Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Sun 17 Jan - Fri 28 May 2027
Fri 23 Oct 2026 - Wed 1 Sep 2027
Tue 26 Jan - Sat 6 Feb 2027
Tue 29 Sep - Sun 29 Nov 2026
Sun 21 Mar - Sun 25 Apr 2027
Josh Pugh
Sunday 22 November 2026
After 2 sell out tours, Josh Pugh is back performing stand up comedy to the best of his ability for an hour and a bit. Josh is known for his appearances on the small screen (TV) Live at the Apollo, Big Fat Quiz of Everything, Mock the Week...
Laura Smyth
Sunday 22 November 2026
What if all your dreams come true and you've still got the hump? Laura Smyth has had a meteoric rise in comedy! Her debut tour 'Living My Best Life' sold out up and down the country; she has supported Jack Whitehall, Michelle de Swarte,...
Laura Lexx
Sunday 22 November 2026
In a 10 year marriage eventually your partner sees it all. Every bad idea. Every silly decision. Every unfiltered thought, and somehow, they still say they love you. The real twist is that somewhere along the way, you have to believe the...
Morgan Rees
Sunday 22 November 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 t...
Terry Christian & Smug Roberts
Sunday 22 November 2026
Smug Roberts & Terry ChristianTwo Manchester lads, one city and a big bag of stories. Join Smug Roberts and Terry Christian for No Country for Old Manc's, a night of comedy, conversation, music and memories as they look back at the Manches...
Christmas in Ireland
Tuesday 24 November 2026
This Christmas, experience the heart, humour and spirit of Ireland, with Christmas in Ireland. Be transported to a magical Christmas Eve inside a traditional Irish pub, where friends, old and new, gather to share songs, stories and memorie...
Henry Normal
Tuesday 24 November 2026
"Henry Normal - COLLECTED POEMS and other landfill" is the very latest and greatest poetry of the BAFTA-winning Nottingham-born writer, poet, TV & Film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and c...
Sam Campbell
Wednesday 25 - Thursday 26 November 2026
With a signature style that marries absurdist loops and razor-sharp observational wit- from surreal YouTube shorts to mainstream TV and podcast success - Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Taskmaster champion and surrealist genius, Australian ...
Larry Dean
Thursday 26 November 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 refus...
Manford's Comedy Club
Thursday 26 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.....
Adam Rowe
Friday 27 November 2026
Host of the global smash-hit podcast Have A Word & star of Live At The Apollo, Adam Rowe is hitting the road across the UK with his brand-new stand-up tour Fashionism. ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 27 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.....
The Lancashire Hotpots
Saturday 28 November 2026
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy T...
Ramsbottom Comedy Club - Nov 2026
Saturday 28 November 2026
LaffinStock presents.. Ramsbottom Comedy Club at Buchanan Sports and Social club BL0 9JF Smug RobertsDanny Sutcliffe Archie Kelly Mc Jacko...
Ivo Graham
Sunday 29 November 2026
Bumbling wordsmith and tripe factory Ivo Graham returns with Orange Crush. Where is Ivo Graham from? And where exactly is he going? And will he please just slow down? The Taskmaster promise-squanderer, published author and gig pig welc...
Peter Antoniou
Sunday 29 November 2026
Peter Antoniou fuses his amazing and uncanny ability to read minds with razor sharp wit, story telling, and improvisational comedy to create unique live entertainment experiences. From London's West End to America's Got Talent, he has beco...
James B Partridge - The Big Christmas Assembly
Monday 30 November 2026
Get ready for a night packed with festive spirit, singalong tunes, and the nostalgia of Christmases gone by. Known for his vibrant energy and exceptional vocal talent, James brings seasonal favourites and unexpected mashups that will have ...
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Bolton's Christmas Panto
Tuesday 1 - Thursday 31 December 2026
This Christmas, Shone Productions bring Bolton's biggest ever pantomime to the Bolton Albert Halls. See the beautiful Snow White and her seven little friends from the Enchanted Forest as they attempt to defeat the Evil Wicked Queen who is ...
