Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Fri 27 Jun 2025 - Sat 2 May 2026
Wed 25 Jun 2025 - Fri 22 May 2026
Tue 8 Jul - Sat 1 Nov 2025
Tue 22 Jul 2025 - Fri 13 Feb 2026
Thu 20 Nov - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Sat 22 Nov 2025 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Freaky Friday
Sunday 22 June - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Directed by Andy Fickman Book by Bridget Carpenter Music by Tom Kitt Lyrics by Brian Yorkey The new musical, Freaky Friday, based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, which has captured the hearts of genera...
Mark Watson
Sunday 22 June - Thursday 16 October 2025
Comedian and novelist Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star a...
The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Sunday 22 June - Wednesday 31 December 2025
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 discounted tickets at Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and HOME too. We've also compiled...
Ed Night
Sunday 22 June 2025
Hi there, I'm Ed Night. I'm a stand-up comedian. I've just come back from the Edinburgh Fringe and soon enough it'll be time for me to sling a microphone over my shoulder and start hopping on boxcars bound for every corner of this dusty old...
House of Comedy - Archie Kelly
Sunday 22 - Thursday 26 June 2025
Four comedians, one mission: to make a room of people laugh. Our House of Comedy night welcomes everyone, from die-hard comedy fans to those just looking for a last-minute laugh. For one night only, enjoy a lineup of budding stars making wa...
Hayley Ellis + Stephen Bailey
Sunday 22 June 2025
A double dose of hilarious stand up as Hayley Ellis and Stephen Bailey preview their latest solo shows. Join Hayley as she navigates middle age - and as everyone agrees, the middle of anything is always the most delicious part (excluding...
Rob Mulholland
Monday 23 - Monday 30 June 2025
"Allegations" is the debut tour from Rob Mulholland; seasoned stand-up comedian, podcaster (Dead Men Talking) and one of the kings of the North's burgeoning DIY comedy scene. A wild, high-energy barrage of belly laughs covering all the topi...
Monday Night Comedy
Monday 23 June 2025
A night of comedy hosted by Adam Anwar (UKIP's Nightmare) at the intimate cosy Bar Three in Hindley. ...
Creatures Comedian of the Year - Semi Finals
Monday 23 June - Monday 7 July 2025
Creatures Comedy Club hosts its first Comedian of the Year comp. Top UK acts compete, with the final at July's Creatures Comedy Festival...
Stand Up Comedy night - Sky Bar
Monday 23 June 2025
Join us for an evening of local stand up comedians. Every penny will go to the Veterans Foundation in Loving memory of Lewis Feeley....
Pride & Prejudice
Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Jane Austen's most iconic love story is brought dazzlingly to life on stage When it comes to the subject of marriage, headstrong Lizzy Bennet is determined to resist the mounting pressures and expectations from society. But can she resist l...
Reverend Richard Coles
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Reverend Richard Coles is the only British vicar to have had a number-one hit single and to have appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and since the first leg of this tour, he's charmed his way to the final of ITV's 'I'm A Celeb...
Scratch - Spoken Word Night
Tuesday 24 June - Tuesday 16 December 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse's quarterly spoken word night is an inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. For Scratch we are looking for seasoned performers that are looking for opportunities to showcase t...
Bec Hill + Glenn Moore
Tuesday 24 June 2025
June and July is our Edinburgh Previews season, where each week we bring you two work-in-progress previews of hour-long shows from some of the most exciting comics headed to the Edinburgh Fringe, from old favourites to new voicesThis weekBE...
Easy Comedy
Tuesday 24 June - Tuesday 28 October 2025
Michael Mannion & Alfie Carter host the top night in the city, every Tuesday, where you can see Manchester's best comedians working out new material and the newest comedians working out their best! ...
The Highwayman
Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 June 2025
The Highwayman is waiting, and there is no escape. It's 1769 and everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. It's the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but ...
Clinton Baptiste
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation's favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay's 'Phoenix Nights', Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond! In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy ...
Happy Hour Comedy
Wednesday 25 - Friday 27 June 2025
An evening of uproarious comedy featuring the freshest local talents, all working out new material for your amusement. It's £1 with exit-by-donation - because laughter should be affordable and accessible. Come sip on budget-friendly drinks...
Laugh Therapy
Wednesday 25 June - Wednesday 29 October 2025
Ready for a dose of comedy to cure what ails you? Join us for a night where comedians become your "therapists," offering hilarious insights and advice to brave audience members who share their personal problems. Whether you're in the hot se...
Lucky Chalm Comedy
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Join Harry Chalmers-Morris, a budding comedian, for a Comedy Night with special headline guests. Click for line-up. ...
Manchester Improv Wednesdays
Wednesday 25 June - Wednesday 30 July 2025
An evening of fully improvised comedy - every Wednesday at 33 Oldham StreetThe Line Up.... Wet Skeleton is one performer, zero script, and infinite possibilities. Watch as her 206 soggy (and slightly wonky) bones become all manner of charac...
Manford's Comedy Club
Thursday 26 June - Thursday 27 November 2025
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.. ...
Big Strong Man
Thursday 26 June 2025
Big Strong Man is a raucous, interactive comedy featuring song, dance, improvisation, boyband parodies, lip syncs, ladders, karaoke and a bear. Join four northern lads for a night of Poundland level extravagance as they bring their fast-pac...
Ev and Kev - Toxic Positivity
Thursday 26 June - Thursday 30 October 2025
Brace yourself for TOXIC POSITIVITY, the high-energy, anything-goes improv show where optimism is mandatory, chaos is inevitable. TOXIC POSITIVITY - The Improv Show That Won't Let You Have a Bad TimeBrace yourself for TOXIC POSITIVITY, the ...
