Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Thu 17 Oct 2024 - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Wed 20 Mar - Sun 16 Jun 2024
Thu 2 May - Sat 12 Oct 2024
Fri 10 May - Fri 18 Oct 2024
Wed 11 Sep - Sat 5 Oct 2024
Sat 28 Sep - Thu 31 Oct 2024
Fri 29 Mar - Fri 1 Nov 2024
Sun 9 Jun - Fri 27 Sep 2024
Sister Act
Tuesday 19 - Saturday 30 March 2024
Don't miss this eagerly anticipated brand new production of the Broadway and UK smash hit musical Sister Act direct from London. All your prayers have been answered with a stunning cast, including Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver as Mot...
My Beautiful Laundrette
Tuesday 19 - Saturday 23 March 2024
Based on Hanif Kureishi's iconic and Oscar-nominated screenplay and last brought to the stage in 2019 directed by Nikolai Foster, My Beautiful Laundrette is set in London during the Thatcher years and tells the story of young British Pakist...
Northanger Abbey
Tuesday 19 - Saturday 23 March 2024
Bold reimagining of Austen's romantic novel Catherine Morland knows little of the world, but who needs real-life experience when you have novels to guide you? Catherine seizes her chance to escape her claustrophobic family and join the smar...
The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Tuesday 19 March - Sunday 20 October 2024
If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering £5 off tickets too. We've also compiled the best releases new to the streaming s...
Unravelling the Ribbon
Tuesday 19 - Sunday 24 March 2024
A moving and powerful tale of friendship and survival. The touching - and frequently hilarious - story of three women whose lives are touched by breast cancer. Rose is thirty-four and lives on a farm with her husband and two children. She...
Drive-Away Dolls (15)
Tuesday 19 - Thursday 21 March 2024
★★★ Ethan Coen strikes out on his own with a frivolous frolic that wears its slightness like a badge of honour. ~ Total Film. --- Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, this comedy caper follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit ...
Wicked Little Letters (15)
Tuesday 19 - Thursday 21 March 2024
★★★ An ultimately rather cosy tale of British eccentricity, enlivened by a superb cast. ~ Total Film. --- A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than...
Poor Things (18)
Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20 March 2024
★★★★✭ Expect Oscars all around again as the team behind The Favourite deliver another period drama which is one of the best - and maddest - comedies in many a year. ~ ManchesterTheatres. com --- From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and...
Sarah Millican
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Sarah Millican is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer. Since winning the 2008 if. comedy Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for her debut solo show; Sarah Millican's Not Nice, she has fast-established herself as ...
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (18)
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 21 March 2024
★★★★ Radu Jude's bracingly anarchic Romanian black comedy, a portrait of an underpaid, overworked film production assistant with an obscenity-spewing alter ego, lays into workplace ethics with brio. ~ The Observer. --- Radu Jude's R...
HAPPY HOUR COMEDY Creatures Comedy Club
Wednesday 20 March - Friday 31 May 2024
Join us for an evening of uproarious comedy featuring the freshest local talents, all working out new material for your amusement....
Geoff Norcott
Thursday 21 March 2024
Conservative Party supporting comedian Geoff Norcott is working on his fifth national tour show, and takes to the road with his new tour Basic Bloke following on the back of "Conswervative", "Traditionalism", "Taking Liberties" and "I Blame...
Olka Szczesniak
Thursday 21 March 2024
Polish stand-up comedian from Czestochowa who started in the Comedy Lab group in Krakow. Her previous programs "HAJSperger Syndrome", "Critical Distance" and "We Are All Hypocrites" have attracted millions of views on YouTube and she has r...
Jeff Innocent
Thursday 21 March 2024
British Comedian of the Year Winner and social media sensation Jeff Innocent is embarking on his first ever nationwide UK tour. Jeff will be bringing his unique and hilarious cultural insights on the road for the first time in a career that...
Katie Green WIP Creatures Comedy
Thursday 21 March 2024
Come watch Katie figure her life out on stage while she works out material for her next show about coming of age moments/ adulting....
Griffin Inn Eccleston Stand up Comedy
Thursday 21 March 2024
Stand Up Comedy Night presents to you by Wool comedyHosted by Cameron JonesWith comedians such as Freddy Quinne, Rob Thomas and Karl Porter...
Michael McIntyre
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 March 2024
The UK's most popular comedian returns with a huge stand-up world arena tour, Macnificent visiting the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, the USA and Singapore. Since getting his big break performing on the televised 2006 Royal Va...
