Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Sun 28 Jun 2026 - Fri 28 May 2027
Sun 21 Mar - Sun 25 Apr 2027
Tue 16 Jun - Sun 19 Jul 2026
Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Friday 4 September 2026
The award-winning West End smash-hit comedy Austentatious comes to you on a strictly limited tour. For a delightful evening, the all-star Austentatious cast will improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel, inspired entirely by a title from...
Laughterama - Nina Conti + Bridget Christie + Josh Pugh + more
Friday 4 September 2026
NINA CONTI + BRIDGET CHRISTIE + EVALDAS KAROSAS + JOSH PUGH + THANYIA MOORE. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & more. Br...
Jack Rooke
Friday 4 - Saturday 5 September 2026
BAFTA-winning writer and recovering spoken-word artist Jack Rooke (Creator of Hulu / C4's Big Boys) brings back his debut comedy-theatre show 'Good Grief', a decade on from it launching his career. Featuring the original show (co-written wi...
East is East
Friday 4 September - Saturday 3 October 2026
The 30th anniversary production of Ayub Khan Din's modern classic, a story about identity, generational conflict, and the messy, unbreakable bonds of family. Salford, 1971. The Khan family are living above a chip shop and on the fault line ...
Laughterama - Jack Dee + Red Richardson + more
Saturday 5 September 2026
JACK DEE + RED RICHARDSON + JEN NOLAN + STEPHEN BAILEY + RACHEL FAIRBURN. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & more. One...
Laughterama - Sara Pascoe + Tom Rosenthal + more
Saturday 5 September 2026
SARA PASCOE + TOM ROSENTHAL + MICHAEL ODEWALE + MICHELLE DE SWARTE + JEN BRISTER. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & mor...
Laughterama - Chris McCausland + John Robins + more
Sunday 6 September 2026
CHRIS MCCAUSLAND + HARRIET KEMSLEY + JANINE HAROUNI + RHYS JAMES + JOHN ROBINS. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & more....
Laughterama - Special Guest (TBA) + Rose Matafeo + more
Sunday 6 September 2026
SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER (TBA) + ROSE MATAFEO + BELLA HULL + AMY ANNETTE + SARAH KEYWORTH + PHIL ELLIS. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft bee...
Reuben Solo
Thursday 10 - Friday 11 September 2026
Australian stand-up and sketch comedian Reuben Solo rose to prominence via social media in 2020, becoming known for his use of self-referential and surreal humour. After months spent touring worldwide, Reuben returns with knives in his back...
Fin Taylor
Friday 11 - Saturday 12 September 2026
Men want to be him, Women want their boyfriends to stop showing them his videos. The King of the Internet Jungle is back where he belongs, doing stand-up in front of a live audience. After the whirlwind success of his chart-topping podcas...
LAUGHING HORSE WEEKEND (2 DAY) COMEDY COURSE
Saturday 12 September 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...
Mike Wozniak
Sunday 13 September 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...
Sindhu Vee
Sunday 13 September 2026
Born and raised in India, Sindhu Vee (full name Sindhu Venkatanarayanan) came to London in her 20s to begin a career in investment banking before shocking her parents and switching to comedy. Someone once asked Sindhu Vee a very stupid q...
Kanan Gill
Sunday 13 September 2026
Indian stand-up sensation Kanan Gill embarks on a UK tour with "What is This?", a show about nothing at all (so far...). But what does nothing mean? What is emptiness empty of? Are thoughts thieves in an empty house? Oh shut up dude, stop i...
Miriam Margolyes
Monday 14 September 2026
Following three bestselling memoirs and sold-out tours that left audiences in stitches, Britain's most outspoken national treasure is back on the road-and she's not holding back. Expect memories & mammaries, Arsenal & arseholes, politics, f...
James B Partridge - Primary School Bangers
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Join James B. Partridge for an evening of pure nostalgia, stepping back in time with some joyous singalong tunes to take you back to your Primary School days. You won't have to sit cross legged on the school hall floor, but you will be enco...
Piff and Pop's Magic Shoppe
Thursday 17 September 2026
Bringing together two icons of magic for the first time in the UK for an unmissable stage spectacular. This unique show is the result of the pairing of legendary magician Penn Jillette, of world-renowned duo Penn & Teller, (who will tour th...
Vinny Peculiar
Thursday 17 September 2026
Described as 'The Tony Hancock of pop' by UNCUT magazine, Salford-based singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records. V...
Danny Beard
Friday 18 September 2026
Descibed by Graham Norton as "high fashion, hilarious and hairy! What's not to love?", the Liverpool-born, Manchester-living winner of RuPaul's Drag Race U.K. is hitting the road again! Multi-award winning cabaret artist Danny, one half of...
