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Manford's Comedy Club

Festival Hall, Alderley Edge
Friday 20 June - Friday 3 October 2025
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.. ...

Scratch - Spoken Word Night

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 24 June - Tuesday 16 December 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse's quarterly spoken word night is an inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. For Scratch we are looking for seasoned performers that are looking for opportunities to showcase t...

Clinton Baptiste

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation's favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay's 'Phoenix Nights', Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond! In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy ...

Manford's Comedy Club

St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Thursday 26 June - Thursday 27 November 2025
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.. ...

Tim Minchin

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 27 June - Sunday 13 July 2025
Get ready for an evening packed with unforgettable songs and stories, as the Northampton-born, Australia-raised award-winning actor, comedian, author and music virtuoso looks back on how a Perth cabaret pianist ended up building one of the...

Justin Moorhouse

The Met, Bury
Friday 27 June 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Justin returns with "The Greatest Performance of My Life". After a successful and extensively extended tour of his 2022 show Stretch and Think (which you can catch in full on YouTube), he's back ...

Barbara Nice

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 27 June 2025
Join Stockport housewife, cleaner to the stars, Take a Break reader and Britain's Got Talent star Barbara Nice for all the best bits of her 25 years of delighting live comedy audiences, as well as new stuff she wrote on the bus. A playful, ...

Manford's Comedy Club

Cheadle Social Club, Stockport
Friday 27 June - Friday 28 November 2025
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.. ...

Dale Elliott Jr

New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
Jamaican-born comedian Dale Elliott Jr. brings his highly anticipated "Son of an Immigrant" World Tour to stages across the globe! Drawing from his experience as a child left behind while both parents ventured to "foreign," Elliott masterfu...

ComedySportz

Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 13 September 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, ...

Rhys Darby

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 29 June 2025
The Kiwi icon returns to the stage with a brand new stand-up show for 2025. In a world full of AI and Robot tech can a simple dad with slightly tight jeans stay relevant? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes! Rhys hopes to prove that right n...

Tom Lawrinson

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 29 June 2025
Everything is awful but that's okay, argues Tom in his ridiculously entertaining show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave. Buried Alive (and Loving It) is a show for siblings who shared a rubbish childhood and comedy ...

Outside The Box Comedy Club - Mark Silcox + Tony Cowards + Paul Tonkinson

Stockport Garrick Theatre, Stockport
Friday 4 July 2025
MARK SILCOX - Ex-scientist and part-time teacher, Silcox is known for his experimental, deadpan style of anti-humour.. If you were to meet him you would immediately realise that you were in the presence of a masterful academic, but someone ...

Taylor Tomlinson

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 6 July 2025
The New York Times opines, comedian and CBS After Midnight host Taylor Tomlinson "demonstrates tight joke writing, carefully honed act-outs and a ruthless appetite for laughs" in her second hour-long special, Look At You, now streaming on N...

Macclesfield Comedy Club

Cinemac, Macclesfield
Friday 11 July - Friday 12 December 2025
Always with as seen on TV and award winning comedians - names you will know, and names you soon will, it's a night out like no other in Macclesfield. [Click Tickets for line-up]...

Matt Chorley

Lowry, Salford
Saturday 12 July 2025
For two decades Matt Chorley has feasted on politics, stalking the corridors, pubs and restaurants of Westminster. Now the award-winning writer, podcaster, comedian and BBC Radio 5 Live presenter has all the ingredients to cook up an hilari...

Chris Grace

Lowry, Salford
Saturday 26 July 2025
Acclaimed actor and comedian Chris Grace (as seen in Superstore) brings his newest show to town for one night. Sardines explores the tragic, hilarious, and important questions of our time: Can we enjoy life if we know how it ends? Does ma...

Viggo Venn

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 27 July 2025
Norwegian clown Viggo Venn moved to this country with one dream: to be a British comedian. The rest, you already know about. After blowing away the competition in an explosion of hi-vis jackets, balloons, and joyous idiocy, Viggo became the...