Tim Minchin
Friday 27 June - Sunday 13 July 2025
Get ready for an evening packed with unforgettable songs and stories, as the Northampton-born, Australia-raised award-winning actor, comedian, author and music virtuoso looks back on how a Perth cabaret pianist ended up building one of the...
Justin Moorhouse
Friday 27 June 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Justin returns with "The Greatest Performance of My Life". After a successful and extensively extended tour of his 2022 show Stretch and Think (which you can catch in full on YouTube), he's back ...
Barbara Nice
Friday 27 June 2025
Join Stockport housewife, cleaner to the stars, Take a Break reader and Britain's Got Talent star Barbara Nice for all the best bits of her 25 years of delighting live comedy audiences, as well as new stuff she wrote on the bus. A playful, ...
OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Oddsocks are taking to the road again this summer with another high-energy, feel-good, family theatre show - Shakespeare's most magical comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream! Four lovers run off to the Athenian forest where mysterious woodland ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 27 June - Friday 28 November 2025
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.. ...
Club Comedy - A Big Night Out Hosted by Josh Jones
Friday 27 June 2025
A new monthly comedy show, championing some of the best northern comics on the circuit. Hosted by Josh Jones. Mancunian ray of sunshine, Josh Jones is the most original voice to emerge from the North-West in recent years. After his hilariou...
Friday Night Comedy Showcase
Friday 27 June - Friday 28 November 2025
Every Friday, the stage comes alive with top-tier humour, featuring a mix of rising stars and international headliners. A night of laughter and unforgettable fun at the only seven-night-a-week club in Manchester, with a diverse lineup. ...
Dale Elliott Jr
Saturday 28 June 2025
Jamaican-born comedian Dale Elliott Jr. brings his highly anticipated "Son of an Immigrant" World Tour to stages across the globe! Drawing from his experience as a child left behind while both parents ventured to "foreign," Elliott masterfu...
Manford's Comedy Club
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 29 November 2025
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 28 June 2025 - Saturday 14 February 2026
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, ...
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd
Saturday 28 June 2025
A new hour of stand-up by the wee guy with the glasses from Glasgow. Featuring routines and jokes on such topics as Edinburgh Zoo, going for a walk, and the collapse of the British state. As seen on Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Comedy C...
Laugh Out Proud - LGTB+ Comedy Special
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 26 July 2025
Get ready to laugh until your glitter falls off as Laugh Out Proud returns to Manchester Comedy Club for another night of side-splitting queer comedy. Hosted by the fabulous Charli Angel, with the hilarious Ginger Hunter as the MC, this sh...
Saturday Afternoon Comedy Showcase
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 1 November 2025
Four amazing comedians with a resident host, presenting a mix of up-and-coming talent and international headliners at the only seven-night-a-week comedy club in Manchester. ...
Saturday Night Comedy Showcase
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 1 November 2025
A flagship show featuring four amazing comedians with a resident host, presenting a mix of up-and-coming talent and international headliners. ...
Rhys Darby
Sunday 29 June 2025
The Kiwi icon returns to the stage with a brand new stand-up show for 2025. In a world full of AI and Robot tech can a simple dad with slightly tight jeans stay relevant? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes! Rhys hopes to prove that right n...
Tom Lawrinson
Sunday 29 June 2025
Everything is awful but that's okay, argues Tom in his ridiculously entertaining show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave. Buried Alive (and Loving It) is a show for siblings who shared a rubbish childhood and comedy ...
Paul Foot
Sunday 29 June 2025
As seen on Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, multi-award-winning and trail-blazing comedian, Paul Foot, is back on tour with Dissolve, his most personal, surprising and ground-breaking show e...
India and Pakistan Comedy Night
Sunday 29 June 2025
This comedy showdown will be in Hindi/Urdu, packed with desi punchlines, spicy humour, and full-on masti! Whether you're Team India or Team Pakistan, one thing's for sure - you'll be laughing your hearts out! ...
Off The Rails Comedy Club Saddleworth
Sunday 29 June - Sunday 27 July 2025
Held on the last Sunday of every month at The Royal George, Greenfield, a large country pub set in the stunning Saddleworth countryside, Off The Rails comedy night hosts some of the biggest names in comedy. Attracting eager comedy fans, fro...
Rohit Shah
Sunday 29 June 2025
Since childhood, Rohit Shah harbored ambitions of becoming many things, including a singer, a cricketer, a financial analyst, and a start-up founder. However, as his show title, "Naseeb Kharaab," suggests, life had other plans. Come and exp...
Made in Manchester - Rising Stars
Sunday 29 June - Sunday 31 August 2025
A spotlight on the next generation of local comedians, fresh from the streets of Manchester and ready to bring their best material to the stage, Made in Manchester: Rising Stars is your Sunday night showcase of homegrown talent! From up-an...
Sickbag - The Alternative Comedy Variety Show
Sunday 29 June 2025
This chaotic comedy variety show fizzes with the energy of a late-night after-party run by Cameron Jones, the kind of spectacle that spreads like a dirty rumour. It's the show you'd find packed to the rafters during a fringe festival at mid...
Living the Life of Riley
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Starring Vicky Entwistle, Living the Life of Riley is a heart-warming, heart-breaking and hilarious tale of a family, trying to negotiate their way through teenage tantrums, autism, and Grandma. Joanne Riley always knew there was something...
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