COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy Plays & Productions in Manchester
Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies
Manchester Opera House
Tue 26 Jan - Sat 6 Feb 2027
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Manchester Opera House
Tue 17 - Sat 21 Nov 2026
Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 26 January - Saturday 6 February 2027
A brand new stage adaptation starring stage and TV favourite Les Dennis as maintenance man Stan, with the full cast of dinnerladies to be announced. More than 25 years after it first aired on BBC One, Victoria Wood's much-loved sitcom dinn...Cluedo
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Monday 1 - Sunday 7 February 2027
An Altrincham Garrick production written by Sandy Rustin and based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Cluedo is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist. The hilarious whodunnit play!It's a dark...Rosie Holt
Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Friday 5 February 2027
As seen on the Russell Howard Hour and heard on Radio 4, Social Media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt returns with her third live tour, The Illegal Aliens Have Landed. Rosie and her MP alter-ego are back, fighting their bi...Faulty Towers - The Original Dining Experience
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Saturday 6 February 2027
Interactive Theatre's globetrotting show is truly quite legendary, selling out at venues like Edinburgh Fringe, Raffles Singapore and Sydney Opera House. When the audience become diners in the 'Faulty Towers' restaurant and are served by B...Not That Asian
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 February 2027
Not That Asian is a bombastic clown musical that uses comedy, video projection and music to playfully investigate and celebrate ESEA culture. Follow two clowns as they attempt to put on the most authentic East Asian production known to man...Rosie Holt
The Point, Leigh
Friday 12 February 2027
As seen on the Russell Howard Hour and heard on Radio 4, Social Media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt returns with her third live tour, The Illegal Aliens Have Landed. Rosie and her MP alter-ego are back, fighting their bi...Trouble with Kids
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 17 - Saturday 27 February 2027
Ben Nickless in association with Edward J Productions brings a brand new comedy drama about fertility, fame, family and friendship. Will and Marc are best mates and both in show business. Will is a TV actor, a house hold name but desper...A Star Wars Improv Show - The One-Man Made-up Movie Parody
Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 20 February 2027
Award nominated stand-up and improviser Jon Hipkiss brings together the ultimate celebration of comedy and fandom. Based solely on your suggestions, Jon will improvise an entirely new Star Wars film all by himself. He's all the trailers, a...Harry Enfield
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 28 February 2027
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, H...Lawrence Chaney
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Sunday 28 February 2027
Drag Race UK star Lawrence Chaney is known for taking jabs at others - now the table has turned... In his brand-new solo stand-up show Weight a Minute, the Scottish drag superstar serves up razor-sharp wit as he deep dives into weight loss...Heathers the Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 March 2027
Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she's unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossib...Opera North - Don Giovanni
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 March 2027
Alessandro Talevi's eclectic production for Opera North follows the legendary womaniser, whose outward charm masks cruelty and violence, through time and space, bringing fresh insights to Mozart's darkest, craziest opera. As he seduces h...A Star Wars Improv Show - The One-Man Made-up Movie Parody
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 6 March 2027
Award nominated stand-up and improviser Jon Hipkiss brings together the ultimate celebration of comedy and fandom. Based solely on your suggestions, Jon will improvise an entirely new Star Wars film all by himself. He's all the trailers, a...
Trigger Happy TV
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Wednesday 10 March 2027
It's been twenty-five years since Trigger Happy TV burst onto our screens, transforming the hidden camera format with its surreal universe of characters and unforgettable pranks. Now, to celebrate a quarter-century of chaos, Dom Joly is br...The Uncrackable Case
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 18 - Saturday 20 March 2027
Tabloid media, conspiracy theorists and familiar fairy-tale faces collide in The Uncrackable Case - a wild, hilarious musical that's part courtroom comedy, part murder mystery and part musical fever dream. Think the gloriously ridiculous l...Count Arthur Strong
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 21 March 2027
An unmissable night of unbelievable entertainment for all the family (no pets), as character comedian Steve Delaney returns as everyone's favourite elderly, pompous, mostly out-of-work, deluded thespian from Doncaster, in the second pa...Tape Face
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 21 March 2027
Celebrating 20 years. TAPE FACE is back in the UK! Mime with noise, stand-up with no talking - drama with no acting. Las Vegas headliner TAPE FACE has become a global sensation. See the critically award-winning show that started it all. Ph...Sophie McCartney - Back in the Day Rave
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 March 2027
After a phenomenal debut tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back! A new decade beckons and she DOES NOT BELIEVE IT! What does life look like when you're too old to be young, but too young to be old? Grab your glow sticks and ...The Full Monty
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Monday 5 - Saturday 10 April 2027
TICKETS TO GO ON GENERAL SALE ON THU 12 MARCH AT 10AMCelebrating the 30th Anniversary of the iconic film, The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham And Buxton Opera House in association with Mark Goucher And David Pugh Present The Full Monty. Back ...Rita, Sue & Bob Too!
