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Sister Act

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 19 - Saturday 30 March 2024
Don't miss this eagerly anticipated brand new production of the Broadway and UK smash hit musical Sister Act direct from London. All your prayers have been answered with a stunning cast, including Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver as Mot...

My Beautiful Laundrette

The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 19 - Saturday 23 March 2024
Based on Hanif Kureishi's iconic and Oscar-nominated screenplay and last brought to the stage in 2019 directed by Nikolai Foster, My Beautiful Laundrette is set in London during the Thatcher years and tells the story of young British Pakist...

Northanger Abbey

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 19 - Saturday 23 March 2024
Bold reimagining of Austen's romantic novel Catherine Morland knows little of the world, but who needs real-life experience when you have novels to guide you? Catherine seizes her chance to escape her claustrophobic family and join the smar...

Unravelling the Ribbon

Altrincham Garrick Playhouse, Altrincham
Tuesday 19 - Sunday 24 March 2024
A moving and powerful tale of friendship and survival. The touching - and frequently hilarious - story of three women whose lives are touched by breast cancer.  Rose is thirty-four and lives on a farm with her husband and two children. She...

Manchester Comedy Club

Area, Manchester
Friday 22 March - Saturday 27 April 2024
Get Ready to Laugh Your Socks Off...

Laughing Horse Weekend (2 Day) Comedy Course

The Kings Arms, Salford
Sunday 24 March 2024
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...

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 26 - Sunday 31 March 2024
Following their multi award-winning sell-out success with The Play That Goes Wrong and the BBC TV series The Goes Wrong Show, Mischief return with their riotous spin on a timeless classic, the West End smash hit Peter Pan Goes Wrong. The me...

The Adult Pantomime - Cinderella and The Two Ugly S!*@S

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 30 March 2024
The Adult Pantomime is back with an invitation to the Prince's Ball for all you bigger boys and girls (aged 18+). Be prepared to laugh your adult socks off with this hilarious take on Cinderella. With a fun and filthy laugh a minute script,...

Off The Rails Comedy Club Saddleworth

The Royal George, Oldham
Sunday 31 March 2024
Simon Wozniak, Kevin Gildea, Maria Golbourne and MC Alun Cochrane descend on Greenfield for another Off The Rails Comedy Club! Scroll down for comedians details. Acts subject to change. Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary, swearing. We want eve...

Cluedo 2 - The Next Chapter

The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 April 2024
From the director of the global phenomenon, The Play that Goes Wrong and Cluedo -  this brand new whodunit brings murder, mystery, mayhem and whole heap of laughs for all the family! Set in the swinging 60s, Miss Scarlett, Colonel Mustard,...

Houdini's Greatest Escape

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 3 - Saturday 6 April 2024
Harry Houdini is the world's greatest entertainer Just as his death-defying escapology stunts have him, and his wife Bess, on the cusp of a career-defining performance for King Edward, he finds himself framed for murder by a gang of crimina...

The Totally Improvised Musical

Fierce Bar, Manchester
Wednesday 3 April 2024
Every night is opening night as the team of top improvisers, create a completely unscripted comedy musical from your suggestions. A brand-new show from the award-winning team behind ComedySportz (Best Alternative Act - North West Comedy Awa...

The Importance Of Being... Earnest?

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 5 - Sunday 7 April 2024
Straight from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Say It Again, Sorry? presents The Importance of Being... Earnest? When a traditional production of Oscar Wilde's classic play gets underway, everything seems to be going perfectly to plan... that...

John Robertson's The Dark Room

The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Sunday 7 April - Sunday 14 July 2024
Come and play the world's only live-action text based adventure game in the critically-acclaimed cult comedy that mixes gaming and improv into one unique choose-your-own-adventure gameshow. After 4 million YouTube hits, countless 5 star rev...

Bouncers

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 9 - Saturday 20 April 2024
Don't miss this classic comedy and northern favourite! Join Les, Ralph, Judd and Lucky Eric as they relive a night in a Yorkshire disco in the 80s. The original Bouncers is back in town. Everyone will be here: the DJ, the girls, boys and th...

Do I Love You?

HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 10 - Saturday 13 April 2024
Why not join twenty somethings Sally, Nat and Kyle in this hilarious comedy written and directed by John Godber, the award-winning writer of "Bouncers", as they develop a love for, and the people involved with, Northern Soul. What started a...

Laura Ramoso

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Friday 12 April 2024
Character comedian Laura Ramoso invites you over for dinner with German Mom, Italian Dad, and more in the Sit Up Straight Tour, a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud, tour de force. Just remember to keep your elbows off the table. Laura Ramoso is a ...

The Scummy Mummies Show

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Join Ellie and Helen as they celebrate ten years of scumminess! For a decade now, the Scummy Mummies have been touring their hit comedy show to sold-out audiences around the country. Now they're bringing all their most-loved songs, sketches...

42 Balloons

The Lowry, Salford
Thursday 18 April - Sunday 19 May 2024
2nd of July 1982. Using a lawn chair and approximately 42 helium-filled weather balloons, truck driver Larry Walters  defied all the odds (and FAA airspace regulations!) to make his lifelong dream a reality and fly sixteen thousand f...

The Totally Improvised Musical

Waterside, Manchester
Friday 19 April 2024
Every night is opening night as the team of top improvisers, create a completely unscripted comedy musical from your suggestions. A brand-new show from the award-winning team behind ComedySportz (Best Alternative Act - North West Comedy Awa...

