STAND UP COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
STAND UP COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Stand Up Comedy in Manchester
Wed 13 May 2026 - Thu 25 Feb 2027
Sat 18 Apr 2026 - Sat 27 Feb 2027
Thu 30 Apr 2026 - Fri 28 May 2027
Sun 18 Oct 2026 - Sat 1 May 2027
Sun 26 Apr - Sat 23 May 2026
Aisling Bea
Sunday 12 April 2026
BAFTA and British Comedy Award-winning Irish stand-up Aisling Bea is finally hitting the road. With tales of travel, home, immigration, history, sex, babies, music, lovers and enemies. She will even answer your big life questions. It's not...
Myra DuBois
Sunday 12 April - Sunday 19 July 2026
The siren from South Yorkshire, Ms Myra DuBois performs live at 53Two with support from "comedian" Frank Lavender. Rotherham's own renaissance woman, venerated televised personality, energy worker, wellness facilitator, intellectual, and em...
Mark Steel
Sunday 12 April 2026
Multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel returns with his new tour The Leopard in My House. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fash...
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 ...
Pierre Novellie
Monday 13 April 2026
It's time for Pierre to do stand-up! It's time for you to watch! Why not just embrace that, for God's sake? All earthly glories fade! You Sit There, I'll Stand Here is a mixture of high-brow and low-brow references from the five-star recei...
Trapdoor Comedy Club
Monday 13 April 2026
Some of the best comedians from the UK at affordable prices. Click on tickets for line-up. ...
James Acaster
Tuesday 14 - Wednesday 15 April 2026
"One of comedy's most original voices" (Evening Standard) has written a new show. He's very proud of it. That being said, you are allowed to ruin it. Fill your boots. --- "A comedy genius at the peak of his powers" - Guardian "a remarka...
Mike Wozniak
Tuesday 14 April 2026
New stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that. As seen on Taskmaster, Man Down and Junior Taskma...
Thomas Green
Thursday 16 April 2026
One of Australia's best exports, Thomas Green storms back onto the stage to electrify audiences with a brand new hour, Brainstorm, following his sell-out debut tour. After a significant self-discovery, Green realises his life is a whirlwi...
Max Amini
Friday 17 April 2026
Step into the electric world of Iranian American comedy sensation Max Amini!Since bursting onto the scene in Los Angeles in 2002, he's captured the hearts of tens of thousands of fans worldwide. Thrilling audiences as a headline act, Max is...
Matt Parker
Friday 17 April 2026
Matt Parker talks a lot of maths. He's a NYT best-selling author and sold-out stand-up performer. But now it's time he does the maths. Really gets in there and gives the maths a good doing. It's time he programmes his own Christmas tree lig...
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'...
Laura Ramoso
Saturday 18 April 2026
Sketch comedy sensation, Laura Ramoso, returns with her brand-new show, Calm Down, featuring all your favourite characters and more. Laura is a German-Italian comedian best known for her live sketch specials and viral impressions on socia...
Scott Bennett
Saturday 18 April 2026
As heard on BBC Radio 4!As a society we love stuff, it's a statement about who we are and who we want to be. But apparently, this message is at odds with the looming environmental crisis. We're now struggling to balance these worlds, to foc...
Emma Doran
Saturday 18 April 2026
Smash hit Irish comedian, best-selling author, podcast host and viral online star Emma Doran hits the road once again taking her brand-new stand-up show Emmaculate across the UK and Ireland in 2025/26. There's no such thing as a perfec...
Josh Widdicombe
Sunday 19 April 2026
Josh Widdicombe is back on tour, not again! By now he has almost certainly mastered the art of stand-up, either that or he has wasted the last 15 years of his life. Come along and decide for yourself. Expect it to be shorter and with lower...
Mark Steel
Sunday 19 April 2026
Multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel returns with his new tour The Leopard in My House. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fash...
Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa
Sunday 19 April 2026
VIDURA BR is a Sri Lankan comedian, writer, and director based in London, via Malaysia and Berlin. His dead-pan style puts audiences at ease while challenging conventional wisdom with a unique tone that is often irreverent, at times poig...
COBO Comedy Shutdown
Sunday 19 April 2026
Comedy of Black Origin's Comedy Shutdown is back, bringing the joy of laughter to a venue near you! Gather your crew and come on down for an unforgettable evening of hilarity! COBO promotes comedy from the top black comedians in the country...