Catherine Bohart

The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Sunday 27 July 2025
Catherine Bohart's back and older than ever with her new show "Again, With Feelings." And adulthood frankly isn't living up to her expectations. Join this "effortless" (Chortle) "star in the making" (Skinny) for a hilariously twisted second...

Adam Kay - A Particularly Nasty Case

Lowry, Salford
Thursday 21 August 2025
Join BAFTA award-winning writer and comedian Adam Kay for an evening of hilarious and horrifying anecdotes, as well as a unique insight into the British healthcare system. Adam will be joined in conversation by another famous face (unless...

An Audience with Mick Miller

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Thursday 28 August 2025
Mick Miller is a comedy legend who first came to fame on ITV's "New Faces". Having won his heat, the Liverpudlian started getting more theatre work and that led to the TV producer, Johnnie Hamp selecting him to become a regular on the hit ...

Bill Bailey

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 31 August 2025
Direct from a sellout West End season. Thoughtifiernounan intriguing device that can amplify the thoughts of a curious mind using music, channelled through a human instrument, known as Bill Bailey(colloquial) a person resembling Bill Baile...

Scott Bennett

Lowry, Salford
Saturday 6 September 2025 - Saturday 23 May 2026
As heard on BBC Radio 4!As a society we love stuff, it's a statement about who we are and who we want to be. But apparently, this message is at odds with the looming environmental crisis. We're now struggling to balance these worlds, to foc...

Empire Comedy Club - Nina Gilligan + Rob Rouse + Anthony Williams

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Thursday 11 September 2025
Get ready for a night of top-tier comedy at the Empire Comedy Club, where the laughs are non-stop, and the ticket price is just £7.50-a bargain for a triple-headline show featuring some of the UK's most exciting comedy talent! Hosted by th...

Elis James & John Robins & Dave Masterman

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
Comedians Elis James and John Robins. together with Stockport's finest radio producer Dave Masterman, from BBC Sound's popular The Elis & John Show, are hitting the road! How does that feel?! I'll tell you how it feels... SIGNIFICANT! Yes! ...

Ed Patrick

Waterside, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
In "Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist", NHS anaesthetist, comedian and author (oooooh check him) Ed Patrick injects you with a gut-punch hilarious show about becoming a junior doctor, the NHS, the pitfalls of mo...

Eddie Kadi

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
The highly anticipated nationwide debut tour from one of comedy's fastest rising stars. A Son, Brother, Dad and Friend. From one culture to another. Join stand up sensation Eddie Kadi as he tells us how he got there in Let Me Land. Star of ...

Josh Berry

The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Sunday 14 September 2025
It's clear what toxic masculinity is, but what does positive masculinity look like in a modern context? In his new stand-up tour Best Man, Josh Berry intends to provide some sort of answer to this question, through his many impressions and ...

Babatunde Aleshe

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 19 September 2025
  Join the multi award winning star of  I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! & Celebrity Googlebox, Babatunde Aleshe on his second hilarious new stand up tour, High Expectations, as he guides us through family life, his new found fame...

Harry Hill

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 21 September 2025
The Badger Parade is back on! Join Harry Hill on his Diamond Jubilee lap of honour as he celebrates 60 Glorious Years of fun, laughter and low level disruption! Marvel! As he offers new insights into the hot topics of the day such as the d...

Sam Avery

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 21 September 2025
  Back with a bang, award-winning comedian Sam Avery returns with his electrifying new show, Thunderstorm! In his trademark punchy style, Sam takes you on a whirlwind journey through the chaos of the modern world - from parenting disaste...

Andy Powell's Monday Matinee Cabaret

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Monday 22 September 2025
Stockport's premier live entertainer Andy Powell returns once again with another Monday afternoon extravaganza of live entertainment featuring some of the UK's finest performers. Andy's special guests include comedian Justin Moorhouse, Bill...

Su Pollard

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 25 September 2025
  A night of hilarious laughter, fabulous songs and wonderful stories. For 50 years the legendary Su Pollard has delighted audiences, starring in the nation's best-known TV shows and on stages around the globe in some of the world's most-l...

