COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Wed 30 Apr - Sat 10 May 2025
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 2 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Based on Brian Helgeland's iconic 2001 film (originally starring Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany), A Knight's Tale, the brand-new comedy musical, charges into Manchester Opera House for its World Premiere, prior to the West End. From the Prod...Jason Manford
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Wednesday 30 April 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...Abigail's Party
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 24 May 2025
Mike Leigh's tragicomic masterpiece ABIGAIL'S PARTY has garnered cult status across the decades. In the Royal Exchange's distinctive space, award-winning Director Natalie Abrahami draws on the unique in-the-round stage to create an intima...The 39 Steps
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Brilliantly bonkers and hilarious adaptation of Hitchcock's iconic thriller. Follow the dashing Richard Hannay as he embarks on a thrilling adventure filled with daring antics, romantic encounters and ghastly murders. Get set for a whirlwin...Imaginary Friends
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 1 - Saturday 3 May 2025
Welcome to the warped mirror world of Imaginary Friends, the new solo show by award-winning writer-performer Daniel Bye, exploring everything from grief, morality and the end of the world, to authenticity in the contemporary media landscape...Julian Clary
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 1 May 2025
Julian Clary, renowned homosexual and national trinket, is fixing to saddle up and head on out for his 2024 UK tour. "Yes, it has a Western theme," the old buckaroo confirms, sipping Bourbon from a pint tankard. "It was only a matter of tim...An Audience With Mick Miller
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 1 May 2025
Mick Miller is a comedy legend who first came to fame on ITV's "New Faces". Having won his heat, the Liverpudlian started getting more theatre work and that led to the TV producer, Johnnie Hamp selecting him to become a regular on the hit ...Dee Allum
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Thursday 1 May 2025
She's here! She's queer! Her parents are sort of used to it!Fresh, exciting, and overall, just happy to be here, Dee is the greatest transgender comedian her small village has ever produced. This debut stand-up show is about reconciling wit...Abigoliah Schamaun
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Thursday 1 May 2025
London-based New York comedian, actor and writer, Abigoliah Schamaun is frank, funny, and unapologetic. Her unbridled charisma and comedic skill have taken her all over the world cementing her place as one of the top female headliners on th...First Thursday Comedy
The Met, Bury
Thursday 1 May - Thursday 4 September 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. ...Richard Herring
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 3 May 2025
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. It turned out that he had testicular cancer and one month later he was lying in hospital waiting to have his murderous gonad removed. Would h...Freaky Tales (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 3 - Thursday 8 May 2025
★★★ Freaky Tales never amounts to more than the sum of its parts - but those parts, while uneven, are always high-energy and entertaining. ~ Empire. -- Set in 1987 Oakland, Freaky Tales is a multi-track mixtape of colourful characters...The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved (12A)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 3 May 2025
Star-studded Exclusive Documentary on the private and public life of Sir Ken Dodd featuring thoughts from his private notebooks - "Happiness is a frame of mind" THE REAL KEN DODD - The Man I Loved is an exclusive feature documentary film wh...The Prat Pack - Bradley Walsh, Brian Conley, Shane Richie & Joe Pasquale
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Sunday 4 May 2025
Four of the country's greatest comedy entertainers will tour the UK in 2025 with their own special take on the Rat Pack - Bradley Walsh (The Chase, Gladiators), Brian Conley (The Brian Conley Show, EastEnders), Shane Richie (EastEnders, I'...Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Tuesday 6 - Saturday 31 May 2025
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...
XS Malarkey with Stuart Laws and Chloe Radcliffe (previews)
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 6 May 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...Kevin Hart
AO Arena, Manchester
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Emmy and GRAMMY-nominated comedian Kevin Hart has confirmed the next leg of his stand-up comedy tour "Acting My Age." Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he launched his career as a comedian during an amateur night at ...Live at Lowry - Phil Wang, John Kearns, Sophie Duker, Dan Nightingale and Flo & Joan
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Move over, Apollo... We love to laugh, and we know you do too! Join us as we celebrate 25 years of top stand-up here at Lowry. This is your chance to catch some of the nation's best comedy talent, all under one roof in an evening fu...Manchester Improv Wednesdays
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Wednesday 7 - Wednesday 14 May 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...Trygve Wakenshaw - Silly Little Things
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 8 May 2025
Trygve Wakenshaw brings his hilarious mime-clown-comedy show. Light and silly, absurd and Dada, and a sort of autobiographical, introspective look at all the silly little things that can make or break a friendship. Ranked in the top 5 of be...Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Thursday 8 May 2025
Here he is! Yorkshire's biggest bastard. For 1 night only! Join owner and MC of The Misty Moon (working men's club in Rotherham/portal to hell) for a slap-up feast of laughs, tricks and mucky bitter. Can Frankie save showbiz? Can he protect...Divina De Campo
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Friday 9 May 2025
Manchester Gay Village drag superstar Divina de Campo returns with I Do Think, an electrifying one-woman show that explores life's highs, lows, and everything in between. From orbiting the stars to becoming one, join Divina as she distills ...Manford's Comedy Club
Poynton Workmen's Club, Stockport
Friday 9 May - 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.. ...Zoe Lyons
Contact, Manchester
Saturday 10 May 2025
If life is a journey, Zoe's has had more than its share of potholes and diversions: from diving with sharks, to sitting in a shed in Vietnam with a former health secretary (and discovering that MPs aren't the only parasites she has to wo...Manford's Comedy Club
Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Saturday 10 May - 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.. ...Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 11 May 2025
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...Irish Annie's
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 11 May 2025
Starring Ricky Tomlinson as Scouse Jim and Samantha Alton as Irish Annie, Asa Murphy's new musical play celebrates the best of Irish culture, from the music to the comedy. Meet landlady Annie and her regular madcap customers for a fun n...Diana: The Untold & Untrue Story
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Monday 12 - Wednesday 14 May 2025
Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know our story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life. Combining drag, multimedia, audience interaction, ...WAP - Wit & Poetry
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Monday 12 May - Monday 9 June 2025
Comedian and poet Kat Ronson brings a new night WAP: Wit and Poetry Combining two art forms to make you laugh, cry and cry laugh. The best performers from WAP, exclusive collaborations between artists and some wild cards. ...
