STAND UP COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Stand Up Comedy in Manchester
Thu 17 Oct 2024 - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Fri 10 May - Fri 18 Oct 2024
Sat 28 Sep - Thu 31 Oct 2024
Thu 6 Jun - Fri 1 Nov 2024
Fri 12 Jul 2024 - Sat 26 Apr 2025
Sat 7 Sep - Thu 10 Oct 2024
Sat 6 Jul - Thu 7 Nov 2024
Sun 9 Jun - Fri 27 Sep 2024
First Thursday Comedy
Thursday 2 May - Thursday 1 August 2024
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...
Amy Webber
Thursday 2 May 2024
After being awarded two 5 star ***** reviews at Brighton Fringe and nominated for the 'Best Newcomer' award - Amy is evening of fun, singing, banging music and top quality humour! 'Amy Webber; No Previous Experience' was born out of the con...
Wool Comedy
Thursday 2 May - Thursday 6 June 2024
A night of live comedy from the countries best acts, the longest running night of stand up comedy in St. Helens hosted by resident MC and local act Cameron Jones ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 3 May - Friday 6 December 2024
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...
Howerd's End
Friday 3 May 2024
Frankie Howerd was one of Britain's most loved comedians for half a century. But he had a secret. And the secret's name was Dennis. This hugely acclaimed play by Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, Jarman) takes you to the heart of F...
Octagon Comedy Club
Friday 3 May - Friday 19 July 2024
After sell-out shows, the Octagon Comedy Club is back for even more laughs! Join us one Friday a month and enjoy a hilarious night of live stand-up from some of the best names in comedy. To see who is performing, more details can be found h...
Chorlton Comedy Club
Friday 3 May - Friday 7 June 2024
2020 saw Chorlton's longest running comedy night move from the Irish Club in 2020 and change it's name to Chorlton Comedy Club in the process. We then had that pesky global pandemic! With the vaccine on it's way, they are hoping to relaunch...
Bassem Youssef
Saturday 4 May 2024
After a long career as a respected heart surgeon, Bassem Youssef has become one of the most influential and poignant satirists and political commentators from the Middle East. He shot to fame after treating the wounded during the Arab Sprin...
Manford's Comedy Club
Saturday 4 May - Saturday 30 November 2024
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...
Best of Buzz Comedy
Saturday 4 May - Saturday 7 December 2024
Waterside's legendary monthly comedy night showcasing new and established talent upstairs in the Old Courtroom Chambers. Buzz Comedy is a long-running, well-respected, and award-winning comedy night fronted since 1989 by the veteran wit...
Rachel Fairburn
Sunday 5 May 2024
Co-host of International smash hit podcast All Killa No Filla, Manchester comedian Rachel Fairburn is back with a brand-new tour, Show Girl, in which she'll be casting her acerbic eye over everything from your children to her pretentious ...
Shelf - Teenage Men
Sunday 5 May 2024
This new show from the "easy to fall in love with" (Scotsman) double-act features anecdotes, songs, jokes about performing for kids, the Instagram algorithm, confronting your toxicity, and more. In their last show, Hair, comedy duo Shelf jo...
Shelf - The Kids' Show
Sunday 5 May 2024
Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids' comedy show that's fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness, Rachel and Ruby use physical comedy and silly characters to bring sketch comedy to children of all ages ...
Alun Cochrane
Sunday 5 May 2024
Alun Cochrane's new national tour Stuff and Nonsense is a mixture of stand-up material (Stuff) and of his high quality on the spot frippery, improv, crowd work (Nonsense). There could be stuff on funerals, free speech, or feminism, and mayb...
Didsbury Comedy Club
Sunday 5 May - Sunday 2 June 2024
Sunday 6 June We don't know if the venue will be open by this date yet but, if it is, we will put a show on. Sunday 4 July Glenn Wool, Tez Ilyas, Alex Stringer, MC Justin Moorhouse On sale here soon with first refusal to mailing list memb...
Heatons Comedy Evening
Sunday 5 May 2024
Sunday 2 May Mark Nelson, Glenn Wool, Tal Davies, MC Justin MoorhouseSunday 6 June Mick Ferry, Tony Law, Sarah Speare, MC Alex Boardman ...
Heatons Comedy Evening Stockport
Sunday 5 May - Sunday 2 June 2024
The Halls Of Ridiculous, Louise Young, Jonny Brook and MC Jon Wagstaffe all at Stockports longest running comedy club...
Julian Clary
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Julian Clary, renowned homosexual and national trinket, is fixing to saddle up and head on out for his 2024 UK tour. "Yes, it has a Western theme," the old buckaroo confirms, sipping Bourbon from a pint tankard. "It was only a matter of tim...
Liam Withnail
Tuesday 7 May 2024
This enlightening stand-up show about how we adapt when life throws a curveball takes audiences on a rollercoaster of laughter and packs a punch....
Josh Jones
Thursday 9 May 2024
Brand-new show from everyone's favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer nominee. Josh's recent TV appearances include The Jonathan Ross Show (ITV), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Ch4), Alan Davies: As Yet U...
Marjolein Robertson
Thursday 9 May 2024
After a successful sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run as one of the top reviewed comedy shows and being shortlisted by both the (ISH) Fringe Awards for 'Best Show' and the Neurodivergent Review Awards for 'Best ADHD Show' Marj is Marjolein Rober...
