Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Sun 2 Feb - Sun 11 May 2025
Thu 19 Dec 2024 - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Wed 26 Feb - Sat 1 Mar 2025
Sat 1 Feb - Sat 5 Apr 2025
Fri 20 Jun 2025 - Thu 5 Feb 2026
Wed 19 Mar - Fri 6 Jun 2025
Tue 28 Jan - Tue 4 Feb 2025
Thu 28 Nov 2024 - Fri 24 Oct 2025
Thu 16 Jan - Sat 29 Mar 2025
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...
Scott Bennett
Friday 21 March - Friday 28 November 2025
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...
Geoff Norcott
Friday 21 March 2025
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...
Sean McLoughlin
Friday 21 March 2025
International microstar Sean McLoughlin is back on the road with a scintillating new stand-up show, "White Elephant." The world may be a strange and scary place but there's no need for the bastards to get you down. Come sit in a dark...
A Question Of... Live
Saturday 22 March 2025
Sue Barker, Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are back in this exciting and hilarious live show based on the iconic sporting TV series. The show will feature rounds and challenges familiar to everyone, along with exciting new elements created ju...
Scott Bennett
Saturday 22 March - Saturday 6 September 2025
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...
Larry Dean
Saturday 22 March 2025
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Dodger, about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty. Larry has been spending a lot of time with his gran...
The Lancashire Hotpots
Saturday 22 March 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...
Huge Davies
Sunday 23 March 2025
Huge will be performing a series of songs, but not songs he's written - these are songs passed down from his family members and ancestors (dead). From his Grandpa Joe finally winning a ticket to the chocolate factory to his brother Elliot f...
Dean Coughlin: Oblivious Sausage
Sunday 23 March 2025
Dean Coughlin is a multi-award winning, working-class comic from Liverpool, who has quickly established an outstanding reputation for his talent....
Catherine Bohart
Wednesday 26 March 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...
The Horne Section
Wednesday 26 March 2025
They have two series of their own Channel 4 TV show, an iTunes-chart-topping podcast and now they're tuning up their instruments once more to tour the country: it's the Horne Section's Hit Show! "Britain's Funniest Band" (The Guardian) have...
Aakash Gupta
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Coming straight from Delhi's Sarojini Nagar to a theatre near you, Aakash Gupta, Winner of Amazon Prime COMICSTAAN Season 2, is one of the top Indian Stand up comedians, who has achieved success on internet and on stage. His extremely popu...
Paddy McGuinness
Thursday 27 - Friday 28 March 2025
Making a long-awaited return to stand-up, one of the country's best-loved and most popular comedians, Bolton funny man Paddy McGuinness embarks on his first major UK tour since 2016, with his new show Nearly There... Paddy McGuinness is a m...
Zoe Lyons
Friday 28 March 2025
If life is a journey, Zoe's has had more than its share of potholes and diversions: from diving with sharks, to sitting in a shed in Vietnam with a former health secretary (and discovering that MPs aren't the only parasites she has to wo...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 28 March - 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.. ...
Dr. John Cooper Clarke
Saturday 29 March 2025
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...
Milton Jones
Saturday 29 March 2025
Most people know Milton Jones as the comedian with the loud shirts and messed up hair, however his stand-up is built on much more than a funny appearance. Radio Times said that the "wild-haired Jones has raised wordplay to the level of fine...
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...
Rachel Fairburn
Sunday 30 March 2025
Co-host of international smash hit podcast All Killa No Filla, renowned Manchester stand up comedian and "rock'n'roll star of British Comedy" (Rolling Stone), Rachel Fairburn is back with a brand-new tour, Side Eye. She's bringing...
Murder, She Didn't Write
Sunday 30 March 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...
Chris McCausland
Tuesday 1 April 2025
A brand-new show for 2025! You might have seen him on Strictly Come Dancing, Scared of the Dark, Would I Lie to You, Have I Got News for You, The Royal Variety, QI, Blankety Blank, The Last Leg, and tons more as well. He's been called an "o...
Eddie Kadi
Thursday 3 April 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 ...
Vinny Peculiar
Thursday 3 April 2025
Described as 'The Tony Hancock of pop' by UNCUT magazine, Salford-based singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records. V...
Phil Chapman Creatures Comedy Club
Thursday 3 April 2025
With millions of views online, Phil Chapman has made his name as one of the top MCs in the country. See his tour show in Manchester...
