COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy Plays & Productions in Manchester
Sat 26 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
Sat 23 Nov 2024 - Sat 11 Jan 2025
Fri 11 Apr - Sat 10 May 2025
Wed 4 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
Thu 29 May - Sat 21 Jun 2025
Sat 23 Nov - Sun 1 Dec 2024
Fri 7 Feb - Sat 8 Mar 2025
Outside The Box Comedy Club - 3rd January - Stockport Garrick
Friday 3 January 2025
HARRIET DYER - has worked on BBC3, BBC Live at The Fringe, BBC Radio 4, BBC Knock Knock, BBC Ouch, Absolute Radio and The Russell Howard Hour. She is an award winning comedian, writer and mental health advocate. Harriet has been a full time...
Snow White and The Seven Drag Queens
Saturday 11 January 2025
Mirror, mirror on the wall, come see the naughtiest North East Adult Panto of all! After two sell out seasons in Geordieland, the North East Adult Pantomime is back - bigger and better than ever - and this time there's no escape - as the...
Outside The Box Comedy Club - 18th January - Stockport Garrick
Saturday 18 January 2025
ANDREW BIRD - Andrew has been tour support for Rhod Gilbert, Rob Brydon and Michael McIntyre at venues including Wembley and the O2. His writing work includes Jon Richardson?s Ultimate Worrier (Dave), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channe...
Buffy Revamped
Wednesday 29 January - Saturday 1 February 2025
Fresh from a smash-hit run at Edinburgh Fringe, this fast-paced new production from comedian Brendan Murphy - whose last show, Friend: The One with Gunther, recently won the award for Best Play in the World Wide Comedy Awards - brings y...
10 Nights
Thursday 30 January - Saturday 1 February 2025
The Olivier Award nominated moving and funny play, by Shahid Iqbal Khan, is the story of one man's journey of self-discovery, and facing the consequences of your actions. One man's spiritual journey is about to begin... after he's posted o...
Kinky Boots
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 February 2025
This joy-filled sensation, based on a true story and hit movie, features Tony® and Grammy® winning music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, a hilarious and life-affirming book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein and is directed by Nik...
The Shark is Broken
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 February 2025
Step aboard the Orca and into a "profound dive behind the scenes of the making of Jaws" (The Daily Telegraph). This Olivier Award-nominated new play is "hilariously brilliant and pure genius" raves the Sunday Express in its 5 Star review an...
Rita, Sue & Bob Too!
Tuesday 4 - Sunday 9 February 2025
St Helens' Regal Entertainments Ltd proudly presents the return of the record breaking Adults Only hilarious 1987 cult classic Rita, Sue & Bob Too!TV favourite Jake Quickenden heads the stellar cast as Bob in the production. Jake will be ...
Adult Panto Tour - The Wizard of Oz
Thursday 6 February 2025
Get ready to meet the "friends of Dorothy" as you've never seen them before as they go off to see The Wizard in a naughty tale full of camp and filthy fun! Follow them "over the rainbow" for an all new adventure to the merry old land of oz ...
Shirley Valentine
Friday 7 February - 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...
Outside The Box Comedy Club - 7th February - Stockport Garrick
Friday 7 February 2025
RIA LINA - Ria Lina (born 4 March 1987) is a touring Filipina comedian, actress and writer known for her appearances on BBC?s Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, The Now Show and Mock The Week - and in November was named as one of ...
Bill Bryson's Notes From a Small Island
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 February 2025
Bill Bryson's smash-hit memoir journeys to the stage in an acclaimed adaptation, starring national treasure Les Dennis. From Calais to the Highlands, Bill travels the length and breadth of Britain rediscovering the green and pleasant land h...
Bored Teachers
Wednesday 12 February 2025
The Bored Teachers Comedy Tour features the funniest teacher-comedians joining comic forces on stage for a night of laughter. Put the lesson planning aside, set that red pen down, and come burn off the stress from the school year! ...
Horrible Histories - Awful Egyptians
Thursday 13 - Saturday 15 February 2025
So it's time to prepare yourselves for an amazing show with Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and eye-popping 3D special effects, these astounding shows are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and eve...
Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors
Thursday 13 - Saturday 15 February 2025
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it's time to prepare yourselves for Terrible Tudors live on stage! From the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth, hear the legends (and the lies!) about t...
Outside The Box Comedy - Saturday 15th February - Stockport Garrick
Saturday 15 February 2025
BARBARA NICE - Barbara Nice is the overenthusiastic housewife alter-ego of award-winning comedian Janice, who was discovered by legendary comedian Peter Kay, who asked her to play Holy Mary in Phoenix Nights. She has been compared to Victor...
Rita, Sue & Bob Too!
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 February 2025
St Helens' Regal Entertainments Ltd proudly presents the return of the record breaking Adults Only hilarious 1987 cult classic Rita, Sue & Bob Too!TV favourite Jake Quickenden heads the stellar cast as Bob in the production. Jake will be ...
National Theatre Live - The Importance of Being Earnest (PG)
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 February 2025
Showing as though live, on the big screen, three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a...
National Theatre Live - The Importance of Being Earnest (PG)
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Showing as though live, on the big screen, three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a...
National Theatre Live - The Importance of Being Earnest (PG)
Sunday 2 March 2025
Showing as though live, on the big screen, three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a...
Do I Love You?
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 Scummy Mummies Show
Wednesday 12 March 2025
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...
WiFi Wars
Saturday 15 March 2025
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 ...
Attention All Shipping - A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast
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
Monday 17 - Saturday 22 March 2025
11 years of weekly, behind-closed-doors meetings, where the destiny of a nation is shaped. Moira Buffini's clever, funny and charming political comedy unlocks the palace door, imagining the untold conversations of two of history's most powe...
Pride & Prejudice (sort of)
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...
Steptoe & Son Live
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...
Laughing Horse Weekend (2 Day) Comedy Course
Saturday 29 March 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...
Mothers Of The Brides
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Mothers of the Brides is a fun-filled, sketch-packed, gag-fuelled, laugh-heavy trip through the marital maze of getting your offspring to the altar from the writers of the hit comedies Hormonal Housewives and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. 3 Mo...
A Knight's Tale The Musical
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...
Singin' I'm No A Billy, He's A Tim
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...
Nick Mohammed is Mr. Swallow
Sunday 4 May 2025
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...
Nick Mohammed is Mr. Swallow
Tuesday 6 - Saturday 31 May 2025
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...
Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Sunday 11 May 2025
Austentatious is saddling the horses for a Grand Tour of the United Kingdom! Austentatious is an improvised comedy play starring a cast of the country's quickest comic performers. Every single show the cast conjures up a brand new 'lost' Ja...
Come Fall in Love
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...
Derren Brown
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Prepare to be astonished! The multi award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, returns with his brand new live show, ONLY HUMAN. The content of ONLY HUMAN is still under wraps, but we can guarantee you a ...