A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny
Waterside, Manchester
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 May 2025
An uplifting queer parody musical and the story of Hunter's transition, set in the Wild Wild (North) West. Join Hunter King in his gender journey of self discovery and explore themes of dysphoria, joy and discovering your authentic self. Th...The Totally Improvised Musical - May 2025
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Tuesday 13 May 2025
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...XS Malarkey with Tadiwa Mahlunge
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 13 May 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...Irish Annie's
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Wednesday 14 May 2025
Starring Ricky Tomlinson as Scouse Jim and Samantha Alton as Irish Annie, Asa Murphy's new musical play celebrates the best of Irish culture, from the music to the comedy. Meet landlady Annie and her regular madcap customers for a fun n...Cancelled Podcast
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 14 - Thursday 15 May 2025
EXTRA! EXTRA! Cancelled is hitting the stage live. Now an International Disaster! Get up close and personal for a discussion with your favourite co-host besties, Tana Mongeau and Brooke Schofield, in these unfiltered, uncut, interactive li...Sophie McCartney
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 15 May 2025
After a phenomenal debut tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back! A new decade beckons and she DOES NOT BELIEVE IT! What does life look like when you're too old to be young, but too young to be old? Grab your glow sticks and j...Murder, She Didn't Write
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 15 May 2025
Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your 'finger of suspicion' at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show for your sleuthing pleasure. They'll crea...Irish Annie's
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Thursday 15 May 2025
Starring Ricky Tomlinson as Scouse Jim and Samantha Alton as Irish Annie, Asa Murphy's new musical play celebrates the best of Irish culture, from the music to the comedy. Meet landlady Annie and her regular madcap customers for a fun n...The Dad's Army Radio Show
Lowry, Salford
Friday 16 May 2025
The nation's favourite sitcom returns! The boys are delighted to head to Lowry with three new episodes. Two actors, two microphones, over twenty-five characters - and lots of sound effects! Dad's Army Radio Show bring's Perry and Croft's cl...Manford's Comedy Club
Northwich Memorial Court, Northwich
Friday 16 May - Friday 5 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.. ...Holly Redford Jones - I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar
Waterside, Manchester
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 May 2025
Manchester-based Chesterfield musician turned stand-up comedian Holly Redford Jones is dancing in a Lesbian Bar and you're invited... Set in an imaginary Lesbian Bar, this bold new show is a sonic love letter to sapphic institutions of a by...Henning Wehn
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 17 May 2025
With his new show, Acid Wehn, award-deserving German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn takes an unbiased look at climate change, a topic sure to delight audiences and no surprise. After all, everyone loves talking about the weather. Rain or sh...Roy Chubby Brown
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 17 May 2025
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...Nish Kumar
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Sunday 18 May 2025
In this election year - with the country in turmoil - there's only one comedian who can kill the mood even further... Nish Kumar - one of The Guardian and The Telegraph's 50 Best Comedians of the 21st Century - is back on tour with his bran...
Rachel Fairburn's Trying It On
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Sunday 18 May 2025
'Trying It On' is a brand new night showcasing the very best in character comedy from renowned stand-up, Rachel Fairburn (Live at the Apollo, All Killa No Filla). Having already conquered the world of stand up, Rachel is turning her sights ...Benji Waterhouse
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 18 May 2025
Described by The Times as "the Adam Kay of mental health care", NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian, and Sunday Times best-selling author Benji Waterhouse - is going on his first book tour! Through a mixture of stand-up and chapter...Octagon Comedy Club
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 18 May 2025
After sell-out shows, the Octagon Comedy Club is back for even more laughs! Join us one Friday a month and enjoy a hilarious night of live stand-up from some of the best names in comedy. To see who is performing, more details can be found h...Jock Night
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 20 - Saturday 31 May 2025
Following a critically acclaimed run at London's Seven Dials Playhouse, Hive North bring Adam Zane's uncut and extended version of his outrageous Offie-nominated comedy-drama back to Manchester. Welcome to Jock Night - Manchester's wildest...Jonny Cole: Armagudd'n
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Jonny Cole returns in 2024 with his biggest and best show yet!...XS Malarkey with Sharon Wanjohi
