COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Twelfth Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 21 - Friday 24 July 2026
The brilliantly bold Not Too Tame return with an electrifying production of Twelfth Night, starring Les Dennis as Malvolio. The company that brought you 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' return with their unique brand of high octane theatre in a ...Paul Smith
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Liverpool comedian Paul Smith, who is best known for the many viral social media clips of his lightning quick audience interaction, is hitting the road again with his brand-new tour Happy and this is the biggest, boldest show of his car...Tides (An Autism Story)
53two, Manchester
Thursday 23 July 2026
Dylan Ward is autistic. He has his own way of thinking and his own way of doing things, but no one seems to understand him. How do you navigate a world which operates on a completely different wavelength to the one that you're on? Follow...Brennan Reece: New Jokes Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Thursday 23 July 2026
Kicking off Creatures Comedy Festival 2026, Brennan Reece is back with a brand new show....Dan Tiernan: Quartz and All - (WIP) Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Friday 24 July 2026
Dan returns to the Creatures Comedy Festival and this time he's got magic rocks in his pocket as seen on QI, Live At The Apollo & The Last Leg....The Lancashire Hotpots
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 25 July 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 Te...Comedy Bang! Bang!
New Century, Manchester
Saturday 25 July 2026
Join host of hit American podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! (formerly Comedy Death-Ray Radio), Scott Aukerman ("Mr. Show" & "Between Two Ferns: The Movie") as he interviews celebrity guests. Plus, the show's open-door policy brings an assortment o...An Audience with Eshaan Akbar Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Saturday 25 July 2026
Eshaan Akbar (Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, QI, Sex Education) tests new jokes and vibes with the crowd....Chantel Nash & Jen Nolan: Split Hour Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Saturday 25 July 2026
Join two rapidly rising stars of comedy for a shared work in progress show...Limahl Germain: Work In Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Saturday 25 July 2026
Join a rapidly rising star of comedy as he tests new material....Comedian of the Year Final Creatures Comedy Club
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Sunday 26 July 2026
The final showdown. The best comedians from the competition battle it out to be crowned Creatures Comedian of the Year....Eric Rushton: Work In Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Sunday 26 July 2026
Sean Lock Award winner Eric Rushton presents a brand-new hour....Rob Auton: JUPITER Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Sunday 26 July 2026
Back for a second year, a story about me (Rob Auton) being an estate agent on JUPITER....What Do We Have Here A Split WIP Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Sunday 26 July 2026
A Split WIP from Kay Nicholson and Hatty Preston....
Best in Class Creatures Comedy Festival
Lost Cat, Manchester
Sunday 26 July 2026
Best In Class is the sell out fringe phenomenon that champions the rich talent of working class comedians....Chris Grace: 88% Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Monday 27 July 2026
Superstore's Chris Grace brings asks: can you get along with someone if you only mostly agree with them?...So You Think You Want Funny Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Monday 27 July 2026
90s style dating show for comedians and lucky audience members...Oh Zeus!
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 28 July - Saturday 1 August 2026
Kings of Comedy Le Navet Bete are back! For lovers of Fawlty Towers, Bottom and The Play That Goes Wrong, Oh Zeus! is a riotous, all-out hilarious ride through Greek mythology. When the stability of Olympus is threatened by the marriage of ...Luke Rollason: Alas (WIP) Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Apocalyptic visions and absurd antics from a BAFTA-winning bushbaby....Paul Foot: The Future WIP Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Tuesday 28 July 2026
A brand new stand-up show from pioneering alt-comedy hero....Hasan Al-Habib: Work In Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Lost Cat, Manchester
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Arab. Muslim. Brummy. Hasan Al-Habib presents a brand new hour....In Pour Taste - A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 29 July - Saturday 1 August 2026
Two of Melbourne's fastest-rising and extravagantly overdressed comedians, Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh, will be joined by an illustrious wine expert to guide you through tasting five wines and at least five jokes. Everyone from savvy...Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Wednesday 29 July 2026
A new show full of new ideas from Catherine Bohart as seen on Live at the Apollo, QI and LOL Ireland....Horatio Gould: Work in Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Wednesday 29 July 2026
As heard on Fin Vs History, comedian and podcaster Horatio Gould cooks up a brand-new hour of standup....Comedy Striptease
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Thursday 30 July 2026
The best, most daring stand-up comedians from around the world showcase their skills but if they can't make you laugh... then they must Strip...Micky Overman: WIP Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Thursday 30 July 2026
With 50M+ views online, Creatures welcomes back a brand new Work In Progress show from Micky Overman....Milo Edwards: Work-in-Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Thursday 30 July 2026
A new show about Milo's parents and the letters they sent each other and what remains of a human life and what happens if it's really horny....Jonathan Oldfield: Work in Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Lost Cat, Manchester
Thursday 30 July 2026
A hotly anticipated debut hour of character comedy nonsense....Lorna Rose Treen: Work In Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Lost Cat, Manchester
Thursday 30 July 2026
Award-winning character comedian, Loran Rose Treen is back You'll laugh so hard you'll violently bite your tongue....
