Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Thu 12 Mar - Fri 24 Apr 2026
Sun 15 Mar - Fri 22 May 2026
Fri 20 Feb 2026 - Wed 17 Feb 2027
Sun 18 Oct 2026 - Sat 1 May 2027
Thu 19 Feb - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Thu 30 Apr - Sun 28 Jun 2026
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...
Drunk Women Solving Crime .
Tuesday 17 March 2026
On the back of their Edinburgh Festival run and double British Podcast Award nominations, the true crime podcast with a twist of lime takes to the road for its first full tour. Each episode sees the boozed-up panel of writer/comedian host...
Sasha Dolgopolov Creatures Comedy Club
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Sasha(Over 10 mln views on youtube/insta/tiktok ), a queer alternative political comedian from Russia who immigrated when the war in Ukraine started...
Geoff Norcott
Wednesday 18 March 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...
The Gee Spot Comedy Cabaret
Thursday 19 March 2026
The Gee Spot is the hottest adult comedy cabaret; a filthy, fabulous collision of comedy, drag, and burlesque. Hosted by the wickedly funny Gill Gee...
Callum Oakley (Work in Progress)
Thursday 19 March 2026
Join Callum Oakley for an exclusive Work in Progress show as he hones brand new material ahead of a big 2026...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 20 March - Friday 18 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.. ...
Tom Rosenthal
Friday 20 March - Friday 25 September 2026
Arctic Monkeys' album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, hit the shelves in January 2006. Tracks like 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' and 'When the Sun Goes Down' became anthems, showcasing Alex Turner's sharp lyrics ...
IAIN LEE: IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
Friday 20 March 2026
TV & radio star Iain Lee brings his acclaimed show Impostor Syndrome to Macclesfield Comedy Club. Raw, funny, revealing stand-up....
Nish Kumar
Saturday 21 March 2026
The UK's leading political comic Nish Kumar - co-host of hugely popular podcast Pod Save the UK, former host of axed BBC show The Mash Report, and one of Taskmaster's greatest losers - is back on tour with a formidable batch of passi...
Ray Bradshaw
Saturday 21 March 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...
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...
Jessica Fostekew
Sunday 22 March 2026
Comedian, actor, writer, star of BBC's Motherland BBC and Cuckoo, host of The Hoovering Podcast and regular co-host of the behemoth The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew returns with her latest stand-up tour Iconic Breath. A monster's gu...
Josh Jones
Sunday 22 March 2026
After his 2023/24 sell-out smash tour Gobsmacked, this marvellous Manc is back with his best show yet, I Haven't Won the Lottery so here's another show. A TV favourite, and now an aspiring doctor's wife, Josh Jones is now knee deep into his...
Dan Tiernan
Sunday 22 March 2026
Dan Tiernan was nominated for best newcomer at the 2022 Chortle Awards, a year after he was named breakthrough act at the North West Comedy Awards. With a set based on being a gay, dyspraxic Mancunian who works in a care home for young asyl...
Cannibal Fckboy (W.I.P.)
Sunday 22 March 2026
Finlay Christie tries out new jokes for a discerning Manchester audience, featuring material on both fuckboys and cannibalism....
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...
Monday Night Comedy
Monday 23 March 2026
A night of comedy hosted by Adam Anwar (UKIP's Nightmare) at the intimate cosy Bar Three in Hindley. ...
Jen Brister
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Jen Brister is Reactive - or so she's been told. Apparently you don't have to respond to every little thing around you. Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been to...
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...
Tiny Tim's Biggest Adventure
Wednesday 25 March 2026
8 years ago Tiny Tim (Manchester comedian Tim Bradbury) decided to go on his own adventure navigating through adult life and posting about his calls on social media. With over 120 million views on YouTube and over 10 million followers on al...
Shane Todd: Hold Me Back
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Armed with his signature wit, razor-sharp storytelling, and a complete inability to take himself seriously, Shane is coming to Manchester....
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...
Jessica Fostekew
Friday 27 March 2026
Comedian, actor, writer, star of BBC's Motherland BBC and Cuckoo, host of The Hoovering Podcast and regular co-host of the behemoth The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew returns with her latest stand-up tour Iconic Breath. A monster's gu...
Help I Sexted My Boss
Saturday 28 March 2026
Life is full of personal calamities. Thankfully, William Hanson and Jordan North are here to help you navigate the daily struggles of modern life. Well, most of the time... William and Jordan's lives couldn't be more different. One's more B...
Sara Pascoe
Saturday 28 March 2026
Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so smart and astute that you couldn't wait for the world to wake up so you could tell them? Sara Pacoe's new stand-up show, I Am a Strange Gloop is that thought. In t...
Justin Moorhouse
Saturday 28 March 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 ...
'Allo 'Allo Comedy Train
Saturday 28 March - Friday 9 October 2026
'Allo! 'Allo! This is nighthawk calling! Listen very carefully, we shall say this only once! Renѐ was hoping for a quiet night in his humble little cafe in Nouvion, but things aren't quite going according to plan. The Resistance wants to u...
Shaparak Khorsandi
Saturday 28 March 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,...
The Noise Next Door - Comedy, Improvised
Saturday 28 March 2026
Funny stuff, made up on the spot. No gimmicks, no tricks - just the quickest, wittiest improvisers in the UK putting on a show to make you laugh like nobody's business. The formula is simple - 1) You suggest ANYTHING. 2) The Noise Next D...
Crown Comedy
Saturday 28 March 2026
A fantastic line up of top talent on the UK comedy circuit. Click for line-up. ...
Spring 2025 - Stand-up Comedy Workshop
Saturday 28 March 2026
Intensive Stand-up comedy workshop with award-winning comic and qualified teacher Tom Short (Salford University Comedy Lecturer)...
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...
Darren Walsh
Sunday 29 March 2026
ʞɔǝɥ ←flippin' heck! Witness a pun Goliath in person, as Darren Walsh brings his 8ft frame and award winning act on the road with his new tour, Do You Like Puns?. From appearing on Comic Relief to his 'Jokes on the street' series on ...
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 ...
Russell Howard
Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 April 2026
Russell Howard is back with a brand-new stand-up tour in 2026. After breaking records with sold-out shows across the globe, 'one of the world's top comedians' (The Sunday Times) is inviting you back into the room: no phones, no distractions...
