How to get cheap tickets to Beauty and The Beast at Palace Theatre - and four other Manchester shows

March brings with it the beginning of Spring, Mother’s Day and a selection of exciting theatre productions in Manchester. And one of the biggest shows on the arts calendar this year is Beauty and the Beast.

The opening night will be held on Thursday, March 31, running until June 4 - 26 years after its Broadway debut.

The Disney tale as old as time has been reimagined with modern theatrical innovations and techniques to offer a stage show at Manchester’s Palace Theatre ‘like never before’.

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The nine-week production has seen members of the original creative team reunite to work on the new production, which features the music and lyrics of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.

Tickets for the two-and-a-half hour performance cost up to £97.50 - but there are cheaper tickets available.

The cheapest tickets are £20, and mostly available on weekday productions, and are seats at the side of the stalls and the back of the circle. There are still some £20 tickets available for weekend performances, too.

The ATG tickets site uses a traffic light system to indicate ticket availability, with opening weekend booking up quickly.

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Other tickets are priced at £34, £45, £55, £75, £80 and £87.50, depending on where you’d like to sit.

Also at The Palace Theatre this month is Billionaire Boy , running for four days between Wednesday, March 9 to Saturday, March 12. The show is from the award-winning West End producers of Gangsta Granny and