COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
The Importance of Being Earnest
Royal Exchange Theatre
Sat 29 Jun - Sat 27 Jul 2024
Only Fools and Horses The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Mon 11 - Sat 23 Nov 2024
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 29 June 2024
A hilarious and madcap comedy retelling of the iconic gothic classic It's 1900. Dracula, the best-selling novel by Bram Stoker was released three years ago and Professor Abraham Van Helsing is not happy. He was there. He knows The Truth. Th...The Importance of Being Earnest
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 29 June - Saturday 27 July 2024
This timeless tale of identity, opulence and sharp-tongued wit follows the lives of the rich and ridiculous, all looking for something to do, someone to love and somewhere to belong. For Jack and Algernon, being young and rich isn't easy. I...Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
The Lowry, Salford
Saturday 29 June 2024
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest - direct from the West End - this smash-hit 2016 Olivier Award-winning improvised show brings something new to life at each and every performance! Transforming audience suggestions into al...The Showstoppers Kids' Show
The Lowry, Salford
Saturday 29 June 2024
An improvised musical show for kids of all ages (5+), from Olivier Award-winning West End improvisers, The Showstoppers. If your children could create their very own dream musical - where would they start? The Showstoppers' Kids Show ta...Lady Bushra - Drag Comedy Cabaret
Pot Kettle Black Angel Gardens, Manchester
Saturday 29 June - Saturday 21 December 2024
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...Kinds of Kindness (18)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 29 June - Thursday 4 July 2024
★★★ Kinds of Kindness comprises three short films. They all sparkle with Yorgos Lanthimos's deadpan genius: in his world, everything is just off-kilter enough to be funny, but just real enough to be horrifying. ~ BBC. --- Directed b...La Chimera (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 29 June - Thursday 4 July 2024
★★★★✭ Not just great, but expansive: it shows new ways a movie can be. ~ Little White Lies. --- An enchanting romantic adventure, an ethereal spiritual journey and a ripping heist movie like no other, the captivating new fable o...Ruby Wax
The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 30 June 2024
After a complete sell-out first run in 2023, Ruby Wax's rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet announces brand new dates for 2024, thanks to enormous demand. 'I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was' is Ruby's first tou...Off The Rails Comedy Club Saddleworth
The Royal George, Oldham
Sunday 30 June - Sunday 29 September 2024
Tez Ilyas and Dan Tiernan preview their brand new tour shows at Off The Rails Comedy Club Saddleworth Scroll down for comedians details. Preview shows are works in progress. Acts subject to change. Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary, swearing....I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 July 2024
This comedic musical revue reveals everything you could want to know about musical theatre, and the people who love it - on both sides of the curtain! Covering the journey from wide-eyed drama student to brattish diva or past-it chorus memb...Miriam Margolyes
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 2 July 2024
Another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes, live on stage in her biggest tour yet to mark the launch of her new book, OH MIRIAM!, "something that has been said to me a lot over th...Xs Malarkey Edinburgh Previews: Alex Kealy & Charlie George
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 2 July 2024
It's preview season! That means two hour (ish) long shows from comedian's working out their Edinburgh shows. This week:ALEX KEALYCHARLIE GEORGEA minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as possible to ...Morgan Rees
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Wednesday 3 July 2024
Award-nominated online sensatio, softly-spoken Welsh comic Morgan Rees embarks on his first ever UK tour with Turning Thirsty! Hitting the milestone of his 30th birthday has made him develop a thirst... for life. He's about to begin his fir...Bad Moult