Lou Sanders
Friday 4 April 2025
The queen of surreal stand-up returns to UK stages with her 'No Kissing In The Bingo Hall' 2025 UK Tour. It's a show about being human - can you relate??? Just like Tom Cruise does all his own stunts, I'm going to do all my own jokes! A de...
Rachel Fairburn
Saturday 5 April 2025
Co-host of international smash hit podcast All Killa No Filla, renowned Manchester stand up comedian and "rock'n'roll star of British Comedy" (Rolling Stone), Rachel Fairburn is back with a brand-new tour, Side Eye. She's bringing...
The Lancashire Hotpots
Saturday 5 April 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe
Saturday 5 April 2025
Here he is! Yorkshire's biggest bastard. For 1 night only! Join owner and MC of The Misty Moon (working men's club in Rotherham/portal to hell) for a slap-up feast of laughs, tricks and mucky bitter. Can Frankie save showbiz? Can he protect...
MC Hammersmith
Sunday 6 April 2025
The multi-award winning freestyle rap comedian is the world's leading gangsta rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle class west London. He presents his latest show "The MC Stands for Middle Class" - an evening of improvised com...
The Muslims Are Coming
Sunday 6 April 2025
The Muslims are coming... so round up your friends for an uplifting night of laughter and belly laughs that are big enough to burn off an entire Biryani. It's a comedy night with a whole heap of halal-hilarity to celebrate Ramadan & Eid wit...
TommyInnit
Monday 7 April 2025
One of the world's most popular YouTubers and Twitch Streamers, gamer, comedian and writer Tom Simons (aka TommyInnit) has announced returns with The Survival Tour. Not content with writing the definitive book on how to survive the worl...
Deirdre O'Kane
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Comedic fireball Deirdre O'Kane is mad for road, mercilessly mining hilarity from the human condition. Will she conquer the chaos or revel in it? Tame the mayhem or "O'Kane it"? Either way you're in for a night of relentless laughs fuelled ...
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...
Kerry Godliman
Thursday 10 April 2025
Kerry Godliman, comedian, actor, writer, podcaster and broadcaster, returns to the stage with her straight-talking charm and quick wit on a brand new stand-up show, Bandwidth. While parenting teenagers, bogged down with knicker admin and c...
Shaparak Khorsandi: Scatterbrain
Thursday 10 April 2025
One of Britain's most beloved and most scatterbrained stand-ups lets you back into her mind!Shaparak Khorsandi is here to walk you through her life as a Scatterbrain?Having reassessed her life through the prism of an ADHD diagnosis, join Sh...
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...
Jon Culshaw
Friday 11 April 2025
The star of BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers, BBC One's The Impressions Show and Channel 4's Partygate takes his brand new show on the road following a completely sold out and critically acclaimed season at the Edinburgh Festival. Join Jon ...
Marcus Brigstocke
Saturday 12 April 2025
Vitruvian Mango is the new stand-up show from multi award-winning comedian Marcus Brigstocke. What are men for? Most heavy things can be lifted by machines and most problems can be solved by computers and most puddles can be crossed with...
Ellie Taylor
Sunday 13 April 2025
Star of Ted Lasso, Live at the Apollo and The Mash Report, as well as host of Bake Off The Professionals, comedian, presenter and actor Ellie Taylor is back with a new stand up show! The viral sensation whose sketch declaring that "Women ha...
Kurtis Conner
Sunday 13 April 2025
Canadian comedian, YouTuber, and podcaster, Kurtis Conner is back on the road with his biggest project yet - The Goodfellow World Tour. A sell-out performer, podcaster, and global YouTube sensation, Conner is bringing his freshest, funniest...
Alex Mitchell
Tuesday 15 - Sunday 20 April 2025
Britain's Got Talent 2024 finalist Alex Mitchell is an autistic comic with functional neurological disorder (FND). He uses self-deprecating humour - laughing at himself, his neurodivergence, disability and sexuality - to reflect on some of...
The 39 Steps
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...
Dave Spikey
Thursday 17 April 2025
Life in a Northern Town is all about Dave's life in ..... well.... a northern town, so no surprise there. From his working-class childhood in the small, terraced houses round the mills in Bolton through passing his 11 plus and going to g...