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Rachel Fairburn: WIP
Sun 5th May - Cultplex - 15:00 - £8
Join People’s Princess™ Rachel Fairburn for a brand new character-based show. “Fairburn delivers…with sadistic glee”– Guardian.
Celya AB: Work in progress
Wed 8 May - GRUB - 19.00 - £6
After multiple sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022/23 and Soho Theatre, Celya AB (Off Menu, Live at The Apollo) is working on her new show.
Josh Jones: Work in progress
Thu 9 May - GRUB - 19.00 - £8
Josh Jones joins us at GRUB to test out some new jokes for his new show. Space is very limited so grab your tickets quick!
Marjolein Robertson: Marj
Thu 9 May - Cultplex - 19.00 - £12
Marjolein Robertson brings her debut show to Manchester! An hour of surreal stand-up, a Shetland folktale and blah blah blah...
Molly McGuinness & Justina Seselskaite
Thu 16 May - GRUB - 19.00 - £6
Two of Manchester's best new comedians present their new work in progress shows back-to-back at GRUB.
Jamali Maddix - Work In Progress
Fri 17 May - FSC - 19.00 - £12
Jamali Maddix (Taskmaster, Vice TV's Hate Thy Neighbour) is back working out a new hour of exhilarating stand-up.
Stuart Laws - Is That Guy Still Going?
Fri 24 May - Cultplex - 19.00 - £13.50
Fresh from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe, wily trickster and expert jokesmith, Stuart Laws is off on his first UK tour!
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times
Thu 30th May - Cultplex - 19:30 - £12
A new hour of stand-up from CMB. As seen on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Comedy Central, Enjoy An Album and Some Laugh.
Title Fight
Wed 5 Jun - GRUB - 19:00 - £3/6
One of the minds behind FLIM NITE brings you a brand new show where comedians and performers of all stripes try out new shows picked by an opponent!
A Lovely Weekend: Manchester's New Comedy Festival
Fri 7 - Sun 9 Jun - Fairfield Social Club - £6 per show
A Lovely Weekend features work in progress shows from the best comedy talent around. Weekend passes now available!
Sofie Hagen: Will I Ever Have Sex Again?
Sat 15 Jun - Contact Theatre - 7pm - £20
Sofie Hagen is bringing her brand new stand-up show and her brand new book on tour. Followed by a Q&A and signing!
Alexandra Haddow & Lou Taylor
Wed 19th June - GRUB - 19:00 - £6
Two of the UK's most highly rated rising comedy stars come to Manchester to test out their new shows. Space is limited so book in quick!
Northern News Live
Fri 28th June - Fairfield Social Club - 19:00 - £15
Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill take their critically-acclaimed comedy podcast NORTHERN NEWS on the road for the very first time, for a Tour of T’North.
Lachlan Werner: Voices Of Evil
Thu 11 July - GRUB - 19:00 - £14
"The funniest new ventriloquist on the block" (★★★★ Telegraph) rising star, Lachlan Werner presents his Edinburgh Fringe total sell-out horror hit.
Chris Cantrill: Easily Swayed
31 Jul - 25 Aug - The Tron, Edinburgh - 12.10pm - £5-10
Join Chris as he wrestles with the consequences of exile, middle-aged friendships, and the best way to admit you wear a cape sometimes.
Tom Lawrinson: Buried Alive (and loving it)
1-25 Aug - Underbelly, Edinburgh - 21:05 - £6-11
Everything is awful but that’s okay, argues Tom in his ridiculously entertaining show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave.
Spencer Jones
Sun 15 Sep - Fairfield Social Club - 7pm - £16
The star of BBC’s The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk and of BBC's Mister Winner comes to you on tour with his irresistibly madcap show.
Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me
Sat 2 Nov - Cultplex - 7pm - £15
Harriet Kemsley is back with a new show about break-ups, sloths and trying to think positively while everything descends into absolute chaos.
Steven Ho
Sat 9 Nov - Fairfield Social Club - 7pm - £22.50
LA stand-up and creator of the globally viral ‘Tips from the ER’ online videos Steven Ho, makes his UK stand-up debut.
Paul Foot: Dissolve
Fri 15 Nov - Fairfield Social Club - 7.30pm - £16
Multi-award-winning and trail-blazing comedian, Paul Foot, is back on tour with the critically acclaimed Dissolve. His most personal show to date.
Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit On The Poster
Sat 23 Nov - Fairfield Social Club - 7.30pm - £14/15
Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nomine Amy Gledhill returns with a brand new show about self-confidence, romance and bin bags.