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 July 2024
Red Brick Theatre present a darkly comic monologue that brings us into the troubled mind of Roach, a man in crisis who, driven mad by the pressures of modern society, has resorted to living out his days in a commercial waste wheelie bin. Fr...First Thursday Comedy
The Met, Bury
Thursday 4 July - Thursday 3 October 2024
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Octagon Comedy Club
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 5 - Friday 19 July 2024
After sell-out shows, the Octagon Comedy Club is back for even more laughs! Join us one Friday a month and enjoy a hilarious night of live stand-up from some of the best names in comedy. To see who is performing, more details can be found h...Outside The Box Comedy Club - Dan Tiernan + Joshua Bethania + Ash Preston
The Garrick Theatre, Stockport
Friday 5 July 2024
DAN TIERNAN - Dan Tiernan was nominated for best newcomer at the 2022 Chortle Awards, a year after he was named breakthrough act at the North West Comedy Awards. With a set based on being a gay, dyspraxic Mancunian who works in a care home ...John Bishop
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 July 2024
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...Heatons Comedy Evening. Stockport
The Heatons Sports Club, Stockport
Sunday 7 July - Sunday 1 September 2024
Tez Ilyas AND Mark Thomas preview their brand new shows at Stockport?s longest running comedy club. Acts subject to change. Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary swearing. We want all our guests to have a great night so please respect those aroun...David Sedaris
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 9 July 2024
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humour writers. He is the master of satire and one of today's most observant writers addressing the human condition, and has made us con...Hundreds of Beavers (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 9 July 2024
Mike Cheslik's delightfully mad-cap adventure story is an irresistible, endlessly inventive comedy. Painstakingly hand-crafted with nods to silent era slapstick and playful special effects sequences, Hundreds of Beavers is a one-of-a-k...Xs Malarkey Edinburgh Previews: Special Triple Show
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 9 July 2024
SCOTT BENNETT (option bonus early show!)SCOTT BENNETT (normal start time)LAURA DAVISIt's a bit of a different set up this week. Scott Bennett has two previews he wants to do for us, so for no extra fee, you can enjoy a bonus preview at an e...Spooky Men's Chorale
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 10 July 2024
As thunderous as a herd of wildebeest, as sly as a wagonload of Spike Milligans, and as sonorous as a cloister of monks, the Spooky Men's Chorale are the gift that keeps on giving. Formed by spookmeister Stephen Taberner in New South Wales ...Angelos Epithemiou
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 12 July 2024
Angelos Epithemiou, unwitting star of BBC 2's Shooting Stars, Dave's One Night Stand and Channel 4's The Angelos Epithemiou Show is a cult favourite. ...Dara Ó Briain
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 12 July 2024
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...Fingers on Buzzers
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 12 July 2024
A live recording of the popular podcast Fingers on Buzzers from comedian and keen amateur quizzer Lucy Porter, alongside The Chase's very own Jenny Ryan. Whether you're a Pointless armchair aficionado, nostalgic for the days of Going for Go...Sophie Duker
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 12 July 2024
The sexiest comic alive (please do not factcheck!) is back! The Taskmaster champ is back on tour and dealing with her (sugar) daddy issues in a hilarious new stand-up show. But Daddy I Love Her sees Sophie take the stage with her trademark ...Chloe Petts
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 12 July 2024
Fresh from her smash hit Edinburgh Fringe run and Soho Theatre sell-out debut, rising star and "very funny" (Guardian) "very gay" Kent comedian Chloe Petts returns with her latest tour. Everyone complimented her on how polite she was with b...Manford's Comedy Club
Poynton Workmen's Club, Stockport
Friday 12 July - Friday 13 December 2024
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.. ...
