Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Thu 17 Oct 2024 - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Thu 2 May - Sat 12 Oct 2024
Fri 10 May - Fri 18 Oct 2024
Wed 11 Sep - Sat 5 Oct 2024
Sat 28 Sep - Thu 31 Oct 2024
Sat 20 Apr - Fri 1 Nov 2024
Sat 6 Jul - Thu 7 Nov 2024
Sun 9 Jun - Fri 27 Sep 2024
Wed 1 May 2024 - Sat 26 Apr 2025
42 Balloons
Friday 19 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...
Bouncers
Friday 19 - 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...
The Totally Improvised Musical
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...
The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Friday 19 April - Sunday 20 October 2024
If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering £5 off tickets too. We've also compiled the best releases new to the streaming s...
Nick Helm
Friday 19 April 2024
Nick Helm - the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer - is BACK!After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth and being a living legend the nation's favourite Uncle and International Treasure-in-W...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 19 April 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.. ...
Octagon Comedy Club
Friday 19 April - Friday 19 July 2024
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...
Is This Thing On?
Friday 19 - Saturday 20 April 2024
An electric new piece of devised theatre written by Megan Keaveny and Ellie Campbell (MissMatch), co-produced by So La Flair Theatre and MissMatch. What's better, sad songs or sh*tty poetry? Meet flatmates Mary and Liz, one a musician and t...
Found Footage Festival
Friday 19 April 2024
Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show) have over 13,000 VHS tapes in their collection and will take viewers on a guided tour through their latest and greatest finds, including rare footage from a short-lived video dating servi...
Mamacruz (18) - UK Premiere
Friday 19 April 2024
This delightful drama with a sprinkling of comedy is beautifully shot in slow, sensuous close-ups, with a pared back soundtrack and shallow depth of field that lets us linger lovingly on fabrics, food and the sense of touch. It's never ...
Swede Caroline (15)
Friday 19 April 2024
In this British Mockumentary, the competitive giant vegetable growing world is rocked by scandal when up-and-coming prospect Caroline (Jo Hartley) has her prized marrow plants stolen. With her life turned upside down and desperate for answe...
The Book of Clarence (15)
Friday 19 - Thursday 25 April 2024
★★★ A sort of stoner-spaghetti eastern, with some nice gags, sprightly cameos, monolithic Bible-movie credits, chariot races, gladiator contests, Roman soldiers in silly uniforms and holy men with long straggly hair. ~ The Guardian. -...
HAPPY HOUR COMEDY Creatures Comedy Club
Friday 19 April - Friday 31 May 2024
Join us for an evening of uproarious comedy featuring the freshest local talents, all working out new material for your amusement....
Al Murray - The Pub Landlord
Saturday 20 April 2024
"Country, the UK, lost its way, seeks life partner/mentor/inspiration. Good sense of humour essential. No timewasters, tedious show-offs or offend-o-trons need apply. HR free zone." Standing up so you don't have to take it lying it down any...
Justin Moorhouse
Saturday 20 April 2024
The hilarious Manchester comedian and Phoenix Nights star is back: still funny, yet middle aged. Stretch & Think is his new show, directed by Henry Normal, which may contain: Yoga, getting older, Madonna, shoplifters, Labradoodles, middle-a...
Clinton Baptiste
Saturday 20 April 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...
Wifi Wars
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 ...
Kieran Hodgson
Saturday 20 April 2024
In 2020, the world changed forever, as three time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Yorkshire character comedian Kieran Hodgson moved to Scotland. Now he's travelling around the still-just-about United Kingdom to tell you how it's working out...
Count Arthur Strong
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 ...
Al Murray - The Pub Landlord
Sunday 21 April 2024
"Country, the UK, lost its way, seeks life partner/mentor/inspiration. Good sense of humour essential. No timewasters, tedious show-offs or offend-o-trons need apply. HR free zone." Standing up so you don't have to take it lying it down any...
Nick Helm
Sunday 21 April 2024
Nick Helm - the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer - is BACK!After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth and being a living legend the nation's favourite Uncle and International Treasure-in-W...
Lady Bushra
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...
So You Think You're Funny
Sunday 21 April 2024
Hosted by one of the best comperes in the country, see the future faces of comedy as they battle for a place in the next stage of the competition....
Stewart Lee - Basic Lee
Monday 22 - Tuesday 23 April 2024
After a decade of ground-breaking high concept shows involving overarched interlinked narratives, massive sets and enormous comedy props, Lee enters the post-pandemic era in streamlined solo stand-up mode. One man, one microphone, and one m...
Los Buenos modales (PG) - UK Premiere
Monday 22 - Monday 29 April 2024
A thoroughly enjoyable comedy about two feuding sisters in Andalusia, and the clumsy, suburban, fairy godmother types who try to reunite them. Manuela and Rosario are two sisters who, after decades of not speaking to one another ove...
Peter Kay
Tuesday 23 - Wednesday 24 April 2024
Legendary comedian Peter Kay will open Manchester's state of the art venue with his current record breaking tour when it first welcomes fans in April. The 23,500-seat arena is the largest in the UK and will offer an unparalleled fan experie...
Matteo Lane
Tuesday 23 April 2024
New York-based gay comedian Matteo Lane, whose stand-up special can be seen on Netflix's The Comedy Lineup, is fluent in five languages and, with a singing range of six octaves, was an opera singer before starting his comedy career while li...
Irish Annie's
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...
Jokes at The Oaks
Tuesday 23 - Tuesday 30 April 2024
Every Tuesday, an award-nominated Stand-Up Comedy show hosted by Jordan Ducharme and Charlie Lewis, featuring your favourite TV comedians and the best new acts. Reserve your FREE tickets now before its too late! ...
Roots Comedy Club @ Rockey Street
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Join us at Marple's biggest and best comedy night, every fortnight Hosted by the hilarious Aaron Wood - with a lineup of future stars and TV regulars...
Little Shop of Horrors
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 ...
Three Bean Salad
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Benjamin Partridge, Henry Paker and Mike Wozniak's Three Bean Salad podcast throws up all sorts of questions. Did the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham have a hand in this? If yes, was public money involved? If no, is he happy a...
Dr. John Cooper Clarke
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...
Closet Confessions
Thursday 25 April 2024
Following two sold-out events this year, the dynamic duo are back on the road, sharing even more laugh-out-loud confessions and sizzling hot takes. Sunday Times bestselling author, journalist, and TV presenter Candice Brathwaite, along w...
