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
ComedySportz
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Wednesday 21 May 2025
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, ...XS Malarkey Presents John-Luke Roberts: It Is Better + Best Of
53two, Manchester
Wednesday 21 May 2025
In 2024 John-Luke Roberts remounted all ten of his solo shows, from over fifteen years of making and performing comedy. To celebrate the achievement, he?s taking a compilation of some of his favourite bits on tour, alongside the whole of hi...Crooners
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Thursday 22 May 2025
Packed with personality and humour, Crooners have been wowing audiences with their witty and exhilarating show full of hilarious one liners, laugh out loud silliness and superb musical numbers with the outstanding 9-piece The Mini Big Band ...Manford's Comedy Club
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 23 May - 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.. ...That'll Be The Day
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 24 May 2025
Celebrate the golden age of Rock 'n' Roll and Pop from the '50s right the way through to the '80s from Trevor Payne and an exceptional cast of who combine hilarious comedy sketches and impersonations with brilliant vocals and superb musicia...The Adult Pantomime - Dick Whittington
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 24 May 2025
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 7th year with the pantomime paved with gold... Dick Whittington - Adults Only! Dick is trying to seek fame and fortune in the city of London with his faithful feline friend Tommy. While there, they manage...Come Fall in Love
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Thursday 29 May - 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...A Shoddy Detective and the Art of Deception
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 29 - Friday 30 May 2025
Fresh from selling out their run at The Ed Fringe, Camden Fringe, New Normal Festival and a 2022 Spring Tour. Shoddy are back with their hit show "A Shoddy Detective". A laugh-out-loud slapstick whodunnit featuring four actors, a dozen ch...Sophie McCartney
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 30 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...Gary Meikle Saddleworth
The Royal George, Oldham
Friday 30 May 2025
Gary Meikle is coming back to Saddleworth to preview his brand new show ? Neurospicy . A rare chance to see this internationally acclaimed comedian in the intimate setting of Off The Rails Comedy Club!Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary, sweari...Irish Annie's
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 31 May 2025
Starring Ricky Tomlinson as Scouse Jim alongside his Royle Family co-star, extra special guest Sue Johnston, and Catherine Rice as Irish Annie, Asa Murphy's new musical play celebrates the best of Irish culture, from the music to the comed...Spy Movie: The Play
Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
From two of the minds behind The New Musketeers (Trinity Theatre) and stars of The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Spy Movie: The Play! is a new hilarious homage to Bond movies and fringe theatre suitable for the whole family...Laugh Out Proud - LGTB+ Comedy Special
Area, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 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...Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Monday 2 - Saturday 7 June 2025
A story stranger than fiction that blurs the boundaries of tabloid scoop, court case and soap opera, The Wagatha Christie Trial explores privacy and celebrity in modern Britain. On 9 October 2019, Coleen Rooney publicly accused Rebekah Var...
The Gentleman of Shalott
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 3 - Wednesday 4 June 2025
The Gentleman of Shalott is a queer adaptation of Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott, influenced by Theatre of the Absurd, exploring isolation; social media-induced anxiety; neurodiversity and our unwillingness to confront the climate cris...Femmes & Thems
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
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...Robin Ince
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 4 June 2025
A journey through the minds that populate the planet and may populate the universe beyond. An hour of joy and curiosity with the presenter of The multi award winning Infinite Monkey Cage. Expect stories of chimpanzees and astronauts, of sta...Pride & Prejudice
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 5 - 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...Sorry (I Broke Your Arm and Legs)
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 5 June 2025
A riotous debut PowerPoint presentation from James Akka (Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!), combining all the thrills of World Book Day with the hilarity of the Maths Olympiad. Sam's obviously the correct choice for Head Boy. He's got the Powe...Blindboy
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
The Blindboy Podcast Live returns on its biggest tour yet, with Irish satirist Blindboy Boatclub, Limerick's own polymath, bestselling author, screenwriter, songwriter, musician, producer and academic. Described as a "cultural phenomenon" b...John Kearns
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
The Varnishing Days is the heart-stopping, glasses-dropping, hard-rocking, wig-shaking, levothyroxine-taking, knee-knocking, boot-licking, justifying, teeth rattling, digressing new show from stand up comedian to the stars John Kearns. G...Terminal 2
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 6 - Saturday 7 June 2025
With their plane delayed due to a power cut, George and Lynda Sumner debate the meaning of life, the common bluebottle, sex tapes and the pros and cons of WH Smith... but it soon becomes clear that Lynda's journey is one way and that George...Adult Film Club
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
Grot-lords Sam O'Leary (over 50 million views) and Chris Cantrill (Alma's Not Normal - BBC Two) return with their night of comedy short films, weirdo music videos and forbidden content from the darkest corners of the internet. Fresh fr...Jonny Pelham
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
Jonny Pelham is one of the most exciting stand-up comedians in the UK. He's appeared on shows such as; Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Russell Howard's Stand-up Central, Live from the BBC and Bobby and Harrie...The Royal Tenenbaums (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
A cinema screening of Wes Anderson's 2001 classic with its all-star cast. Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children, Chas, Richie and Margot, and then they separated. Chas started buying real estate in his early teens and see...Rory Bremner
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 8 June 2025
What happens when Britain's sharpest political impressionist steps out from behind the masks? For four decades, Rory Bremner has been the voice of our times - quite literally. Now, in this intimate new show, the master mimic & satirist comb...Rushmore (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Wes Anderson's all-star film from 1998 follows Max, a gifted and rebellious student at the elite Rushmore Academy. Editor of the school newspaper, captain of innumerable clubs and societies, Max is also one of the worst students in the scho...The Adult Pantomime - Dick Whittington
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Thursday 12 June 2025
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 7th year with the pantomime paved with gold... Dick Whittington - Adults Only! Dick is trying to seek fame and fortune in the city of London with his faithful feline friend Tommy. While there, they manage...
Larry Dean
Darwen Library Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 13 June 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...Nanna Mo's Botox and Bum Lifts
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 13 June 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 ...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...Roy Chubby Brown
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 14 June 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...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...James Allen - Thanks For The Memories
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...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...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 ...
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.. ...ComedySportz
