundtrack of pop songs with a Medieval Cowboy Bridgerton Fantasy and this October, Halloween (optional) dress-code! Adults only

Two people standing in a field with a blue sky above

1 November

Theatre and Performance, Sale

Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage with Jon Thorne

With their vintage guitars and heartfelt harmony vocals sharing just a single microphone for pickup, Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage’s live shows have always been magical, intimate experiences.