Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Sat 27 Jul 2024 - Sat 20 Sep 2025
Wed 11 Sep 2024 - Fri 24 Oct 2025
Thu 3 Oct - Thu 5 Dec 2024
Wed 19 Mar - Fri 6 Jun 2025
Fri 11 Apr - Sat 10 May 2025
Thu 26 Sep 2024 - Thu 8 May 2025
Peter Kay
Saturday 27 July 2024 - Saturday 20 September 2025
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...
The Importance of Being Earnest
Saturday 27 July 2024
This timeless tale of identity, opulence and sharp-tongued wit follows the lives of the rich and ridiculous, all looking for something to do, someone to love and somewhere to belong. For Jack and Algernon, being young and rich isn't easy. I...
Josh Thomas - Let's Tidy Up
Saturday 27 July 2024
This is a show where Australian comedian Josh tidies up. Tidying up is not normally the stuff of gripping drama, it wouldn't be a propulsive narrative for most people but for Josh it's Everest, a fundamentally impossible task, like trying t...
La Voix
Saturday 27 July 2024
Direct from the West End, come and see the UK's best drag queen and Britain's funniest redhead swing into town with her most ambitious show yet. This brand-new show promises an evening like no other, with huge live vocals, a live band and ...
Maisie Adam
Saturday 27 July 2024
Fresh from Live At The Apollo, A League Of Their Own and Have I Got News For You, Maisie Adam is heading back out on tour with a brand new show, Appraisal. She's five years into her job as a comedian now, so she's due an appraisal. Join...
Eddie Fortune
Saturday 27 July 2024
Single, 40 and living back with his Mum. Eddie has a history of failed relationships. He has done it all, he has dated thatcher loving Tories, evil math teachers from Dudley, ginger spiritualists and even slept with someone dressed as a Cra...
Lady Bushra - Drag Comedy Cabaret
Saturday 27 July - Saturday 21 December 2024
Join the BBC New Comedy Award shortlisted drag comedian Lady Bushra - the brainchild of British Asian Bradford comedian Amir - known for her viral digital content and one liners. Get ready to hear about life from a British South Asian per...
Kinds of Kindness (18)
Saturday 27 July - Thursday 1 August 2024
★★★ Kinds of Kindness comprises three short films. They all sparkle with Yorgos Lanthimos's deadpan genius: in his world, everything is just off-kilter enough to be funny, but just real enough to be horrifying. ~ BBC. --- Directed b...
Thelma (12A)
Saturday 27 July - Thursday 1 August 2024
★★★✭ June Squibb is a delight in this sweet comedy about an irrepressible 93-year-old who won't take being scammed lying down. ~ Little White Lies. --- The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, THELMA is a poignant action-come...
Brian Conley
Sunday 28 July 2024
Brian Conley is back on the road with a brand new tour, The 3rd Farewell Tour... To Date. Join the multi-award winning star of the West End and countless hit TV series for an evening of comedy, music and entertainment. ...
Friend (The One With Gunther)
Sunday 28 July 2024
James Seabright presents Brendan Murphy's Worldwide Comedy Award Winner. One barista, seventy minutes, ten seasons. The entire 236 episodes of the hit 90s TV show, FRIENDS, retold through the eyes of Gunther, Central Perk's very own 'sevent...
Off The Rails Comedy Club Saddleworth
Sunday 28 July - Sunday 29 September 2024
Tez Ilyas and Dan Tiernan preview their brand new tour shows at Off The Rails Comedy Club Saddleworth Scroll down for comedians details. Preview shows are works in progress. Acts subject to change. Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary, swearing....
Xs Malarkey Edinburgh Previews: Robin Morgan
Tuesday 30 July 2024
This week:ROBIN MORGANPlus others! Maybe a preview, maybe some shorter spots, who knows. A minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as possible to keep shows accessible, but if you can afford to pay mo...
First Thursday Comedy
Thursday 1 August - Thursday 7 November 2024
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 2 August - Friday 13 December 2024
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.. ...
Horrible Histories - Rotten Royals
Sunday 4 August 2024
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So Horrible Histories is back in 2024 with revolting rulers and mad monarchs from Britain'sbarmypast! Would you be wooed by Richard the Lionheart? Are you ready for a...
Heatons Comedy Evening. Stockport
Sunday 4 August - Sunday 1 September 2024
Tez Ilyas AND Mark Thomas preview their brand new shows at Stockport?s longest running comedy club. Acts subject to change. Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary swearing. We want all our guests to have a great night so please respect those aroun...
My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do)
Monday 19 - Sunday 25 August 2024
HOME are thrilled to announce the sensational, award-winning production My Son's a Queer, (But what can you do?) will take the stage this summer ahead of Manchester PRIDE, as the acclaimed production makes its glittering debut in Manchester...
Faulty Towers - The Original Dining Experience
Sunday 25 August 2024
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...
