COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy Plays & Productions in Manchester
Mon 23 Feb - Sat 7 Mar 2026
Tue 26 May - Sat 31 Oct 2026
Tue 24 Feb - Sat 14 Mar 2026
Fri 25 Sep - Sun 29 Nov 2026
Mean Girls
Monday 23 February - Saturday 7 March 2026
Direct from the West End, MEAN GIRLS is the smash-hit musical comedy from an award-winning creative team including Tina Fey (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Saturday Night Live). Faye Tozer* - Steps icon, TV personality and West End act...
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Monday 23 - Saturday 28 February 2026
The Broadway and West End musical comedy sensation follows three friends on a hilarious and heartwarming road trip across the Australian Outback to stage the show of a lifetime. Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is a joyous celebration of unity...
Operation Mincemeat
Monday 23 - Saturday 28 February 2026
This production is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It's London's biggest hit with 88 Five-Star reviews, making it the best-reviewed show in We...
Road
Tuesday 24 February - Saturday 14 March 2026
By Jim Cartwright, featuring Lucy Beaumont, Shobna Gulati, Lesley Joseph, Johnny Vegas, and with special guest Sir Tom Courtenay on film. 'Road's coming round us!' It's 1986. Your rumbustious chaperone Scullery guides you down the road, pic...
XS Malarkey with HEADLINER TBA
Tuesday 24 February - Tuesday 26 May 2026
HIya! Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester comedy institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as ...
Manchester Improv Wednesdays
Wednesday 25 February - Wednesday 25 March 2026
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...
THAT'LL BE THE DAY
Thursday 26 February 2026
Celebrate the golden age of Rock 'n' Roll and Pop from the '50s right the way through to the '80s from Trevor Payne and an exceptional cast of who combine hilarious comedy sketches and impersonations with brilliant vocals and superb musicia...
Andrew Doherty - Sad Gay AIDS Play
Thursday 26 February 2026
From the twisted homosexual mind that brought you Gay Witch Sex Cult, Andrew Doherty returns with Edinburgh hit Sad Gay AIDS Play. 'The finest horror pastiche I can recall on the Fringe since Garth Marenghi.' ★★★★ Guardian. Andrew r...
Rachel Fairburn's Trying It On
Saturday 28 February 2026
'Trying It On' is a brand new night showcasing the very best in character comedy from renowned stand-up, Rachel Fairburn (Live at the Apollo, All Killa No Filla). Having already conquered the world of stand up, Rachel is turning her sights ...
The Adult Pantomime - The Wizard of Oz Adults Only
Saturday 28 February 2026
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 8th year with a trip over the rainbow for The Wizard of Oz -Adults Only! Prepare to experience the story like you've never seen it before. Follow Dorothy as she is whisked away by a tornado to the Merry ...
The Adult Panto - Snow White and the Magnificent Seven
Saturday 28 February 2026
Taking the UK by storm since 2004, the Market Theatre's Adult Panto Company are back on tour and out to corrupt another classic fairy tale beyond recognition with their unique style of Adult Panto. Can this fearless company of just three ac...
XS Malarkey with PREPPERS (STUART LAWS & MATT SANDSTORM)
Tuesday 3 March 2026
HIya! Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester comedy institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as ...
The Totally Improvised Musical
Wednesday 4 March 2026
An evening of fully improvised comedy EVERY Wednesday at 33 Oldham Street with award-winning house teams and special guests! THIS WEEK:Every night is opening night as these top improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title s...
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 March 2026
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest - direct from the West End - this smash-hit 2016 Olivier Award-winning improvised show brings something new to life at each and every performance! Transforming audience suggestions into al...
Two by Jim Cartwright
Friday 6 - Saturday 28 March 2026
Behind the bar of their northern pub, the Landlord and Landlady welcome their regulars with open arms. Lending an ear for stories of celebration, of loss, of love and of despair, the bickering couple work together to keep the locals in high...