Off The Hook - Daz and Will Unhooked
Friday 18 September 2026
Daz Black (Daz Games) and Will, of the successful fishing, adventure and travel YouTube channel Off The Hook, are hitting the road for the first time, bringing their Unhooked show to a theatre near you! Expect laughs, audience participation...
Henry Paker
Friday 18 September 2026
Pencil Case is a brand new comedy show from Henry Paker, featuring live illustration. You've looked behind a Wizard's Curtain. You've visited a sausage factory. Do you dare to gaze inside a cartoonist's pencil case? Leave your preconception...
Larry Dean
Friday 18 September 2026
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Hellbent. Recently married, emotionally feral, the Gallus Glaswegian Goon returns with a riotous show about refusi...
Sashi Perera Pear Tree Creatures Comedy Club
Friday 18 September 2026
Pear Tree is a stand up comedy show about pear shaped events between Sri Lanka and Australia. It's about family, love, homes, knives, kids and cats....
Jonathan Pie
Sunday 20 September 2026
Jonathan Pie, the UK's angriest news reporter returns for a brand-new Live Show, This is The End of The World according to Jonathan Pie. Jonathan Pie is coming to terms with the horror of Keir Starmer's Labour and the fact that he voted...
Larry Dean
Sunday 20 September 2026
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Hellbent. Recently married, emotionally feral, the Gallus Glaswegian Goon returns with a riotous show about refusing ...
Jazz Emu
Sunday 20 September 2026
Musical meteor Jazz Emu was born to please you. Total and Utter Audience Satisfaction is his middle name - finally, after a long and financially ruinous Deed Poll process. But he's feeling uneasy. A review described his last show as 'a b...
Tez Ilyas
Sunday 20 September 2026
The grumpiest uncle in showbiz is back. Blackburn-born British-Pakistani comedian Tez Ilyas is one of the most most celebrated stars in British comedy, and Sunday Times best selling author (Secret Diary ofa British Muslim Aged 13 3⁄4) ...
Aoife Dunne
Sunday 20 September 2026
Aoife Dunne is one of Ireland's most exciting new comedy voices, known for blending razor sharp stand-up with painfully relatable storytelling. In just over a year, she has quickly made her mark on the Irish comedy scene, performing at Ele...
John Cleese and The Holy Grail
Monday 21 September 2026
This once-in-a-lifetime event features a special screening of the beloved cult classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, followed by an uproarious conversation and audience Q&A with Cleese himself, where he'll share behind-the-scenes storie...
Paul Foot
Thursday 24 September 2026
Pioneering alt-comedy hero and star of Cats Does Countdown Paul Foot is back on tour with a brand new stand-up show, The Future. Remember when people were excited for the future? With visions of jetpacks, friendly robots wheeling a...
Urzila Carlson
Friday 25 September 2026
Multi-award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is one of Australia and New Zealand's biggest comedy stars. In 2026 the fan-favourite comedian returns to the UK with even more understated punchlines and her signature deadp...
Little Shop of Horrors
Friday 25 September - Sunday 29 November 2026
We are thrilled to announce a bold new revival of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's Little Shop of Horrors, is coming to Manchester in Autumn 2026. This cult classic musical will be brought to life in a major new production, continuing the...
Oliver Tree
Friday 25 September 2026
Gen Z's meme-making extraordinaire takes his millions of followers on an unpredictable roller coaster ride through a cracked world full of comic disaster and otherworldly experiences. The American singer, rapper and comedian found fame in 2...
Tom Rosenthal
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 ...
John Kearns
Sunday 27 September 2026
Tilting at Windmills is the brand-new stand-up show from Taskmaster alumni and double Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner,John Kearns. A fragmented, digressing portrayal of a 38-year-old man's life, alluding to books he hasn't read, to...
Mike Rice
Sunday 27 September 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...
Matt Winning
Sunday 27 September 2026
Acclaimed climate scientist, Dr Matt Winning (LLB, MSc, PhD), has been given an ultimatum: save the world by lunchtime tomorrow or sell his soul for a slice of Rockefeller's fortune. But right now, he's busy: his son is being born and he's ...
Susan Calman
Thursday 1 October 2026
Scottish comedian Susan Calman hasn't been on tour in ten years, but now she's back with a brand-new show. A decade older, but not necessarily wiser, Susan has found herself in some improbable situations over the years. Tall Tales is a show...
Morgan Rees
Thursday 1 October 2026
The softly-spoken acclaimed Welsh stand-up and online sensation Morgan Ree is back on the road with his new show What a Bummer. After Morgan and his partner went on separate holidays - one to a Mathematics Forum in Coventry and the other to...
Sam Serrano: Mars Creatures Comedy Club
Thursday 1 October 2026
The debut tour from star of comedy central Sam Serrano. In 2020 Sam was the victim of a hate crime and in 2026 they're monetizing on it through comedy...
Chris Ramsey
Friday 2 October 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...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 2 October - 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.. ...
