COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 2 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
13 Going On 30 - The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Sun 21 Sep - Sun 12 Oct 2025
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Come Fall in Love
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 14 - Saturday 21 June 2025
Change all your plans! Come Fall in Love, the hilarious, heart-winning new musical comedy from the co-writer of Legally Blonde and lyricist of Mean Girls - and based on a record-breaking Bollywood phenomenon - makes its UK premiere at the M...Jeff Dunham
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
Record-breaking, global comedy superstar, Jeff Dunham, is bringing his cast of characters back to Europe. America's favourite ventriloquist is very popular and has a huge following, with his delightfully irreverent cohorts, Peanut, Walte...Pride & Prejudice
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 14 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Jane Austen's most iconic love story is brought dazzlingly to life on stage When it comes to the subject of marriage, headstrong Lizzy Bennet is determined to resist the mounting pressures and expectations from society. But can she resist l...Roy Chubby Brown
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 14 June 2025 - Saturday 11 July 2026
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...LAUGHING HORSE WEEKEND (2 DAY) COMEDY COURSE
The Kings Arms, Salford
Saturday 14 June 2025 - Saturday 7 March 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...ShakeItUp - The Improvised Shakespeare Show
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 17 June 2025
ShakeItUp Theatre launched The Improvised Shakespeare Show in 2018. Since then they have performed well over 100 totally improvised Shakespeare plays to audiences across the UK, from the Minack Theatre in Cornwall, to London's The Other Pal...James Allen - Thanks For The Memories Podcast
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Thanks for the Memories Podcast with James Allen revisits cringey teen Facebook posts with guests & audience memories. Laugh, cry & cringe your way forward. James Allen takes a deep dive into his past Facebook statuses as a teenager to laug...Yoga Goats Improv
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Wednesday 18 June 2025
An improvised comedy show. We'll yes, we'll and, who knows, we might even maybe...Manford's Comedy Club
Middleton Arena, Manchester
Thursday 19 June - Thursday 2 October 2025
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.. ...Dara Ó Briain
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 20 June 2025
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...'Allo 'Allo Comedy Train
East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Friday 20 June - Friday 3 October 2025
'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...Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Lowry, Salford
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 June 2025
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest - direct from the West End - this smash-hit 2016 Olivier Award-winning improvised show brings something new to life at each and every performance! Transforming audience suggestions into al...Manford's Comedy Club
Festival Hall, Alderley Edge
Friday 20 June - Friday 3 October 2025
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 Showstoppers Kids' Show
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 21 June 2025
An improvised musical show for kids of all ages (5+), from Olivier Award-winning West End improvisers, The Showstoppers. If your children could create their very own dream musical - where would they start? The Showstoppers' Kids Show ta...Reverend Richard Coles
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Reverend Richard Coles is the only British vicar to have had a number-one hit single and to have appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and since the first leg of this tour, he's charmed his way to the final of ITV's 'I'm A Celeb...
Scratch - Spoken Word Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 24 June - Tuesday 16 December 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse's quarterly spoken word night is an inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. For Scratch we are looking for seasoned performers that are looking for opportunities to showcase t...XS Malarkey Edinburgh Previews with Bec Hill and Glenn Moore
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester 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 possible to k...The Highwayman
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 June 2025
The Highwayman is waiting, and there is no escape. It's 1769 and everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. It's the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but ...Clinton Baptiste
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 25 June 2025
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 ...Manchester Improv Wednesdays
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Wednesday 25 June 2025
An evening of fully improvised comedy - every Wednesday at 33 Oldham StreetThe Line Up.... Wet Skeleton is one performer, zero script, and infinite possibilities. Watch as her 206 soggy (and slightly wonky) bones become all manner of charac...Manford's Comedy Club
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Thursday 26 June - Thursday 27 November 2025
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.. ...Tim Minchin
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 27 June - Sunday 13 July 2025
Get ready for an evening packed with unforgettable songs and stories, as the Northampton-born, Australia-raised award-winning actor, comedian, author and music virtuoso looks back on how a Perth cabaret pianist ended up building one of the...Barbara Nice
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 27 June 2025
Join Stockport housewife, cleaner to the stars, Take a Break reader and Britain's Got Talent star Barbara Nice for all the best bits of her 25 years of delighting live comedy audiences, as well as new stuff she wrote on the bus. A playful, ...OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Oddsocks are taking to the road again this summer with another high-energy, feel-good, family theatre show - Shakespeare's most magical comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream! Four lovers run off to the Athenian forest where mysterious woodland ...Manford's Comedy Club
Cheadle Social Club, Stockport
Friday 27 June - Friday 28 November 2025
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.. ...Manford's Comedy Club
Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 29 November 2025
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.. ...ComedySportz
Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025 - Saturday 14 February 2026
You've seen football. You've seen tennis. But have you seen Comedy as a sport? Then you don't want to miss this all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show! Two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, ...Laugh Out Proud - LGTB+ Comedy Special
Area, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
Get ready to laugh until your glitter falls off as Laugh Out Proud returns to Manchester Comedy Club for another night of side-splitting queer comedy. Hosted by the fabulous Charli Angel, with the hilarious Ginger Hunter as the MC, this sh...XS Malarkey Edinburgh Previews with Jessica Fostekew and Ayo Adeneken
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester 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 possible to k...