The Empire Strips Back - A Burlesque Parody
Friday 6 March - Sunday 3 May 2026
Dropping classic sci-fi characters into the world of burlesque, the hit parody The Empire Strips Back... is coming at last! Be delivered to the dark side! With comedy and allure, loving detail, and hilarious parody, The Empire Strips Back...
OUTSIDE THE BOX COMEDY CLUB - 6TH MARCH - STOCKPORT GARRICK
Friday 6 March 2026
CHRIS WASHINGTON - Chris is taking the comedy industry and audiences alike by storm. With bags of Northern charm, he had ?a hugely successful debut run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, during which he received a sparkling nomination f...
LAUGHING HORSE WEEKEND (2 DAY) COMEDY COURSE
Saturday 7 March 2026
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...
An Hour With Mick Miller
Sunday 8 March 2026
SUNDAY 8TH MARCH 2026- Join us to see Comedy Legend and one of our most treasured entertainers Mick Miller as he comes to Horwich RMI Club in Horwich. This will be a masterclass in stand-up comedy not to be missed!One of our most treasured ...
The Fire Raisers
Tuesday 10 - Sunday 15 March 2026
A darkly comic and absurd play about the dangers of turning a blind eye to growing threats and the consequences of inaction. The debut show from We Merry Dancers Theatre Company brings Max Frisch's constantly relevant play to life. In a tow...
Dan Schreiber
Monday 16 March 2026
Dan Schreiber - co-host of the smash-hit QI podcast No Such Thing As A Fish and bestselling author of The Theory of Everything Else - presents an evening of mind-blowing stories, unbelievable coincidences, jokes and facts that will make you...
The Constant Wife
Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 March 2026
Prior to London's West End, David Pugh and Cunard present The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of The Constant Wife by Laura Wade, based on the comedy by W Somerset Maugham. 1927. Constance is a very unhappy woman. "Nonsense" sa...
The Battle
Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 March 2026
WORLD PREMIERE - PRIOR TO WEST ENDLondon, 1995. Two of the country's biggest bands release singles on the same day, commencing the battle of Britpop. On one side, clean-cut, art-school intellectuals from the South. On the other: raw and una...
OUTSIDE THE BOX COMEDY CLUB - 21ST MARCH - STOCKPORT GARRICK
Saturday 21 March 2026
NICK PAGE - With some comics there?s a moment where you ask yourself ?I wonder how much of this is true??, with Nick Page you might hope it isn?t true, but somehow know that it is, mostly. His shows are full to bursting with stories from a ...
Foil Arms & Hog
Sunday 22 March 2026
Irish trio Foil, Arms and Hog are back with their brand-new show, Skittish, a mix of sketch comedy, audience participation and improvisation. With over one billion views you may know the lads from their online videos, but their live sh...
Harry Enfield
Monday 23 March 2026
Join us for a rare and entertaining evening with legendary satirical comedian and self-styled "stupid idiot", Harry Enfield: And No Chums. From the meteoric rise of Loadsamoney, a Thatcherite Visionary, to the fury of Kevin the Teenager, Ha...
Ian Ashpitel & Jonty Stephens as Eric & Ern
Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 March 2026
From the Olivier Nominated duo behind the hugely celebrated and critically acclaimed West End Hit. This is a show for all the family from 8 to 108! A brilliant homage crammed full Morecambe & Wise's most loved routines, songs and sketches a...
Private Lives
Friday 27 March - Saturday 2 May 2026
Jill Halfpenny returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre to play Amanda Prynne. 'I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives.' In Noel Coward's savage comedy, there's nothing a cocktail can't cu...
Foil Arms & Hog
Sunday 29 March 2026
Irish trio Foil, Arms and Hog are back with their brand-new show, Skittish, a mix of sketch comedy, audience participation and improvisation. With over one billion views you may know the lads from their online videos, but their live sh...