James Acaster
Wednesday 22 - Saturday 25 April 2026
"One of comedy's most original voices" (Evening Standard) has written a new show. He's very proud of it. That being said, you are allowed to ruin it. Fill your boots. --- "A comedy genius at the peak of his powers" - Guardian "a remarka...
Kane Brown (comedian)
Thursday 23 April 2026
Coming off the back of his sold out Don't Listen To Me UK tour, comedian Kane Brown brings you his brand-new show: Crowd Work King. One hour of purely unscripted, unplanned comedy; all based around audience participation. Everything is m...
Matt Rife
Friday 24 April 2026
From Columbus Ohio, Matt Rife has exploded as one of the fastest growing comedians through his viral content and remarkable engagement on TikTok, where he has amassed over 5 Million followers, and more than 260 million views globally. One o...
John Mulaney
Friday 24 April 2026
John Mulaney is a two-time Emmy and WGA award-winning writer, actor, and comedian. John Mulaney is a four-time Emmy Award, Critics Choice award and WGA award-winning writer, comedian and actor. Most recently, Mulaney can be seen as the...
Al Murray
Friday 24 April 2026
Hey cool cats! Hot on the heels of a sell-out 138 date tour of these green and groovy isles, The Guv will be back, baby, with a brand-new stand-up show for 2026. There's no denying the world's a mess daddio, but there is a glimmer of hope a...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 24 April - Friday 6 November 2026
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.. ...
Ray Bradshaw
Friday 24 April 2026
1 in 6 adults in the UK will lose their hearing in their lifetime; two of those are Ray Bradshaw's parents. The multi award winning comedian is back on tour with a brand-new show all about growing up as a CODA; A Child of Deaf Adults. Hi...
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...
Rachel Fairburn's Trying It On
Sunday 26 April 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 ...
Matt Forde
Sunday 26 April - Saturday 23 May 2026
In Defying Calamity, his biggest live tour to date leading political comedian Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal) finds positivity in life despite all the evidence to the contrary in politic...
Pierre Novellie
Wednesday 29 April 2026
It's time for Pierre to do stand-up! It's time for you to watch! Why not just embrace that, for God's sake? All earthly glories fade! You Sit There, I'll Stand Here is a mixture of high-brow and low-brow references from the five-star recei...
Stand Up For Gaza
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Stand up For Gaza is a night of stand up comedy which will raise funds to be sent directly to people in Gaza. Come and join us at a fun night for a worthy cause. Many leading comedians are giving their time for free to support this cause. F...
Gary Delaney
Thursday 30 April 2026
Gary Delaney's last UK tour ran for two and a half years across 378 dates. People laughed a lot and kept coming back. His videos have hundreds of millions of views. So now he's doing it all again with a brand new show. All new jokes and utt...
Crippled With Laughter
Thursday 30 April 2026
A disabled-led comedy night curated and hosted by Wheels and the Legman Get ready for a groundbreaking disabled-led comedy event that challenges stereotypes and pushes the boundaries of humour. By putting disability at the forefront of thei...
Jain Edwards
Thursday 30 April 2026
Join award-winning comedian and viral sensation Jain Edwards as she brings her sell-out, five star Fringe show to stage. Jain Edwards is an award-winning comedian who isn't like other girls. She's worse. But she's finally ready to Lean In (...
Justin Moorhouse
Friday 1 - Saturday 2 May 2026
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 ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 1 May - Friday 4 December 2026
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.. ...
Chorlton Comedy Club
Friday 1 May 2026
Chorlton's longest running comedy night moved from the Irish Club in 2020 and changed it's name to Chorlton Comedy Club in the process. Brought to you by Comedy in a Van, you can expect the very best in live stand up from the UK and abro...
Paul Foot
Sunday 3 May 2026
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...
Manford's Comedy Club
Thursday 7 May - Thursday 12 November 2026
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.. ...
Cally Beaton
Friday 8 May 2026
Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from TikTok favourite Cally Beaton (QI, Live at the Apollo) - a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife. Combining Cally's comedic and storytelling prowess with extracts...
Kate Butch - Choose Your Own Cabaret
Sunday 10 May 2026
Hot on the heels of her smash hit Wuthering Shites tour, Kate Butch is back with her trademark wit, campery and vocal stylings. Join the star of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Celebrity Mastermind, The Power of Parker, and at least three episodes o...