Aarian Mehrabani
Lowry, Salford
Friday 31 July - Saturday 1 August 2026
Aarian is a triple threat. Brown, Blind and Bi. Arguably already too many things to talk about in a debut stand up hour. Then 2024 came, and he only had to go and get f**king brain cancer. The highly anticipated debut stand-up show from ...Secret Taskmaster Star: WIP Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Friday 31 July 2026
As seen on Live At The Apollo, A League of Their Own, and QI. Can you guess who it is?...Rosie Holt
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Saturday 1 August 2026
As seen on the Russell Howard Hour and heard on Radio 4, Social Media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt returns with her third live tour, The Illegal Aliens Have Landed. Rosie and her MP alter-ego are back, fighting their big...Evan Desmarais: Work In Progress Creatures Comedy Festival
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Saturday 1 August 2026
Canadian gap toothed comedian Evan Desmarais brings a new hour to Creatures Comedy Festival....Grindr The Opera!
53two, Manchester
Wednesday 5 - Saturday 29 August 2026
Grindr The Opera! puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of opera. With musical styles ranging from baroque to contemporary pop, Grindr: The Opera! is a daring, humorous look at the changing landscape of gay rela...Peter Kay
AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 8 August 2026
One of Britain's best loved comedians, Peter Kay is finally returning to stand-up comedy with his first live tour in twelve years - a tour which still officially ranks in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour...Mick Miller
St Oswalds Club, Warrington
Saturday 15 August 2026
Guess who's back!?! Mick Miller, the bald Liverpool comedy legend with the long hair! One of the country's most treasured entertainers who has been at the top of his game for over 40 years. Mick first came to prominence in the 70's on th...Kevin Bridges
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 20 August 2026 - Friday 12 February 2027
Kev.I.n is back, and he's Here If You Need Him. Scotland's comedy powerhouse Kevin Bridges returns to the stage in 2026 with a brand-new stand-up show. After shattering box office records with Overdue Catch-Up (2022), Brand New Tour (2...A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 27 August 2026
Step into candlelit winter woods and discover the shadowy underbelly of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream To escape a society ruled by tyrannical law, four young lovers flee to the forest beyond the city walls. Unbeknownst to them, th...Faulty Towers - The Original Dining Experience
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 29 August 2026
Interactive Theatre's globetrotting show is truly quite legendary, selling out at venues like Edinburgh Fringe, Raffles Singapore and Sydney Opera House. When the audience become diners in the 'Faulty Towers' restaurant and are served by Ba...Parkas and Punchlines presents 'The Big One'
The Hideout Arena, Bolton
Sunday 30 August 2026
Parkas and Punchlines bring you the best comedians in the UK. Straight to The Hideout Arena, Farnworth....Dan Nightingale & Friends -- Wigan -- Show Starts 8pm
Fatbird, Wigan
Thursday 3 September 2026
Another excellent night of stand up with Have A Word host Dan Nightingale. Dan is joined in Wigan by Mark Nelson & Rob Mulholland. Starts at 8pm....Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 4 September 2026
The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as seen in the West End every week since 2022, and heard on BBC Radio 4, comes to you on a strictly limited tour. For one delightful evening only, the all-star Austentatious cast will improvise a hilariou...Jack Rooke
Lowry, Salford
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...The Prat Pack - Bradley Walsh, Brian Conley, Shane Richie & Joe Pasquale
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 September 2026
Following the monumental success of their debut run, the nation's most beloved entertainers are officially reuniting. Bradley Walsh, Brian Conley, Joe Pasquale, and Shane Richie have confirmed they are hitting the road once again with 'The ...
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Fin Taylor
Aviva Studios, Manchester
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...Dr Jason Leong live in Manchester The Comedy Cornershop
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Friday 11 September 2026
After losing one of his best friends to cancer, Dr Jason Leong did a very Dr Jason Leong thing to process his grief : write a comedy show about it....Mike Wozniak
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
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