Living the Life of Riley
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Starring Vicky Entwistle, Living the Life of Riley is a heart-warming, heart-breaking and hilarious tale of a family, trying to negotiate their way through teenage tantrums, autism, and Grandma. Joanne Riley always knew there was something...This is your tribute
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 2 - Sunday 6 July 2025
A brand new interactive cabaret show from the creators of 'An Evening Without Kate Bush' and 'Julie Madly Deeply'. 'Expect to laugh, sing and be merry!' (★★★★★ Quinntessential Review). Your sparkling host Sarah-Louise Young (Fasci...Nanna Mo's Botox and Bum Lifts
The Met, Bury
Thursday 3 July 2025
From MaD Theatre Company, the producers of "Nanna's OnlyFans Film", "Nanna Mo's Botox and Bum Lifts" promises to be a hilarious look at how the baby boomer generation is trying to keep up with the modern world. After doing an online course ...First Thursday Comedy
The Met, Bury
Thursday 3 July - Thursday 2 October 2025
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. ...XS Malarkey Edinburgh Previews with Lulu Popplewell and Jordan Brookes
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester 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 possible to k...Dan Tiernan
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 10 July 2025
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...Manford's Comedy Club
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 11 July - Thursday 6 November 2025
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.. ...Manford's Comedy Club
Poynton Workmen's Club, Stockport
Friday 11 July - Friday 12 December 2025
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.. ...
Fingers on Buzzers
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 12 July 2025
A live recording of the popular podcast Fingers on Buzzers from comedian and keen amateur quizzer Lucy Porter, alongside The Chase's very own Jenny Ryan. Whether you're a Pointless armchair aficionado, nostalgic for the days of Going for Go...Jet Set Go!
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Jet Set Go! is a high-flying British musical comedy from Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary, the writers of 'The Great British Bake Off Musical' and 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 The Musical'. Join Nicola and her fun-loving tran...Dan Tiernan
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Tuesday 15 July 2025
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...XS Malarkey Edinburgh Previews with Mike Wozniak and Paul Campbell
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester 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 possible to k...Living the Life of Riley
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Wednesday 16 July 2025
Starring Vicky Entwistle, Living the Life of Riley is a heart-warming, heart-breaking and hilarious tale of a family, trying to negotiate their way through teenage tantrums, autism, and Grandma. Joanne Riley always knew there was something...Daddy's First Gay Date
Waterside, Manchester
Thursday 17 - Friday 18 July 2025
Is it selfish to leave someone you might love in order to find yourself? An uncomfortable restaurant break-up becomes a pressure-cooker first date in this brand-new comedy written by Sam Danson (BI-TOPIA) and Directed by the award-winning ...
Larry Dean
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Saturday 19 July 2025
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Dodger, about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty. Larry has been spending a lot of time with his gran...Comedy Striptease
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Saturday 19 July 2025
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...Bonding - The Myth, The Legend & The Legacy of Bond
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Monday 21 - Tuesday 22 July 2025
Cyril Blake's sell-out hit from the Edinburgh Fringe explores the myth, legend and legacy of Bond - and what it all means to guys trying to find their way through life and love. Stephen has always wanted to be James Bond. He's got a tux, a ...Jason Manford
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Tuesday 22 July 2025
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...XS Malarkey Edinburgh Previews with Josie Long and Andrew Doherty
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester 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 possible to k...Living the Life of Riley