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Friday 16 - Saturday 24 April 2027
St Helens' Regal Entertainments Ltd proudly presents the return of the record breaking Adults Only hilarious 1987 cult classic Rita, Sue & Bob Too! Following rave reviews and sold out runs, this outrageous comedy returns to the stage by po...La Voix
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 17 April 2027
Fresh from dazzling millions on Strictly Come Dancing, La Voix is back - bigger, bolder and more fabulous than ever. Having waltzed her way into the nation's heart, she's gone on to conquer the UK, becoming the most recognisable redhead...Count Arthur Strong
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Sunday 25 April 2027
An unmissable night of unbelievable entertainment for all the family (no pets), as character comedian Steve Delaney returns as everyone's favourite elderly, pompous, mostly out-of-work, deluded thespian from Doncaster, in the second pa...TWO
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 29 April 2027
Trio Entertainment return with Jim Cartwright's hit comedy play "TWO". Behind the bar of a northern pub a local Landlord and Landlady welcome their regulars with open arms. Lending an ear to stories of love, Celebration, Loss and despa...Eurovision Your Decision
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 8 May 2027
West End Wilma nominated Eurovision Your Decision is back! Part parody, part cabaret, part Euro-Pop fever dream, this love letter to Eurovision is guaranteed to be a fun night out - it has everything we love (and love to hate) about Eurovi...Operation Mincemeat
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 22 May 2027
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 W...Locomotive For Murder - The Improvised Whodunnit
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 15 May 2027
★★★★★ - "A first class improvised murder mystery with hilarious performances"- The Reviews Hub Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please? Pinch Punch welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whod...Oh Zeus!
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 May 2027
Kings of Comedy Le Navet Bete are back! For lovers of Fawlty Towers, Bottom and The Play That Goes Wrong, Oh Zeus! is a riotous, all-out hilarious ride through Greek mythology. When the stability of Olympus is threatened by the marriage of...
The Adult Pantomime - The Unspoken Adventures of Peter Pan
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 29 May 2027
Second star to the right... and hook right off! The Adult Pantomime is back for its 9th year, bringing a gloriously naughty twist to a timeless classic with The Unspoken Adventures of Peter Pan - Adults Only. The filthy and fabulous Jimmy ...
Educating Rita
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 3 June - Saturday 3 July 2027
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE YOUR STORY Hairdresser Rita knows there's got to be more to life. Determined to change her future, she enrols on an Open University literature course, where she meets Frank, a witty but world-weary lecturer wh...Denouement - An Improvised Mystery
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 6 June 2027
British comedian, writer and actor Siobhan Thompson is bringing her murder mystery improv show Denouement to the UK for the very first time. Created through improvisation, each performance sees the cast construct a new murder mystery live ...Egging
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 26 June 2027
Marriage is around the corner. So are the eggs. Tomorrow, Haris is getting married. Today, he's trying not to get egged. With friends hunting him down for one final pre-wedding tradition, Haris races across Bolton getting ready for the bi...Rita, Sue & Bob Too!
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 June 2027
St Helens' Regal Entertainments Ltd proudly presents the return of the record breaking Adults Only hilarious 1987 cult classic Rita, Sue & Bob Too! Following rave reviews and sold out runs, this outrageous comedy returns to the stage by po...A Totally Unbiased History of the Wanderers
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 19 - Saturday 21 August 2027
Some matches mean more than the score,A football match. A shared loss. A chance to come together. Following the death of a fan, friends and family gather to watch the Wanderers as an act of remembrance. For some, football is where they fe...The Forger
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 9 September - Saturday 2 October 2027
What is a masterpiece worth? And who gets to decide?Shaun Greenhalgh is one of the most gifted artists you've probably never heard of. From a garden shed in Bolton, he and his parents created a string of artworks so convincing they fooled ...Ceri Dupree