XS Malarkey with ALEX KEALY
Tuesday 31 March 2026
HIya! Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester comedy institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as ...
Murder, She Didn't Write
Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 April 2026
Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your 'finger of suspicion' at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show for your sleuthing pleasure. They'll crea...
Jon Udry is Having a Ball
Thursday 9 April 2026
There are jugglers. There are comedians. And there is Jon Udry. Jon combines the two to such a brilliant effect that his unique performance has his audience roaring with laughter from entrance to the final curtain. Formerly the British Youn...
Bloody Women
Thursday 9 April 2026
What do prisons and hormones have in common? Both hold sentences for many women! To mark 12 years in prison as a writer and facilitator, Jenny Berry offers a unique night on the imprisonments of women's hormones. Including, a script rea...
Parody of the Rings
Saturday 11 April 2026
A Hilarious and Epic Adventure! What happens when a cinema's Lord of the Rings marathon goes terribly wrong? At the local cinema, all hell breaks loose when the ushers misplace the DVDs of The Lord of the Rings trilogy - every single copy! ...
Simon Munnery
Sunday 12 April 2026
"One of the all time great British stand-ups" (Stewart Lee) performs a truly unique stand-up show. Expect all your classic Munnery one-liners, sketches and anecdotes from the British Comedy Award nominee, serial innovator and 'Perennial ...
Waiting for Godot
Wednesday 15 April - Saturday 2 May 2026
Matthew Kelly and George Costigan star in a new staging of Samuel Beckett's classic play - in which absolutely nothing happens. Set in a shifting, timeless landscape, Waiting for Godot follows two men, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wa...
The Cheryl & Kitty Show
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Audiences are invited to step into a dazzling world of glamour and wit at An Evening With Cheryl and Kitty Scott-Claus, a cabaret extravaganza that promises campery, show stopping numbers, laughter. Cheryl The Queen and Kitty Scott Claus em...
Lucy Darling
Thursday 16 April 2026
Award-winning performer Carisa Hendrix stars as charming socialite and cocktail enthusiast Lucy Darling as she continues her vivacious vagabond voyages with Simply Darling - a touring variety show featuring her razor-sharp wit, unquestion...
Bingo Lingo
Friday 17 April 2026
Taking bingo, shaking all the dust-out and turning it into one mad, confetti-filled, party-bingo night of mayhem, this is Bingo like you've never experienced before. You'll be sat at a table with all of your friends playing bingo in a f...
Leila Navabi - Relay
Friday 17 April 2026
A bold, joyful punk-musical one-person show about making a queer family on your own terms, written and performed by award-nominated comedian, writer and composer Leila Navabi. The critically acclaimed show was included in The Guardian'...
The Fit Prince
Tuesday 21 - Sunday 26 April 2026
The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before [insert public holiday here]) Following the sold-out, award-winning shows Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Awkward Produ...
Nurse John
Saturday 25 April 2026
Nurse John presents The Short-Staffed Tour John Dela Cruz's (a.k.a Nurse John's) comedy is like talking to your work bestie; you trauma dump, cry, scream, and laugh together through all the high and the lows of working in the service indus...
Bank of Dave The Musical
Saturday 2 - Saturday 16 May 2026
"If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's this: everybody hates bankers." Bank of Dave: The Musical is a home-grown, brand-new British musical - bursting with northern grit, laugh-out-loud humour and what Dave himself calls "the best ...
Teechers
Tuesday 5 - Saturday 16 May 2026
New Year. . . same problems! It is the end of term and Godber's hilarious comedy masterpiece has been reset for our post Covid times. bristling with teenage swagger and outlandish imagination, Salty, Gail and Hobby use their B. Tech Perform...
Natalie Cuomo
Thursday 7 May 2026
Door Time: 20:00 Show Time: 20:30 Curfew Time: 22:30...
WiFi Wars
Saturday 9 May 2026
WiFi Wars returns with the live comedy game show where you all play along!Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes! Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain ...