Bill Bailey
Thursday 3 December 2026
Before streaming, before TV, before cinema, before even radio... there was Vaudeville! This was the prime-time entertainment of its day. A celebration of comedy, songs, and multifarious skills. Tales of showbiz, tales of the city. Tales of...
A Queermas Carol
Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 December 2026
A drag twist on a christmas classic. Scrooge has got it all, money, success, even a holiday home abroad. But still, he isn't happy. What's more is his business keeps being protested by pesky queers - don't they know he donates to corporate...
Sleeping with Beauty - One Little Prick
Thursday 3 - Wednesday 23 December 2026
Get ready to laugh till your sides hurt with the cheekiest, filthiest, and most wickedly fabulous pantomime around! Sleeping with Beauty (One Little Prick) is here to turn the classic fairy tale upside down in this adults-only version fro...
Peter Antoniou
Friday 4 December 2026
Peter Antoniou fuses his amazing and uncanny ability to read minds with razor sharp wit, story telling, and improvisational comedy to create unique live entertainment experiences. From London's West End to America's Got Talent, he has beco...
Ian Bagg Creatures Tour Show
Friday 4 December 2026
World-touring comic Ian Bagg brings fast-paced, quick-witted crowd work and boundary-pushing stand-up to Creatures....
A Little Night Music
Saturday 5 December 2026 - Saturday 30 January 2027
Selina Cartmell directs Sondheim's breathtaking classic, a life-affirming fairy-tale for adults. 'I frequently laugh myself to sleep contemplating my own future.' In Sondheim's enchanting musical, set in turn-of-the-century Sweden, mismatc...
Yippee Ki Yay
Saturday 5 - Wednesday 23 December 2026
Written and performed by Richard Marsh Acclaimed retelling of classic film Die Hard from Richard Marsh - Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Scripted Comedy Drama award-winner and New York cop (on...
The Lancashire Hotpots Big Bash
Saturday 5 December 2026
The fifth annual Big Bash from Bernard and the boys features Black Lace + Madness tribute act, Complete Madness. Strap yourself in for an unbeatable night of music and laughs. The good times are back!...
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical at Christmas
Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 December 2026
Showstopper! The Improvised MusicalSpontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest- the Olivier Award-winning West End smash hit is returning for Christmas! The Showstoppers improvise a hilarious new musical every night, entirely cr...
Sooz Kempner: Imposter
Thursday 10 December 2026
A stand-up show about finding your voice, silencing trolls and Princess Diana....
Simon Brodkin
Friday 11 December 2026
He's the prankster who showered FIFA president Sepp Blatter with cash, handed Prime Minister Theresa May her P45, and created the smash-hit BBC comedy series Lee Nelson's Well Good Show. A former junior doctor working in the NHS in Manches...
Kurupt Fm
Friday 11 December 2026
West London pirate radio station Kurupt FM is the focus of the BBC Three mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing, which was first broadcast in the UK in 2014. The fictional station is led by self-proclaimed garage legend MC Grindah a...
Clinton Baptiste
Tuesday 15 - Wednesday 16 December 2026
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation's favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay's 'Phoenix Nights', Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond! In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy...
James B Partridge - The Big Christmas Assembly
Wednesday 16 December 2026
Get ready for a night packed with festive spirit, singalong tunes, and the nostalgia of Christmases gone by. Known for his vibrant energy and exceptional vocal talent, James brings seasonal favourites and unexpected mashups that will have ...
Tom Lawrinson
Wednesday 16 December 2026
With over 300 million views of his online sketches, Manchester comic Tom Lawrinson ("truly unique... joyfully daft" Rolling Stone) embarks on his biggest tour yet with new show "Speak of the Devil", finally answering the questions "is magi...
Live at Christmas with Sara Pascoe
Thursday 17 December 2026
Catch a huge line-up headlined by the multi-award winning Sara Pascoe joined by an astounding array of acts including Netflix sensations, Taskmaster failures, Would I Lie To You stars, Edinburgh Comedy Award winners, and so many more. C...