Ed Byrne
Friday 10 May 2024
Attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs. A TV household name, appearing on Mock The Week (BBC), Top Gear (BBC), QI (...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 10 May - Friday 13 December 2024
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...
COMEDYSPORTZ
Saturday 11 May 2024 - Saturday 22 February 2025
You've seen football. You've seen tennis. But have you seen Comedy as a sport? Then you don't want to miss this all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show! Two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, ...
Ed Byrne
Sunday 12 May 2024
Attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs. A TV household name, appearing on Mock The Week (BBC), Top Gear (BBC), QI (...
Punt and Dennis
Monday 13 May 2024
Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt are back on tour for the first time in 10 years. Older but not really much wiser, Punt and Dennis are returning to what they do best. What have they learned from a decade of following the news for Mock The Week an...
Frank Skinner
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and 7-nights at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End, comic legend Frank Skinner is back with his critically acclaimed new show '30 Years of Dirt'. Skinner's live career began in 1987 when ...
Frank Skinner
Thursday 16 May 2024
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and 7-nights at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End, comic legend Frank Skinner is back with his critically acclaimed new show '30 Years of Dirt'. Skinner's live career began in 1987 when ...
Peter Kay
Friday 17 May 2024 - Saturday 20 September 2025
One of Britain's best loved comedians, Peter Kay is finally returning to stand-up comedy with his first live tour in twelve years - a tour which still officially ranks in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour...
Jamali Maddix
Friday 17 May 2024
As seen on Taskmaster (Channel4), Frankie Boyle's New World Order (BBC2) and his critically acclaimed series Hate Thy Neighbor for Vice, comedian Jamali Maddix is heading out on tour. With his new show, King Crud, the stand up comedi...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 17 May - Friday 29 November 2024
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...
Jessica Fostekew
Saturday 18 May 2024
Comedian, actor, writer, star of BBC's Motherland BBC and Cuckoo, host of The Hoovering Podcast and regular co-host of the behemoth The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew returns with her latest stand-up tour Mettle. ...
Simon Munnery
Sunday 19 May 2024
"One of the all time great British stand-ups" (Stewart Lee) performs a truly unique stand-up show. Using William Blake's poem Jerusalem (B-side to the English national anthem) and The Fall's take on it as a springboard, Simon endeavours to ...
Michelle Brasier
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Michelle Brasier's Sydney Comedy Festival Award-winning show, Reform, is a cautionary tale of an online scam and the urge to empathise with, understand, and become the emergency contacts of those who have done us wrong. A theatrical hour of...
Peter Kay
Thursday 23 - Friday 24 May 2024
Legendary comedian Peter Kay will open Manchester's state of the art venue with his current record breaking tour when it first welcomes fans in April. The 23,500-seat arena is the largest in the UK and will offer an unparalleled fan experie...
Ashley Blaker
Thursday 23 May 2024
The star of BBC Radio 4's hit comedy 6.5 Children takes to the road in a new stand-up show, NORMAL SCHMORMAL based on the best-selling book of the same name, about the joys of raising children with special needs. Between endless meetings, c...
The Vivienne
Thursday 23 May 2024
The Vivienne emerged as the original champion of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK for the BBC, before going on to star in Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars All Winners globally. Her brand-new show of comedy, music and audience participa...
Steve Bugeja
Thursday 23 May 2024
The creator and star of ITV2's hit sitcom, Buffering, is back on the road following a sell-out 2022 tour and a critically acclaimed run at the 2023 Edinburgh fringe festival with his new show Self Doubt (I Think). He's appeared on Stand Up...
Kanan Gill
Friday 24 May 2024
Indian stand-up sensation Kanan Gill embarks on a UK tour with "What is This?", a show about nothing at all (so far...). But what does nothing mean? What is emptiness empty of? Are thoughts thieves in an empty house? Oh shut up dude, stop i...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 24 May 2024
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...
Patrick Monahan
Friday 24 May 2024
Patrick Monahan works the room, makes an effortless connection and becomes everybody's favourite comedian with his new show Exclusively. He has toured 1,000 + venues, travelling more miles than NASA's Space Flights! Catch him now before his...
Stuart Laws
Friday 24 May 2024
Buckinghamshire comedian Stuart Laws' new show, Is That Guy Still Going, delivers stand-up about getting married, being middle of the road and trying to be more honest. 'You'll struggle to find a comedian with a better jokes per minute ra...
Pottervision - Harry Potter Parody Show
Saturday 25 May 2024
Four performers are all set to recreate Harry Potter and The Philospher's Stone but, when two of them drop out on the day (and take all the props and costumes with them), Tom and Lukas have to go it alone and make do with the limited resour...
Anuvab Pal
Saturday 25 May 2024
Anuvab Pal returns on official business. Post-Brexit, the British government want to sell the idea of Britishness to India. It has been done before, with dubious results. Now, they've set up a Department of Britishness and hired him. He wil...
Josh Pugh
Sunday 26 May 2024
The new stand-up show, Existin' La Vida Loca, from comic Josh Pugh. Josh Pugh began performing in 2014 and soon started turning heads around his native Midlands. Lockdown saw the comedian turn to his phone, recording relatable 'bits' that w...