Gary Meikle 'no Refunds' Saddleworth
Sunday 25 August 2024
Gary Meikle is back with another self-written, self-deprecating show to leave you all short of breath. Expect updates on his ever-growing, much smarter granddaughter, Gracie, what it was like being a 14-year-old hormonal boy, overtly femini...
Basil Brush Unleashed
Wednesday 28 August 2024
Showbiz legend, national treasure, fox. Children of the 2000's, 1970's (and everything in-between) this one's for you as Basil goes prime time! Join him as he takes to the road following his much-talked about and totally sold out run at l...
'Allo 'Allo Comedy Train
Friday 30 August - Saturday 19 October 2024
'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...
A Conversation with Tim Minchin
Sunday 1 September 2024
Spend an evening in the company of internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter, musician, actor, writer and comedian Tim Minchin as he celebrates the publication of his first non-fiction book, You Don't Have to Have a Dream. In conversat...
The Golden Gays
Monday 2 September 2024
Direct from Off-Broadway, Las Vegas, and London, the premiere live-singing Golden Girls Drag Troupe touring internationally, The Golden Gays! Picture it: Sophia Petrillo has gone missing! Your favourite pals and confidants Dorothy, Blanche,...
Jon Richardson
Wednesday 4 September 2024
Will the recycling be put out on the right day? Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine? How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs? Watch Jon pretend that these aren't his foremost concerns as he leaves home ...
The Totally Improvised Musical - September
Wednesday 4 September 2024
Every night is opening night as our team of top improvisers compose brand new comedy musicals from your title suggestions. Previous shows have seen tube drivers dream of becoming west end stars, zombified celebrities rise from the dead, hob...
Dara Ó Briain
Thursday 5 September 2024
Dara O Briain is one of the UK & Ireland's favourite stand-up comedians and television presenters. He is best known for hosting Mock The Week, Robot Wars, Three Men in a Boat, Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure, Stargazing Live, Dara O Briai...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Friday 6 September - Saturday 12 October 2024
This electrifying adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Stef O'Driscoll is a whirlwind of sweaty dance-offs and drum and bass love anthems, celebrating the vibrant tapestry of Manchester's contemporary rave scene. The Palace n...
Roy Chubby Brown
Friday 6 September 2024
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...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 6 September - Friday 8 November 2024
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.. ...
Ben Elton
Saturday 7 September 2024
Ben Elton, the undisputed godfather of modern stand-up is going back on the road with his new show - Authentic Stupidity. Ben first exploded into the national consciousness back in the 1980's, hosting Channel 4's ground breaking Saturday Li...
Joanne McNally
Saturday 7 September 2024
Described as 'a truly gifted stand up' by The Sunday Times, join Joanne as she revisits her irreverent and critically acclaimed show The Prosecco Express. Due to a relentless ageing process, Joanne is suddenly in her late thirties with no h...
Myra DuBois
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 September 2024
Described by Graham Norton as "bust a gut funny", with her passion for compassion and flair for giving care, Rotherham's finest export since Paul Shane, Myra DuBois calls out to the disadvantaged, downtrodden and tyrannised of the world wit...
Best of Buzz Comedy
Saturday 7 September - Saturday 7 December 2024
Waterside's legendary monthly comedy night showcasing new and established talent upstairs in the Old Courtroom Chambers. Buzz Comedy is a long-running, well-respected, and award-winning comedy night fronted since 1989 by the veteran wit...
Sara Pascoe
Sunday 8 September 2024
Sara decided she wanted to be famous at 14 years old. Since then, she has auditioned for Barrymore, scared Pete Burns and ruined Hugh Grant's birthday - but look at her now... (please look, she needs you to look. And clap. And laugh. And th...
Stewart Lee - Snowflake / Tornado
Sunday 8 September 2024
A double-bill of two new 60 minute sets, performed back to back each night by the world's greatest living stand-up - The Times. Tornado questions Stew's position in the comedy marketplace after Netflix mistakenly lists his show as "repor...
Margaret Thatcher - Queen of Soho
Tuesday 10 - Saturday 14 September 2024
Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza! Following four sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, UK tours and a West End season, the Iron Lady is back and more fabulous than ever. On the eve of the vote on Section 28, Maggie gets lo...
The Lady Boys of Bangkok
Tuesday 10 September 2024
Now celebrating 25 years touring in the UK after first appearing at the Edinburgh Festival in 1989, The Lady Boys of Bangkok is now officially the largest and longest continuous touring cabaret show in the UK. Featuring a cast of 16 male Th...
Femmes & Thems
Tuesday 10 September 2024
A showcase of the best female and non-binary comedy talent from across the UK in a night of upbeat, shocking, silly, and (most importantly) hilarious stand-up comedy. From TV and touring comics to brand new acts, Femmes and Thems is the bes...
The Book of Mormon
Wednesday 11 September - Saturday 5 October 2024
The New York Times calls it 'The best musical of this century.' The Washington Post says, 'It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.' And Entertainment Weekly raves, 'Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.' It's Th...
Jason Manford
Wednesday 11 - Saturday 21 September 2024
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show, A Manford All Seasons. The Manchester comedian has been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn't...
