COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy Plays & Productions in Manchester
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 2 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
13 Going On 30 - The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Sun 21 Sep - Sun 12 Oct 2025
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Palace Theatre
Thu 19 - Sat 28 Feb 2026
So You Think You Want Funny?
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Sunday 14 September 2025
A 90s-style Blind Date show hosted by Comedian Natalia Schwartz, this unforgettable night of laughter, awkward flirting, and spontaneous fun sees 3 comedians compete for a blind date with brave audience members! How it works: One round fe...Send in the Clowns - Little Flop of Horrors
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 16 - Thursday 18 September 2025
★★★★★ 'It's vulgar, it's audacious, it's bordering on libel at times, but my god is it a riot... Genius!' - Theatre & Tonic Send In The Clowns is a raucous, wild, and tantalising drag revue show celebrating the magic and madness o...Eric Idle
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 18 September 2025
Eric Idle-star of stage, screen and crossword puzzle-has often been compared to Noel Coward. But never favourably. He has been in showbusiness since 1961. 'Unfortunately I can't find the exit,' he says. 'My role in life seems to be cheering...ISMO: Woo Hoo World Tour
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 18 September 2025
Finnish comedian ISMO brings his sharp observational humor and unique perspective on language, culture, and everyday life back to the UK! Known for his clever wordplay and hilarious takes on English quirks, ISMO?s comedy resonates with audi...Felicity Ward: Im Exhausting
53two, Manchester
Thursday 18 September 2025
Star of ?The Office? (Australia), Felicity Ward returns for her first national tour in six years. In a two hour laugh out loud extravaganza, Felicity Ward talks about something that no one has ever done before - she had a baby. The show is ...Superdrunk
Stockport Garrick Theatre, Stockport
Friday 19 September 2025
SUPERDRUNKA butchered degree. An arrest in Tesco dressed as a cat. Red wine, Easy hotels, lost jobs, Tinnitus and toxic relationships. Every decision Eddie has made had been through haze of being blackout drunk. From ruining his best friend...
13 Going On 30 - The Musical
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 21 September - Sunday 12 October 2025
13 Going On 30 - The Musical is a totally grown up new musical comedy based on the hit 2004 film that starred Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo, and it's coming to Manchester Opera House for its World Premiere next year!Jenna Rink is an ador...The Fire Raisers
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 23 - Sunday 28 September 2025
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...XS Malarkey - BEN POPE: The Cut
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Ben Pope: The CutBen Pope ('a total delight' - Fest) brings his brand-new UK stand-up tour to Manchester. Look, there's no easy way to put this. Last year, Ben got circumcised. On purpose, and as recommended by medical professionals. This s...Su Pollard
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 25 September 2025
A night of hilarious laughter, fabulous songs and wonderful stories. For 50 years the legendary Su Pollard has delighted audiences, starring in the nation's best-known TV shows and on stages around the globe in some of the world's most-l...
Bleak Expectations
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Monday 29 September - Saturday 4 October 2025
The story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin... Follow half-orphan Pip's extraordinary exploits with sisters Pippa and Poppy and best friend Harry Biscuit, as they attempt to escape the calculating clutches of th...The Lady Boys Of Bangkok
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Monday 29 September 2025
Now celebrating 25 years touring in the UK after first appearing at the Edinburgh Festival in 1989, The Lady Boys of Bangkok is now officially the largest and longest continuous touring cabaret show in the UK. Featuring a cast of 16 male Th...King Arthur
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 4 October 2025
Award-winning funny men, Le Navet Bete, return to the stage with a a brand-new laugh-out-loud show for theatre. This hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends, suitable for the whole family, will have audiences crying with laughter and b...
