COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy Plays & Productions in Manchester
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 2 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
13 Going On 30 - The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Sun 21 Sep - Sun 12 Oct 2025
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Fri 11 Apr - Sat 10 May 2025
Love's Labour's Lost (more or less)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Monday 3 - Saturday 22 March 2025
A brand-new comedy theatre show from Stephen Joseph Theatre, the team behind the UK Theatre Award-nominated The Comedy of Errors (more or less). A stag do in Ibiza. A hen do in Menorca, What could go wrong?... Everything! The stags have mad...Glorious!
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 4 - Sunday 30 March 2025
Hope Mill Theatre Presents "GLORIOUS!" The True Story of Florence Foster Jenkins-The Worst Singer in the World. Written by Peter Quilter and Directed by Kirk Jameson "GLORIOUS!" will star Wendi Peters as Florence Foster Jenkins. Join ...Shirley Valentine
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 March 2025
Be transported to sunny Greece with this beloved northern comedy! Mina Anwar reprises the title role in Willy Russell's heart-warming comedy following her acclaimed performance in our 2020 production. This will once again see Mina resetting...The Totally Improvised Musical
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Tuesday 4 March 2025
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...Carousel - A Theatre Show by Ivo Graham
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 March 2025
"Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means the pain from an old wound. It's a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone." Ivo Graham, who has watched this Mad Men clip approximately 100 times, steps away from the...Kevin! The Musical
Z-arts, Manchester
Friday 7 - Saturday 8 March 2025
An up-and-coming dark comedy show written by Will Sharland. It follows an exchange student from England, named Kevin, who comes to America intending to find out what the modern day USA is really like. Kevin, however, finds himself trapped i...Clementine
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 8 March 2025
Described as "a frilly-bonneted comedy for today" in a 4 star review from The Guardian and "Bridgerton-meets-Gen-Z-Jane-Austen-on-Adderall" by Fringe Biscuit. Join Rosalie Minnitt as she performs Lady Clementine's bonkers quest for 'The One...Do I Love You?
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 March 2025
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...The Nordic Council - Häppy Hour
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 12 March 2025
The Nordic Council continues their exploration of life in the north with their second full length show. Bringing audiences their mix of peculiar humour and contemporary circus. This show delves into the moments and situations that arise whe...Scummy Mummies
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Wednesday 12 March 2025
British-Australian comedy double act, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn, of the mega popular "less-than-perfect parents" podcast, are back with a new live tour, "Hot Mess." From menopause to mansplaining, teenagers to Tinder, no subject is sa...
Lady Bushra - Drag Comedy Cabaret
Pot Kettle Black Angel Gardens, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
Join the BBC New Comedy Award shortlisted drag comedian Lady Bushra - the brainchild of British Asian Bradford comedian Amir - known for her viral digital content and one liners. Get ready to hear about life from a British South Asian per...Motherkind
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 15 March 2025
Motherkind is a playful and powerful kaleidoscope of stories about parenting, the maternal brain and making space from Mothers Who Make. The vignette style show explores the early days, the fragility, the absurdity and the beauty of life....WiFi Wars
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 15 March 2025
WiFi Wars returns with the live comedy game show where you all play along!Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes! Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain ...
Attention All Shipping - A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 16 March 2025
As the shipping forecast embarks on its second century, bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Charlie Connelly's hilarious and informative show brings the quirky broadcast vividly to life, celebrating what he regards as the great...Handbagged
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 March 2025
The Queen and her most powerful subject, behind closed doors. Moira Buffini's clever and fiercely funny comedy is a fly-on-the-wall look at what might have happened when Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher came face-to-face in the priv...Pride & Prejudice (sort of)
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 March 2025
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen's most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will be...Hold on to your Butts
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 18 - Wednesday 19 March 2025
65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth... 30 years ago, a movie about dinosaurs ruled the box office... Hold On To Your Butts is a must see "shot-for-shot" parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. After selling out in New ...XS Malarkey with Peter Brush
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 18 March 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...Jimbo's Drag Circus
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Get ready to experience the most extraordinary show on earth - "Jimbo's Drag Circus World Tour"! Brace yourself for an unforgettable evening filled with outrageous characters and adult humour, starring none other than Canada's very own Jimb...The Totally Improvised Musical
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Wednesday 19 March 2025
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...Steptoe & Son Live
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 21 March 2025
You wouldn't think it was possible for this 'rag and boning' duo to still be at it after all this time, but here they are! Albert is still a dirty old man and Harold is as pretentious as ever. Come and join Steptoe & Son for all the hilar...Learning To Fly
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 21 March 2025
With a 5 star review in the Guardian, who described it as "a riveting remarkable hour of theatre," this uplifting, big hearted and hilarious new one man show from James Rowland promises a glorious and irreverent evening with one of the UK's...Comedy Night Live with Headliner Kevin Finn
Horwich RMI, Bolton
Friday 21 March 2025
FRIDAY 21ST MARCH 2025 Comedy Night Live comes back to Horwich R.M.I Club in Bolton with a quality line up of 3 fantastic professional comedians alongside your brilliant host and compere Bobby Murdock. Headline Act Kevin Finn Kevin is a mul...National Theatre Live - Dr. Strangelove (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 27 March - Saturday 12 April 2025
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in this pre-recorded cinema screening of the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear a...Simon Munnery
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Thursday 27 March 2025
"One of the all time great British stand-ups" (Stewart Lee) performs a truly unique stand-up show. Expect all your classic Munnery one-liners, sketches and anecdotes from the British Comedy Award nominee, serial innovator and 'Perennial ...LAUGHING HORSE WEEKEND (2 DAY) COMEDY COURSE
The Kings Arms, Salford
Saturday 29 March - Saturday 14 June 2025
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...Murder, She Didn't Write
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 30 March - Wednesday 23 April 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...