Aaron Wood

Cultplex, Manchester
Friday 26 September 2025
Described as 'talent way beyond his time on the circuit' come and join award-winning North West comedian Aaron Wood with his latest show, More to Life! An upbeat, positive and heartwarming show that asks is there more to life than this? Fo...

Desi Central Comedy Show - Darwen / Blackburn

Darwen Library Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 27 September 2025
Get ready folks, Desi Central returns with another hilarious line up? so round up your friends & family and join us for an uplifting night of laughter with this infamous tour!ActsTez Ilyas (Mock The Week BBC, Comedy Central)Anuvab Pal (Gues...

Kieran Hodgson

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Thursday 2 October 2025
  The four time Edinburgh comedy award nominee returns with his new show, Voice of America. America. What happened, man? Ever since he was a little loser kid in a little loser country (yes, England), Kieran Hodgson has been putting on an...

Outside The Box Comedy Club - Nina Gilligan + Eric Rushton + Tony Law

Stockport Garrick Theatre, Stockport
Friday 3 October 2025
NINA GILLIGAN - CHORTLE BEST CLUB COMEDIAN 2023 NORTHWEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR 2023 YORKSHIRE COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR 2022 LEICESTER MERCURY COMEDY AWARD WINNER 2021 Nina Gilligan is sometimes outrageous, always hilarious with a charming, love...

John Bishop

Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 October 2025
Comedian, TV presenter and actor John Bishop took a less travelled route into show business. Born and raised in Liverpool, the younger Bishop was a semi-professional footballer for Southport and Hyde United, following in the footsteps of ol...

Joanne McNally

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 5 October 2025
  After the success of her record-breaking tour The Prosecco Express, Joanne McNally returns with her hotly anticipated new stand-up show Pinotphile. Hailed by Variety as One to Watch, McNally has been keeping herself busy by ruining men's...

Kae Kurd

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 5 October 2025
    British-Kurdish stand up sensation and social media star Kae Kurd returns with his highly anticipated brand new tour: What's O'Kurd. Co-host of the hit podcast Aint Got a Clue, voice of ITV's Loaded in Paradise and star of Live a...

Nurse Georgie Carroll

New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 5 October 2025
As seen on Britain's Got Talent 2023, and winner of 'Best Comedy Show' at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, don't miss Nurse Georgie Carroll - she is just what the doctor ordered. Hospital-grade humour from everyone's favourite Mancunian nurs...

Jack Dee

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Culture wars, the environment, British foreign policy and social justice: these are just a few of the topics that comedian Jack Dee spectacularly fails to address (or even mention for that matter) in his brand-new show Small World.  Instea...

Emmanuel Sonubi

The Met, Bury
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee and Best Show nominee, Emmanuel Sonubi is back on tour with his new show Life After Near Death, following sold-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, his Curriculum Vitae European Tour, and hi...

Nick Helm

Lowry, Salford
Thursday 9 October 2025
Are you ready to have the best damn night of your effing life? Well don't worry, the man with the golden larynx is back - and he's aiming high. On his last tour Nick Helm promised you a Super Fun Good Time Show and, except for one man in Hu...

Kieran Hodgson

Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Thursday 9 October 2025
  The four time Edinburgh comedy award nominee returns with his new show, Voice of America. America. What happened, man? Ever since he was a little loser kid in a little loser country (yes, England), Kieran Hodgson has been putting on an...

Kae Kurd

Darwen Library Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 10 October 2025
    British-Kurdish stand up sensation and social media star Kae Kurd returns with his highly anticipated brand new tour: What's O'Kurd. Co-host of the hit podcast Aint Got a Clue, voice of ITV's Loaded in Paradise and star of Live a...

Thomas Green

Lowry, Salford
Saturday 11 October 2025
One of Australia's best exports, Thomas Green storms back onto the stage to electrify audiences with a brand new hour, Brainstorm, following his sell-out debut tour. After a significant self-discovery, Green realises his life is a whirlwi...
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