Angels of the North - Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli & Tomara Thomas

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 20 April 2024
Join drag superstars Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli and Tomara Thomas for a heavenly brand new live show. ...

Wifi Wars

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 20 April 2024
Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV's hit comedy/gaming show Dara O'Briain's Go 8 Bit) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer, WiFi Wars returns with the live interactive ...

Count Arthur Strong

The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 21 April 2024
An unmissable night of unbelievable entertainment for all the family (no pets), as character comedian Steve Delaney returns as everyone's favourite elderly, pompous, mostly out-of-work, deluded thespian from Doncaster, in this never to be ...

Lady Bushra

The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Sunday 21 April 2024
Don't miss the chance to see the hilarious and iconic drag comedian Lady Bushra as this 'teenage' starlet takes you on quite the unique journey! Hailed from the 'exotic land of Bradford' Bushra is your South Asian 'Karen' so get ready to he...

Irish Annie's

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Starring Ricky Tomlinson as Scouse Jim and Catherine Rice 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 nigh...

Little Shop of Horrors

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 24 April - Saturday 18 May 2024
The mean green monster musical explodes into Bolton! Downtown on Skid Row, weedy flower shop assistant Seymour is down on his luck until he stumbles across a mysterious new plant with killer potential. Fame and fortune follow but will this ...

RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 27 April 2024
Eleven Global Glamazons from seven regions of the world unite for the official Drag Race UK vs The World Tour. Experience your favourite Queens in an all-new production and witness the best drag the mother-tucking world has to offer in this...

Rhod Gilbert

The Lowry, Salford
Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 May 2024
Rhod is embarking on a full UK & Ireland tour playing more than 90 dates, and running until October 2025. Previously, Rhod was dealing with some pretty pungent life citrus, and an idiot called John. Little did he know that things were about...

Howerd's End

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
Frankie Howerd was one of Britain's most loved comedians for half a century. But he had a secret. And the secret's name was Dennis. This hugely acclaimed play by Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, Jarman) takes you to the heart of F...

Kate Smurthwaite : Fire Snake

Fierce Bar, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
Kate Smurthwaite invites us to contemplate whether being foot soldiers in the death march of disaster capitalism is really as much fun as we hoped. Join the comedian and activist for a brilliant (achievable) alternative future. With punchli...

Send in the Clowns - Tw*ts

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 May 2024
Send In The Clowns is a raucous, wild, and tantalising drag revue show celebrating the magic and madness of musical theatre. This time the Clowns are taking on the Lord himself, with a celebration-cum-assassination of the work of Andrew Llo...

The Adult Pantomime - Cinderella and The Two Ugly S!*@S

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 11 May 2024
The Adult Pantomime is back with an invitation to the Prince's Ball for all you bigger boys and girls (aged 18+). Be prepared to laugh your adult socks off with this hilarious take on Cinderella. With a fun and filthy laugh a minute script,...

Punt and Dennis

The Lowry, Salford
Monday 13 May 2024
Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt are back on tour for the first time in 10 years. Older but not really much wiser, Punt and Dennis are returning to what they do best. What have they learned from a decade of following the news for Mock The Week an...

Xs Malarkey - 14th May 2024 At The International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. This week:CIARAN MULLINSMATTHEW WILLIAMSMORE TBCMC TOBY HADOKEA minimum of just ?3 for members and...

Mind Mangler - Member of the Tragic Circle

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 15 - Saturday 18 May 2024
Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer, the multi award-winning team behind the sold-out global smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong and the BBC TV series The Goes Wrong Show, star in this hilarious new comedy by Mischief. Join the "Mind Mangler" as...

Rhod Gilbert

Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Thursday 16 May 2024
Rhod is embarking on a full UK & Ireland tour playing more than 90 dates, and running until October 2025. Previously, Rhod was dealing with some pretty pungent life citrus, and an idiot called John. Little did he know that things were about...

That'll Be The Day

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Monday 20 May 2024
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 Eric Andre Show Live

Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 23 May 2024
Eric Andre is a comedian, actor and, not least, host of Adult Swim's hit series, The Eric Andre Show, an American sketch comedy television series which had aired since 2012. Throughout its lifetime, the parody series has taken the internet...

Testmatch

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 23 May - Saturday 1 June 2024
Cricket's past & present collide in this compelling new play It makes the whole of western history make sense, this weather. If I had to live in this, I'd get off this island as fast as I possibly could, And take over whatever land I came a...

The Vivienne

New Century Hall, Manchester
Thursday 23 May 2024
The Vivienne emerged as the original champion of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK for the BBC, before going on to star in Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars All Winners globally. Her brand-new show of comedy, music and audience participa...

Rhod Gilbert

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 25 May 2024
Rhod is embarking on a full UK & Ireland tour playing more than 90 dates, and running until October 2025. Previously, Rhod was dealing with some pretty pungent life citrus, and an idiot called John. Little did he know that things were about...

Rude Science

The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 26 May 2024
The naughtiest, funniest, most revolting science show in the world. Brace yourselves for BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates' revolutionary, high-tech, highly-explosive new show, packed with outrageous science stunts. On the surface it's a riot of ...

Rosie Holt

The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 26 May 2024
As seen on the Russell Howard Hour and heard on Radio 4, Social Media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt returns with her second live tour, That's Politainment. The worse the political career, the more lucrative the subsequent en...

Count Arthur Strong

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 1 June 2024
An unmissable night of unbelievable entertainment for all the family (no pets), as character comedian Steve Delaney returns as everyone's favourite elderly, pompous, mostly out-of-work, deluded thespian from Doncaster, in this never to be ...
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