Lucy Porter
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 12 July 2024
Lucy Porter has been an Edinburgh Fringe favourite for over 20 years. She's appeared on countless TV shows including QI, Live at the Apollo and Would I Lie to You, as well as being a regular on Radio 4's News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth an...The Nature of Love (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 July 2024
In Monia Chokri's smart and sexy romantic comedy, Simple comme Sylvain, Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, is in a stable if somewhat socially conforming relationship with Xavier. From gallery openings to endless dinner parties, t...Stand Up Macclesfield Comedy Club @ Cinemac
Cinemac, Macclesfield
Friday 12 July 2024
Come along to Cinemac Cinema Macclesfield for another GUARANTEED night of huge laughter!Expect the very best in TV comedians, award winners and circuit legends as we deliver a show worthy of Live At The Apollo!It's a night out like no other...Emmanuel Sonubi
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 13 July 2024
The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee presents a whistle stop tour through the jobs that have led him to become one of the hottest stand-ups on the circuit in the brand-new show, Curriculum Vitae. Emmanuel will take the audience on a...Ania Magliano
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 13 July 2024
You know when you're trying to wee on a night out, and you're interrupted by a random girl who insists on telling you all her secrets even though you've never met? Imagine that, but she has a microphone. After two critically acclaimed sell-...Huge Davies
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 13 July 2024
Huge Davies was nominated for the Edinburgh Best Newcomer Awardfor his first show ?The Carpark? and his second show ?Whodunnit? receivedmultiple five star reviews. He is the creator and star of the Channel 4 sitcom?The Artists? and has been...Ryan Cullen
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 13 July 2024
If Milton Jones is the Obi wan Kenobi of one-liners then Ryan Cullen is Darth Vader. He delivers with an economy of words, an unapologetic style and surgical precision. An act you?ll be talking about long after seeing him....The Bolton Mislaid Comedy History Walking Tour
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 July 2024
A textiles boomtown, a royalist stronghold, one of the first market towns of the north and the happiest people in the UK - Bolton is brimming with interesting history. But what of comedy history? Surely the place has turned out too many foo...Justin Moorhouse
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 13 July 2024
The hilarious Manchester comedian and Phoenix Nights star is back: still funny, yet middle aged. Stretch & Think is his new show, directed by Henry Normal, which may contain: Yoga, getting older, Madonna, shoplifters, Labradoodles, middle-a...Catherine Bohart
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 14 July 2024
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...Why These Fools?
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 14 July 2024
Why These Fools? is a brand new improvised comedy show exclusive to the Bolton Comedy Festival, starring a cast of award-winning comedic talent. Rufus Hound, Suki Webster, Justin Moorhouse and Sally Hodgkiss will be joining forces fo...Harry Stachini
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 14 July 2024
Most of us are carrying honesty grenades. Some are small, like farting in a lift and owning up to it. But some are truly massive. Harry?s was medium to large and once he pulled the pin; it destroyed an eight-year relationship, a mortgage an...Jonny Pelham
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 14 July 2024
Jonny Pelham is one of the most exciting stand-up comedians in the UK. He's appeared on shows such as; Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Russell Howard's Stand-up Central, Live from the BBC and Bobby and Harrie...Steve Bugeja
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 14 July 2024
The creator and star of ITV2's hit sitcom, Buffering, is back on the road following a sell-out 2022 tour and a critically acclaimed run at the 2023 Edinburgh fringe festival with his new show Self Doubt (I Think). He's appeared on Stand Up...Dylan Moran
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 14 July 2024
How can it be you have spent a whole ten minutes staring at a banana? Why do you always do stuff like that? Why do you never do the other really great things where it's much, much better - and afterwards you don't want to saw off your own f...
John Robertson's The Dark Room
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Sunday 14 July 2024
Come and play the world's only live-action text based adventure game in the critically-acclaimed cult comedy that mixes gaming and improv into one unique choose-your-own-adventure gameshow. After 4 million YouTube hits, countless 5 star rev...Xs Malarkey Edinburgh Previews: Rachel Fairburn & Mark Bittlestone
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 16 July 2024
It's preview season! That means two hour (ish) long shows from comedian's working out their Edinburgh shows. This week:RACHEL FAIRBURNMARK BITTLESTONEA minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as possi...Pillock
Contact, Manchester
Wednesday 17 - Friday 19 July 2024
An Edinburgh Fringe preview presented by Knock & Nash, written and performed by Jordan Tweddle. Pillock has ADHD. His brain works faster than his bowel when he's had a Babybel. And he's lactose intolerant. He's trying to keep his head above...Ria Lina
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Wednesday 17 July 2024
In the aftermath of a global pandemic, comedian and scientist, Ria Lina has had a Riawakening and sees the world differently. In this, her highly anticipated debut tour, Ria tackles the issues of coming out of a global pandemic, the new nor...Chloe Petts
