Royal Exchange Theatre

About

The Royal Exchange Theatre sits at the heart of Manchester’s culturally vibrant city centre. We are the North West’s largest and only full-time, text based producing theatre - commissioning, creating, and developing original and ambitious theatre in our unique in-the-round space, throughout the building, across the city and beyond.

Our vision is to change the way people see theatre, each other, and the world around them. By experiencing theatre together or taking part, we will provide transformative points of connection and exchange, reminding us all who we are and what we share with the people around us. Being an accessible world-class theatre and a thriving civic space is central to our vision. To achieve this, collaboration and partnership is vital.  

Exchange remains at the heart of everything we make and do. Now our currency is brand new drama and reinvigorated classics, the boldest artists and a company of highly skilled makers – all brought together in a shared imaginative endeavour to trade ideas and experiences with the people of Greater Manchester (and beyond).   

The Exchange’s unique auditorium is powerfully democratic, a space where audiences and performers meet as equals, entering and exiting through the same doors. It is the inspiration for all we do; inviting everyone to understand the past, engage in today’s big questions, collectively imagine a better future and lose themselves in the moment of a great night out.