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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...

Drive-Away Dolls (15)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 19 - Thursday 21 March 2024
★★★ Ethan Coen strikes out on his own with a frivolous frolic that wears its slightness like a badge of honour. ~ Total Film. --- Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, this comedy caper follows Jamie, an uninhibited free  spirit ...

Wicked Little Letters (15)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 19 - Thursday 21 March 2024
★★★ An ultimately rather cosy tale of British eccentricity, enlivened by a superb cast. ~ Total Film. --- A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than...

Poor Things (18)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20 March 2024
★★★★✭ Expect Oscars all around again as the team behind The Favourite deliver another period drama which is one of the best - and maddest - comedies in many a year. ~ ManchesterTheatres. com --- From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and...

Sarah Millican

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Sarah Millican is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer. Since winning the 2008 if. comedy Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for her debut solo show; Sarah Millican's Not Nice, she has fast-established herself as ...

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (18)

HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 21 March 2024
★★★★ Radu Jude's bracingly anarchic Romanian black comedy, a portrait of an underpaid, overworked film production assistant with an obscenity-spewing alter ego, lays into workplace ethics with brio. ~ The Observer. --- Radu Jude's R...

Geoff Norcott

Darwen Library Theatre, Blackburn
Thursday 21 March 2024
Conservative Party supporting comedian Geoff Norcott is working on his fifth national tour show, and takes to the road with his new tour Basic Bloke following on the back of "Conswervative", "Traditionalism", "Taking Liberties" and "I Blame...

Michael McIntyre

AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 March 2024
The UK's most popular comedian returns with a huge stand-up world arena tour, Macnificent visiting the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, the USA and Singapore. Since getting his big break performing on the televised 2006 Royal Va...

'Allo 'Allo Comedy Train

East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Friday 22 March - Friday 30 August 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...

Manford's Comedy Club

Cheadle Social Club, Stockport
Friday 22 March - Friday 29 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.. ...

After Hours - 4K Restoration (15)

HOME, Manchester
Friday 22 March 2024
★★★★✭  Scorsese is at the top of his game with this atmospheric and very black crime comedy which has you on the edge of the seat throughout. ~ ManchesterTheatres. com --- The stellar new 4K restoration of Martin Scorsese's cult ...

Late Night with the Devil (15)

HOME, Manchester
Friday 22 March 2024
Australian siblings Cameron and Colin Cairnes are back with another Comedy Horror. Set in October 1977, waning late-night talk show host Jack Delroy makes television history when his audience-baiting Halloween special spirals fatally out of...

The Greasy Strangler (18)

HOME, Manchester
Friday 22 March 2024
British director Jim Hosking's almost indescribable 2016 debut feature has shades of early John Waters. Big Brayden lives in LA with his dad, Big Ronnie. The night-time streets are being stalked by a naked, homicidal pervert known as the Gr...

Manchester Comedy Club

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

Sam Campbell

The Lowry, Salford
Saturday 23 March - Saturday 1 June 2024
Basically, we keep him in a metal crate. Once everyone is settled and the house lights go down, we will let him loose on to the stage. It is our understanding that his comedy moments will DAZZLE you. His prefrontal cortex is larger than you...

Four Little Adults (18)

Odeon Manchester Great Northern, Manchester
Saturday 23 March 2024
Helsinki is for lovers! In Finnish filmmaker Selma Vilhunen's latest film, a middle-aged couple on the verge of a breakup decide to open up their relationship and enter the complex world of polyamory. What follows is a fascinating balance o...

I Think I'm Sick (18)

Odeon Manchester Great Northern, Manchester
Saturday 23 March 2024
The excitement of senior year doesn't appeal much to Will, a teenager quietly dealing with his deteriorating mental health. For Will, there's only one thing he can do to end his agony, but when his suicide plan fails, he finds himself back ...

Dr. John Cooper Clarke

The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 24 March - Thursday 25 April 2024
Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Known as the 'Godfather of Punk Poetry' and the original people's poet, John's cultural influence spans literature, music and fashion. From creating some of the most iconic poet...