'Allo 'Allo Comedy Train
Friday 22 March - Friday 30 August 2024
'Allo! 'Allo! This is nighthawk calling! Listen very carefully, we shall say this only once! Renѐ was hoping for a quiet night in his humble little cafe in Nouvion, but things aren't quite going according to plan. The Resistance wants to u...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 22 March - 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.. ...
After Hours - 4K Restoration (15)
Friday 22 March 2024
★★★★✭ Scorsese is at the top of his game with this atmospheric and very black crime comedy which has you on the edge of the seat throughout. ~ ManchesterTheatres. com --- The stellar new 4K restoration of Martin Scorsese's cult ...
Late Night with the Devil (15)
Friday 22 March 2024
Australian siblings Cameron and Colin Cairnes are back with another Comedy Horror. Set in October 1977, waning late-night talk show host Jack Delroy makes television history when his audience-baiting Halloween special spirals fatally out of...
The Greasy Strangler (18)
Friday 22 March 2024
British director Jim Hosking's almost indescribable 2016 debut feature has shades of early John Waters. Big Brayden lives in LA with his dad, Big Ronnie. The night-time streets are being stalked by a naked, homicidal pervert known as the Gr...
Frog and Bucket at Fatbird
Friday 22 March 2024
Comedy Night in association with Frog and Bucket live at Fatbird Live Lounge. Tickets available now,...
Sam Campbell
Saturday 23 March - Saturday 1 June 2024
Basically, we keep him in a metal crate. Once everyone is settled and the house lights go down, we will let him loose on to the stage. It is our understanding that his comedy moments will DAZZLE you. His prefrontal cortex is larger than you...
Four Little Adults (18)
Saturday 23 March 2024
Helsinki is for lovers! In Finnish filmmaker Selma Vilhunen's latest film, a middle-aged couple on the verge of a breakup decide to open up their relationship and enter the complex world of polyamory. What follows is a fascinating balance o...
I Think I'm Sick (18)
Saturday 23 March 2024
The excitement of senior year doesn't appeal much to Will, a teenager quietly dealing with his deteriorating mental health. For Will, there's only one thing he can do to end his agony, but when his suicide plan fails, he finds himself back ...
Comedy At The Albert Club
Saturday 23 March 2024
Live comedy returns to West Didsbury with a stunning line up of TV comedians and award winners at The Albert Club....
Dr. John Cooper Clarke
Sunday 24 March - Thursday 25 April 2024
Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Known as the 'Godfather of Punk Poetry' and the original people's poet, John's cultural influence spans literature, music and fashion. From creating some of the most iconic poet...
Mark & Lard
Sunday 24 March 2024
For the first time, the same-sex Krankies of the airwaves Mark Radcliffe (Mark) and Marc Riley (Lard) will reveal what went on behind the scenes of what Dave Bowie (of the Dave Bowie band) called: 'THE show'! Long time close showbiz friend ...
Dale Elliott Jr.
Sunday 24 March 2024
Jamaican-born comedian, Dale Elliott Jr., comes to the UK with his "No Hard Feelings" Tour! Prepare for non-stop laughter and profound insights, in this brand new follow-up to his sold-out debut. Dale shares the raw and unfiltered stories a...
Laughing Horse Weekend (2 Day) Comedy Course
Sunday 24 March 2024
Learn the skills and art of stand-up comedy on this 2-day (9 hour) comedy course, led by professional comedians and comedy tutors, plus graduation show Sunday Night - full course info on http://www. laughinghorsecomedy. co. uk/comedy/course...
Peep Show Quiz hosted by Sophie's Dad
Sunday 24 March 2024
he's no badger baiter - the man, the myth, the LEGEND that is Sophie's Dad (Paul Clayton) is coming to Manchester to host the ultimate Peep Show quiz...
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Tuesday 26 - Sunday 31 March 2024
Following their multi award-winning sell-out success with The Play That Goes Wrong and the BBC TV series The Goes Wrong Show, Mischief return with their riotous spin on a timeless classic, the West End smash hit Peter Pan Goes Wrong. The me...
Dan Nightingale and Fiends
Thursday 28 March 2024
After two hugely successful national comedy tours, Dan Nightingale (host of the Have A Word Podcast) is doing something a little different in 2024: He's hosting a run of shows with some of his favourite comedians on the bill. With Dan doing...
Karl Porter & Friends
Thursday 28 March 2024
Karl Porter is from Salford and has been doing comedy for around 3 years. With a style of high energy physical comedy, full of deft act-outs, he skilfully brings to life the characters he encounters there to life, from personal trainers to ...
Clinton Baptiste
Friday 29 - Saturday 30 March 2024
Solo again, Britain's most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights returns with his brand new hilarious one-man stand up show. As well as venturing into the audience to offer his unique spirit readings, Clinton...