Tambo and Bones
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 1 - Saturday 5 April 2025
Winner of 2019 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting and UK Theatre Awards. Tambo and Bones are stuck in a minstrel show. It's hard to know what's real when you're stuck in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get rich, get even. In thi...XS Malarkey with Stuart Goldsmith
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 1 April 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...Do I Love You?
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 2 - Saturday 5 April 2025
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...National Theatre Live - Dr. Strangelove (15)
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 3 April 2025
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in this pre-recorded cinema screening of the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear a...Abigail's Party
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Friday 4 April - Saturday 17 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 Totally Improvised Musical
Waterside, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
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 Very Best of Tommy Cooper
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Sunday 6 April 2025
With the blessing of the Tommy Cooper Estate, this hilarious one-man show written and performed by Danny Taylor focuses on the much missed West Country comedian and magician's legendary act, recapturing his trademark mayhem and misfiring ma...So You Think You Want Funny?
Creatures Comedy Club, Manchester
Sunday 6 April 2025
A 90s-style Blind Date show hosted by Comedian Natalia Schwartz, this unforgettable night of laughter, awkward flirting, and spontaneous fun sees 3 comedians compete for a blind date with brave audience members! How it works: One round fe...Kim's Convenience
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 April 2025
Following hugely successful runs in London and internationally, Kim's Convenience is heading out on a UK tour! Now a global smash hit, this hilarious and heartwarming drama about a family-run Korean store that inspired the Netflix phenomeno...XS Malarkey with Sean Morley
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 8 April 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...Lawrence Chaney
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Wednesday 9 April 2025
These pipes have a lot of stories to tell! Lawrence Chaney's triumphant return to the stage for another stand up comedy tour, "Memoirs from My Shagpipes!" The Scottish BAFTA winner talks Living in America during an election year, life 4 yea...A Knight's Tale The Musical
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 11 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...Angels of the North - Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli & Tomara Thomas
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 14 April 2025
Join drag superstars Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli and Tomara Thomas for a heavenly brand new live show. ...The Totally Improvised Musical
Fierce Bar, Manchester
Tuesday 15 April 2025
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...XS Malarkey with Tadiwa Mahlunge
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 15 April - 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...
The 39 Steps
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 16 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 whirlwind...All My Friends Day Do - James Acaster + Sophie Willan + John Robins (DJ Sets)
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 19 April 2025
The best indie disco around, straddling the two best cities in the world - Manchester and London - returns for a huge day of indie pop bangers, with special guest DJs James Acaster, Sophie Willan and John Robins! An all-out party where Indi...XS Malarkey with Sam Nicoresti
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 22 April 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...Steptoe & Son Live
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Thursday 24 April 2025
You wouldn't think it was possible for this 'rag and boning' duo to still be at it after all this time, but here they are! Albert is still a dirty old man and Harold is as pretentious as ever. Come and join Steptoe & Son for all the hilar...Singin' I'm No A Billy, He's A Tim
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 25 April 2025
The 20th anniversary tour of the play exploring bigotry and ethnic identity. "Singin' I'm No a Billy, He's a Tim" is a phenomenon in Scotland where it has sold out countless nationwide tours, a sensation at the Edinburgh Festival and now t...National Theatre Live - Dr. Strangelove (15)