TwoSet Violin

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 24 March 2024
TwoSet Violin is a musical comedy duo consisting of Australian violinists and YouTubers Brett Yang and Eddy Chen. Yang and Chen started out posting classical covers of pop music on their YouTube channel, but eventually switched focus to mus...

Mark & Lard

The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Sunday 24 March 2024
For the first time, the same-sex Krankies of the airwaves Mark Radcliffe (Mark) and Marc Riley (Lard) will reveal what went on behind the scenes of what Dave Bowie (of the Dave Bowie band) called: 'THE show'! Long time close showbiz friend ...

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...

Clinton Baptiste

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Friday 29 - Saturday 30 March 2024
Solo again, Britain's most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights returns with his brand new hilarious one-man stand up show. As well as venturing into the audience to offer his unique spirit readings, Clinton...

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,...

COMEDYSPORTZ

Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 30 March 2024 - Saturday 22 February 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, ...

Wonka (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 March - Wednesday 3 April 2024
★★★★ "It may not scale the heights of his Paddington duo, but Paul King's Wonka is a beguiling way to spend 116 minutes, perfectly anchored by Chalamet's benevolent dandy. All together now: Oompa Loompa, doompety doo..." ~ Empire. -...

It Happened One Night (U)

HOME, Manchester
Sunday 31 March 2024
★★★★✭ The first of only three films to win the "Big Five" Oscars, this classic farce introduced the world to screwball and remains as fresh, fast and funny 90 years on. ~ ManchesterTheatres. com. --- To celebrate its 90th annivers...

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,...

Josh Baulf and Friends

The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 2 April 2024
After amassing millions of views worldwide Josh Baulf will take to multiple stages across the UK for a night of stand-up comedy. Accompanying Josh on this tour will be a line up of the best comics on the UK circuit. This is guaranteed to be...

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...

Daniel O'Reilly

The Lowry, Salford
Thursday 4 April 2024
Despite courting controversy, Daniel O'Reilly is still boasting one of the largest, strongest, most loyal and fastest growing social media followings in the UK and his fans have grown up with him through the years! He has had many character...

Bloody Mary: Live

HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Friday 5 April 2024
A smart, irreverent blend of stand-up comedy and a one-woman show written and performed by Olivia Miller. She's bloody. She's Mary. She's LIVE! Teen Queen Mary Tudor takes to the mic to rehab her so-called "bloody" image in a gleefully vici...

First Thursday Comedy

The Met, Bury
Thursday 4 April - Thursday 6 June 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. ...

Peter Kay

AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 5 April 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...

Two Pints Live With Will Mellor & Ralf Little

Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 5 April 2024
Will Mellor and Ralf Little, of the cult British sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, take their smash hit Podcast out on tour when they ask people to join them for Two Pints, LIVE! After the sold-out success of their 17-date T...

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...

Stephen Bailey

The Lowry, Salford
Friday 5 April 2024
Comedian, presenter, actor and writer, Stephen Bailey is a fiercely proud Mancunian, working class, gay man and he's back with a brand new live show, CRASS. From a working-class background in Manchester, six years working at Sainsbury's, m...

Tom Houghton

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Friday 5 April 2024
After an incredible sold-out debut run, the man who asked us "do you ski?" is leaving his home in the Tower of London (for good). Catch him as he departs on a second triumphant tour across our nation armed with even more outrageous takes, u...

Seize Them

HOME, Manchester
Friday 5 April 2024
Brimming with warmth, humour and swordfights, "Seize Them!" is a comedy road movie set in the dark ages. The egotistical and clueless Queen Dagan is toppled from her throne. She'll need help to survive as a fugitive and win back her kingdom...

Jessica Fostekew

The Lowry, Salford
Saturday 6 April 2024
Comedian, actor, writer, star of BBC's Motherland BBC and Cuckoo, host of The Hoovering Podcast and regular co-host of the behemoth The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew returns with her latest stand-up tour Mettle. ...

Manford's Comedy Club

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Saturday 6 April - Saturday 30 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.. ...

Best of Buzz Comedy

Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 6 April - 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...
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