La Voix
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Direct from the West End, come and see the UK's best drag queen and Britain's funniest redhead swing into town with her most ambitious show yet. The UK entertainment sensation who proves that a killer voice and razor-sharp wit alongside ...Shit-faced Shakespeare - Hamlet
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare have toured the world, broken America, established themselves on London's West End, won numerous awards, and survived a zero-star review in The Times. In 2025, they will be celebrating 15 years on the wagon with one o...WiFi Wars
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 4 October 2025
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 ...Snake in the Grass
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 9 - Saturday 25 October 2025
A darkly comic thriller about family, secrets and manipulation. Annabel returns home after the death of her cruel father. Reunited with her sister Miriam, the siblings bicker as buried truths resurface. Tensions grow when his former nurse ...Aunty Donna
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 October 2025
Australian YouTube, podcast and Netflix surrealist comedy superstars - Broden Kelly, Zachary Ruane and Mark Bonanno - bring their wonderfully riotous sketch comedy show Drem to Europe. Featuring a 75ish minute live show, with all new ...Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Friday 10 October - Sunday 30 November 2025
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...Trigger Happy TV
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Sunday 12 October 2025
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 bri...Dirty Dusting
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Monday 13 October 2025
An evening of pure theatrical Viagra starring Crissy Rock (Benidorm) and Leah Bell (Stage Award Winner) plus Vanessa Karon and Paul Dunn. Gladys, Olive and Elsie are three "vintage style" cleaning ladies who, threatened with redundan...Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 14 - Wednesday 15 October 2025
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...Inside No 9 Stage/Fright
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 October 2025
Welcome to a world of intrigue, as we invite you to step Inside Number 9 for a theatrical experience like no other. Expect the unexpected as the acclaimed BBC TV series comes to life on stage, fresh from a sell out West End run, weaving its...Wankernomics
Lowry, Salford
Friday 17 October 2025
After entirely sold-out runs in Edinburgh & London in 2024, Australia's favourite workplace w*nkers return with their brand new show, Just Touching Base.W*nkernomics are masters at skewering the buzzwords, bureaucracy and bulls**t of the mo...Garth Marenghi
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 29 - Thursday 30 October 2025
From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction's Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi - Channel 4's spoof pulp horror author created by English comedians Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade - author of Sunday Times Bestselling Garth Marenghi's T...Black Tie Ball
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 29 October - Saturday 1 November 2025
It's the glitziest night of the year, and everyone wants to be there, from the great to the good. The Bentleys are parked, the Jazz band has arrived, and the magician is magic, so pick up your invite for this fundraising frenzy. But behind ...OUTSIDE THE BOX COMEDY CLUB (BASEMENT) - TRIPLE HEADLINER SPECIAL - 1ST NOVEMBER
Stockport Garrick Theatre, Stockport
Saturday 1 November 2025
LLOYD GRIFFITH - Lloyd is a comedian, actor, presenter and classically trained singer. You may have seen him most recently appear on Return to Paradise (BBC One), Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Ted Lasso (Apple TV), Nolly (ITV), Everyone Els...
OUTSIDE THE BOX COMEDY CLUB (THEATRE) - TRIPLE HEADLINER SPECIAL - 1ST NOVEMBER
Stockport Garrick Theatre, Stockport
Saturday 1 November 2025
LLOYD GRIFFITH - Lloyd is a comedian, actor, presenter and classically trained singer. You may have seen him most recently appear on Return to Paradise (BBC One), Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Ted Lasso (Apple TV), Nolly (ITV), Everyone Els...A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 2 - Saturday 8 November 2025
GOD BLESS HELP US, EVERYONE The Cornley Amateur Drama Society are back with tidings of chaos and joy, ready to tackle the Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol. A new production of CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG smashes into the Lowry pri...Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques the Musical
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 2 November 2025
From the genius of Victoria Wood and based on the iconic sketch from her weekly television show, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV, Hope Mill Theatre bring Acorn Antiques the Musical back to the stage for One Night Only!Come along to Manchesterfo...Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques the Musical
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Sunday 2 November 2025
From the genius of Victoria Wood and based on the iconic sketch from her weekly television show, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV, Hope Mill Theatre bring Acorn Antiques the Musical back to the stage for One Night Only!Come along to Manchesterfo...Fawlty Towers - The Play
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 November 2025
Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the "Greatest British sitcom of all time" (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger. Featuring your favourite ...An Evening with The Fast Show
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Fans of the celebrated sketch classic The Fast Show are in for a real treat as the original cast members, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, John Thomson, Paul Whitehouse, Mark Williams and Arabella Weir, reunite to celebrate the 30th a...Faulty Towers - The Original Dining Experience
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Friday 21 November 2025
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 Ba...Freaky Friday
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 27 November - 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...Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 30 November 2025
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...Jack Off The Beanstalk
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Tuesday 23 December 2025
Get ready for the udderly cheeky, naughtiest version of Jack and the Beanstalk you've ever dared to see! Warning: this is not your childhood fairy tale-unless your bedtime stories came with a parental advisory! In this fabulously filthy twi...Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
Lowry, Salford
Friday 5 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
The critically acclaimed parody musical, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch returns to the Lowry for a five-week Christmas season. This splash-hit show has sold out twice previously, so get your tentacles round tickets fa...Horrible Histories - Horrible Christmas
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 28 December 2025
Horrible Histories proudly presents the terrific tale of Christmas! When Christmas comes under threat from a jolly man dressed in red, it's up to one young boy to save the day - but can he save Christmas? From Victorian villains to Medieval...Dita Von Teese
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 26 - Tuesday 27 January 2026
Dita Von Teese, the ever-dazzling International Queen of Burlesque, is returning to the UK with the most lavish touring burlesque show in history. With Nocturnelle Dita will be combining the glamour with theatrical magic and the high-art...
Jack Rhodes
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 11 February 2026
From finishing runner-up on last year's Britain's Got Talent, Jack Rhodes is bringing his debut comedy magic show to Lowry! With a background in close-up magic and stand up comedy, Jack has amassed over 150 million views online with his 'c...Operation Mincemeat
Lowry, Salford
Monday 16 - Saturday 28 February 2026
Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It's London's biggest hit with 77 Five-Star reviews making it the best-reviewed show in West End history. Now also a Tony-nominated Best Musical on Broadway! The year ...Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 19 - Saturday 28 February 2026
PGet ready to turn up the glam - PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT is back with a dazzling UK and International tour, bringing all the glitz and show-stopping magic you've been waiting for!From the producers of Hairspray and The Full Monty, thi...The Battle
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
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...Foil Arms & Hog
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
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...Foil Arms & Hog
