Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Thu 12 Mar - Fri 24 Apr 2026
Sun 8 Feb - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Sun 15 Mar - Fri 22 May 2026
Wed 21 Jan - Fri 13 Feb 2026
Fri 20 Feb 2026 - Wed 17 Feb 2027
Thu 19 Feb - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Sun 18 Oct 2026 - Sat 1 May 2027
Operation Mincemeat
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 ...
Send in the Clowns - Unpopular
Monday 16 - Wednesday 18 February 2026
Send In The Clowns is a raucous, wild, and tantalising drag revue show celebrating the magic and madness of musical theatre. This time the Clowns are taking on the megamusicals of the 80s, 90s, and 00s in their biggest show yet, 'UNPOPULAR!...
Janine Harouni
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and 'unstoppably entertaining' (★★★★★ Times) Janine Harouni hits the road with This is What You Waited For, a brand-new hour of joyful, quick-witted stand-up. Fresh off a world tour - in...
Chris McCausland
Wednesday 18 February 2026
You might have seen him on Strictly Come Dancing, Scared of the Dark, Would I Lie to You, Have I Got News for You, The Royal Variety, QI, Blankety Blank, The Last Leg, and tons more as well. He's been called an "overnight success" - Even th...
Mike Rice
Wednesday 18 February 2026
There's a cruelty to Mike Rice, a wickedness. In his latest show, Cruel Little Man, the Irish stand-up talks about doing psychedelics with his brother, an entanglement with a Spanish Sausage Dog named Nino, and many other such rotten advent...
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Thursday 19 - 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...
The Useless Hotline
Thursday 19 February 2026
Max Balegde and George Clark are set to hit the road in 2026 with The Useless Hotline: Now Hiring! Live Tour, as they search for a new hire on their second tour. Known for their chaotic humour, outrageous dilemmas, and unfiltered advice...
Geoff Norcott
Thursday 19 February 2026
Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire is the latest tour from Conservative Party supporting comedian, author, podcaster and radio host Geoff Norcott. It's Geoff's first under a Labour government, so he's got plenty to get off his ch...
Dave Spikey
Thursday 19 February 2026
Life in a Northern Town is all about Dave's life in ..... well.... a northern town, so no surprise there. From his working-class childhood in the small, terraced houses round the mills in Bolton through passing his 11 plus and going to g...
Scott Bennett
Friday 20 February 2026 - Wednesday 17 February 2027
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...
Hal Cruttenden
Saturday 21 February 2026
One of the top stand up comedians working in the UK today, as well as being a highly accomplished writer and actor, Hal is back with a brand-new tour, Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It, that promises to stick it to 'The Man', as long as '...
OUTSIDE THE BOX COMEDY CLUB - 21ST FEBRUARY - STOCKPORT GARRICK
Saturday 21 February 2026
BEN SILVER - Ben is a northern comic, delivering tales of the human spirit through an absurdist kaleidoscope of impressions, mis-directions and sprawling vignettes.?Having been on the North West circuit for a handful of years and winning va...
Chloe Petts
Sunday 22 February 2026
Rising star and "very funny" (Guardian) "very gay" Kent comedian Chloe Petts returns with her latest tour, Big Naturals, and she's delving where she's never delved before: this is a show about sex. The problem is that she blushes every...
Schalk Bezuidenhout
Sunday 22 February 2026
South African comic Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with a brand new show, Hey Hey Divorce. His first and (hopefully, for the love of all things good) only show post divorce. Schalk hasn't checked in with you all in sometime and he wants to ta...
The Repromates
Sunday 22 February 2026
6 mates performing at one comedy show. Coming to The Fitzgerald 22/02/2026, what could possibly go wrong?...
Mean Girls
Monday 23 February - Saturday 7 March 2026
Winner of Best New Musical (WhatsOnStage Awards) and direct from the West End, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious smash-hit musical comedy from an award-winning creative team including writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable...
Stuart Mitchell
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Stuart Mitchell - one of the UK's finest comedians and TikTok stars with over 50M views online - commences his debut tour Tips Not Included. In this show, the Scot will be making us laugh whilst talking about the loss of his parents and how...
Chris Ramsey
Thursday 26 February 2026
Chris Ramsey is a critically acclaimed Stand Up Comedian and regular face on TV. He has hosted two series of his own show The Chris Ramsey Show on Comedy Central as well as Chris Ramsey's Stand Up Central and the panel show Virtually Famous...
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...
Manford's Comedy Club
Thursday 26 February - Thursday 24 September 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.. ...
Shaparak Khorsandi
Friday 27 February 2026
One of Britain's most beloved and most scatterbrained stand-ups lets you back into her mind! Shaparak Khorsandi is here to walk you through her life as a Scatterbrain... Having reassessed her life through the prism of an ADHD diagnosis,...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 27 February - Friday 25 September 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.. ...
Roy Chubby Brown
Saturday 28 February 2026
Roy Chubby Brown's rude, crude and rip-roaring brand of comedy is world renowned. Performing his own unique style of stand-up since the 190s, Chubby's belly-busting banter has never held back from sharing his outlandish views on news, wome...
Desiree Burch
Saturday 28 February 2026
Authentic, curious, and gleefully irascible, storyteller and comedian Desiree Burch leads a madcap voyage through the Middle Ages - AKA the mid-life crisis, and its mandatory metamorphosis - in her new standup hour, The Golden Wrath. Desire...
Ross Noble
Sunday 1 March 2026
Roll up, roll up! Or use a more conventional form of transport to get to the show. It's entirely your choice. Unless you accidentally become trapped in a barrel*. Should that happen, then just find an incline and start rolling to see the on...
Paul Merton & Suki Webster's Improv Show
Sunday 1 March 2026
Following critically acclaimed seasons in London and Edinburgh, Paul Merton and Suki Webster, two of the UK's leading improvisers, present an evening of wonderfully unscripted cutting-edge comedy. Expect a show full of fast, fabulously ...
Mark Simmons
Sunday 1 March 2026
Winner of Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe Award 2024 and as Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, 'Master of one-liners' Mark Simmons had a groundbreaking 200+ date sell out debut tour lasting two years, spanning the UK, Ireland...
Randy Feltface
Monday 2 March 2026
Randy Feltface has spent his career denying the accusation that he is nothing more than a gimmick. Now it's time to own it. As seen on Netflix and heard on BBC Radio 4, Randy Feltface has written and performed a dozen solo stand-up comedy 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...
Tim Key
Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 March 2026
Comedian and poet Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme) again pops his suit on, plods about, in a brand new show, Loganberry. Bit gutted he's old. Guzzling continental lager. Magneti...
Daliso Chaponda
Friday 6 March 2026
Hilarious Manchester-based Zambian-born Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda shot to fame in 2017 when he finished third in Series 11 of Britain's Got Talent, and was the Golden Buzzer choice for Amanda Holden. As a result of his appearance...
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...
Showstoppers! The Kids Show
Saturday 7 March 2026
An improvised musical show for kids of all ages, from Olivier Award-winning West End improvisers, The Showstoppers. If your children could create their very own dream musical - where would they start? Showstopper! The Kids Show takes your ...
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe
Saturday 7 March 2026
Yorkshire's biggest bastard and Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2024 is back, after yet another sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! This time he's dead... dead good! And also, dead. He's a dead man. Join the nation's favou...
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...
Andy Zaltzman
Sunday 8 March 2026
Chair of The News Quiz (Radio 4), host of the global hit satirical podcast The Bugle, and Test Match Special statistician, the stand-up comedian, broadcaster and writer, who has firmly established himself in the vanguard of British comed...
