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The Ultimate Irish Hooley

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 16 August 2025
Join Ireland's No.1 Folk 'n' Roll band Keltic Storm and an all-star cast of award winning musicians and singers for "The Ultimate Irish Hooley" direct from the Emerald Isle performing iconic Irish songs and party anthems from legendary acts...

Here & Now - The Steps Musical

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Happiness is only a heartbeat away with HERE & NOW, the hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of the multi-million-selling pop phenomenon, Steps. Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it's Friday ni...

Derren Brown

Lowry, Salford
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 ...

Goldie Lookin' Chain

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 5 September 2025
The Newport comedy rap troupe claim influences through their modifications of songs from artists such as So Solid Crew, the Streets and... Paul Gascoigne. Tracks, such as the UK no.3 hit "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do", tackle topics su...

IDEAL - Starring Johnny Vegas

Lowry, Salford
Monday 8 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Critically acclaimed and a ratings hit, the multi-award winning BBC sit-com Ideal ran for 7 seasons and 53 episodes. Now Moz and friends are back. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first episode's broadcast, this new stage show is da...

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...

King Arthur

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 4 October 2025
Award-winning funny men, Le Navet Bete, return to the stage with a a brand-new laugh-out-loud show for theatre. This hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends, suitable for the whole family, will have audiences crying with laughter and b...

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...

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...

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...

Tom Houghton

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 19 October 2025
  After phenomenal, sold-out, international tour, the multi-viral social media sensation and former resident of The Tower of London, Tom Houghton - star of Netflix's The Circle and host of Very British Problems: Live and Bad Manors podcast...

Tom Houghton

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Wednesday 22 October 2025
  After phenomenal, sold-out, international tour, the multi-viral social media sensation and former resident of The Tower of London, Tom Houghton - star of Netflix's The Circle and host of Very British Problems: Live and Bad Manors podcast...

Jason Manford

Co-op Live, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show, A Manford All Seasons. The Manchester comedian has been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn't...

Jack Dee

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 26 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...

Stephen Bailey

Lowry, Salford
Friday 31 October - Friday 28 November 2025
  Comedian, presenter, actor and writer, Stephen Bailey is a fiercely proud Mancunian, working class, gay man and he's back with a brand new live show, TART. From a working-class background in Manchester, six years working at Sainsbury's,...

Russell Kane

King George's Hall, Blackburn
Saturday 1 November 2025
Whirlwind, FitBit-breaking comedian, presenter, actor and author Russell Kane is out on the road again, setting it on fire with his unique recipe of sharp wit and "storming physical comedy" (Mail on Sunday). Hyperactive, his brand-new tour ...

Stephen Bailey

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Saturday 1 - Thursday 27 November 2025
  Comedian, presenter, actor and writer, Stephen Bailey is a fiercely proud Mancunian, working class, gay man and he's back with a brand new live show, TART. From a working-class background in Manchester, six years working at Sainsbury's,...

Ardal O'Hanlon

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 2 November 2025
Oh, it's all there! All the trademarks are in evidence in Ardal's latest show. Beautifully crafted stand-up comedy? Yes. Celebrated use of language? Tick. Lateral thinking, surreal flourishes, sharp observations? Of course. As for the occas...

Josh James

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 2 November 2025
One of the most exciting names to breakout in UK comedy, viral comedy star Josh James presents his highly anticipated debut tour Doin' Alright. Join Josh as he guides audiences through the life of a 'Essex Man', the uniqueness of English c...

Fawlty Towers - The Play

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 November 2025
JOIN OUR FREE MAILING LIST TO KEEP UPDATED WITH DATES WHEN TICKETS GO ON SALE!Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the 'Greatest British sitcom of all time' (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy lege...

Henning Wehn

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 8 November 2025
With his new show, Acid Wehn, award-deserving German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn takes an unbiased look at climate change, a topic sure to delight audiences and no surprise. After all, everyone loves talking about the weather. Rain or sh...

Justin Moorhouse

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 9 November 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 ...

An Evening with The Fast Show

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Fans of the celebrated sketch classic The Fast Show are in for a real treat as the original cast members, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, John Thomson, Paul Whitehouse, Mark Williams and Arabella Weir, bring their comedic genius to thea...

Dara Ó Briain

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Dara O Briain is one of the UK & Ireland's favourite stand-up comedians and television presenters. He is best known for hosting Mock The Week, Robot Wars, Three Men in a Boat, Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure, Stargazing Live, Dara O Briai...

Stephen K Amos

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 16 November 2025
How good's a laugh? My joke book is overflowing, so let's get talking about what gives me the ick and what makes me tick. It's time to get down to the nitty gritty. No filter, no limits. The gloves are off and I'm packing a punchline, so le...

Josh Widdicombe

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 22 November 2025
Josh Widdicombe is back on tour, not again! By now he has almost certainly mastered the art of stand-up, either that or he has wasted the last 15 years of his life. Come along and decide for yourself. Expect it to be shorter and with lower...

Suzi Ruffell

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 23 November 2025
  It's hard to be good all the time. A good mother, a good daughter, a good partner, a good friend, a good person. To be ambitious but not ruthless; a success but not a sell-out. A gentle parent but not a pushover. To be smashing life and ...

Jimmy Carr

AO Arena, Manchester
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Star of the UK's most streamed Netflix comedy special of 2021, Jimmy is back on the road with a brand new show, Laughs Funny. Jimmy's show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Terrible things that might have affected you or pe...

Dara Ó Briain

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 5 February 2026
Dara O Briain is one of the UK & Ireland's favourite stand-up comedians and television presenters. He is best known for hosting Mock The Week, Robot Wars, Three Men in a Boat, Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure, Stargazing Live, Dara O Briai...

Roy Chubby Brown

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 28 February 2026
Roy Chubby Brown's rude, crude and rip-roaring brand of comedy is world renowned. Performing his own unique style of stand-up since the 190s, Chubby's belly-busting banter has never held back from sharing his outlandish views on news, wome...

Sara Pascoe

Lowry, Salford
Saturday 28 March 2026
Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so smart and astute that you couldn't wait for the world to wake up so you could tell them? Sara Pacoe's new stand-up show, I Am a Strange Gloop is that thought. In t...

Josh Widdicombe

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 19 April 2026
Josh Widdicombe is back on tour, not again! By now he has almost certainly mastered the art of stand-up, either that or he has wasted the last 15 years of his life. Come along and decide for yourself. Expect it to be shorter and with lower...
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