HOME Manchester has today announced the return of live theatre to its venue with an autumn/winter season featuring over 30 productions.

The season includes Rhum and Clay’s The War of the Worlds, The Lemon Table starring Ian McDiarmid, and a new adaptation of Christie Watson’s NHS memoir, The Language of Kindness. 

The season also includes new commissions from North West, national and international artists and some HOME favourites including Bourgeois and Maurice, Le Gateau Chocolat and Hofesh Shechter, along with shows that had to be cancelled due to the pandemic. Festivals of new work and digital commissions are also due to take place throughout the season. 

Director and CEO of HOME Dave Moutrey said: “I’m absolutely delighted to announce the return of live theatre to our building, following a very long 10 months during which our theatres have been closed to the public due to coronavirus. We were absolutely determined to give artists whose work have been cancelled or postponed at the start of the pandemic the chance to bring their shows to the stage, and I’m pleased to say that many of the works appearing this season are among those we were planning to host last year. As well as honouring our commitments to those artists, our programming team have also found great new work, which I know HOME audiences will love. I’m also really pleased that festivals are back, and that with Push and Orbit we will have the opportunity to showcase some of the most exciting new works from artists in the North West and from across the world. This is a season full of joy, compassion and excitement, that I’m proud to say represents the best of HOME at this exciting moment when – finally – all three of our artforms are live again in our building.”

You can see the full season here, with tickets on sale soon.