Liverpool Clubs Tue 27 Oct PAUSE
Theatre Manchester
THE SHIPPING FORECAST, 23:00–03:00, £2
Contact Theatre
DIRTY ANTICS
UNTIL 22 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £15 (£10)
Garage, grime, funky and house.
BUMPER, 22:00–04:00, FREE BEFORE 11PM (FROM £3 AFTER)
Messy Tuesday-nighter, bring your dirty shoes.
Thu 29 Oct EVIAN CHRIST
THE KAZIMIER, 22:00–06:00, FROM £5
THE NOTEBOOK
The story of twin brothers evacuated to their impoverished grandmother’s farm in the Hungarian countryside during World War II, based on Ágota Kristóf’s award-winning novel. I HEART CHOCOLATE
Tri Angle’s prodigal son and Kanye West collaborator Evian Christ brings his self-curated Trance Party to the Kazimier as part of Liverpool Music Week.
8 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, £15 (£10)
THE SHIPPING FORECAST, 23:00–03:00, £4
BATTLE OF THE MINDS
JUICY
All party, no bullshit night of everything from classic hip-hop to disco and funk. THE GUILTY PARTY (OLIVER DOLLAR + LEWIS BOARDMAN)
THE SHIPPING FORECAST, 23:00–03:00, £10
The Guilty Party return for student season with a mean looking double header. COLOURS
ARTS CLUB, 23:00–04:00, £9
New student clubnight, bringing names both new and big in from the deep house world. GET YOUR WOOD ON
THE KRAZYHOUSE, 22:30–04:00, £TBC
The best of all three floors at the Krazyhouse packed into one. SOLAR
GARLANDS, 22:00–02:00, £5 (£4)
Three floors playing everything from house, hip hop and old skool anthems. VIBE THURSDAYS
CAMEL CLUB, 22:00–04:00, £TBC
R’n’b, hip-hop and urban floorfillers.
Fri 30 Oct CATFACE
BUMPER, 22:00–05:00, FREE
New night at the notorious Bumper, where drawing whiskers on your face gets you free entry. AMBUSH!
THE KRAZYHOUSE, 22:30–04:00, £TBC
Friday night capers at Liverpool’s gnarliest rock club. TREND FRIDAYS
CAMEL CLUB, 21:00–04:00, £2 (£3 AFTER 12:30AM)
Everything from R ‘n’ B to old skool garage, hip-hop and deep house.
Sat 31 Oct THE VOODOO BALL
THE KAZIMIER, 20:00–03:00, FROM £8
Searching for an alternative Hallowe’en? Look no further than the spectacle that is the Voodoo Ball, which urges you to ‘cast off your shadows and abandon your beliefs. HORSE MEAT DISCO
THE SHIPPING FORECAST, 22:00–03:00, FREE
More mischief and disco mayhem from the long-running crew. CIRCUS (MACEO PLEX + DANNY DAZE + SHALL OCIN & LEWIS BOARDMAN + DAVIDE SQUILLACE)
ARTS CLUB, 22:00–04:00, £22.50 (£20)
Circus hosts an Ellum label showcase, featuring Maceo Plex, Danny Daze and more. RAGE
THE KRAZYHOUSE, 22:00–05:30, £3
Mixed-bag night spread out over all three floors, serving up indie, rock, alternative and dance tunes. 303 (DJ HELL)
CONSTELLATIONS, 22:00–04:00, FROM £10
303 presents a headline set from DJ Hell for a Halloween special event. PURE SATURDAYS
CAMEL CLUB, 21:00–04:00, £TBC
Smoonth RnB and urban floor fillers.
An evening of decadent indulgence courtesy of Le Gateau Chocolat, which will treat your senses through opera, musical theatre, jazz and rap. 20 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, £11 (£6)
Young Identity present their own take on the curriculums of education and knowledge, teaching their lessons of life and sharing playground parables for Manchester Literature Festival. HERCULES — A DANCE CABARET
29 OCT, 7:00PM – 9:00PM, £13 (£7)
The story of Hercules as you’ve never seen it before. Told through dance routines and speciality acts. Matinee also available.
HOME GOLEM
7–17 OCT, NOT SUNDAYS, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £10
Arriving in Manchester with a host of five star reviews, 1927’s latest production Golem explores one of the great questions of the modern world – who or what is in control of our technologies? Matinees available. THE ORESTEIA
23 OCT – 14 NOV, NOT SUNDAYS, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £10
Palace Theatre Manchester
HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE BILLY FURY STORY
12 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £23.90
Now in its 17th year of touring, Bill Fury’s own band re-live his timeless hits backed by personal movie footage. HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 12 OCT AND 31 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, PRICES VARY
Toe-tapping musical based on the film by John Waters, following the tale of a girl with big hair and an even bigger heart. Matinees also available.
Royal Exchange Studio SO HERE WE ARE
UNTIL 10 OCT, 7:00PM – 9:00PM, £12 (£10)
Playwright and actor Luke Norris takes a look at young lives cut short and presents a portrait of childhood friendships under strain in adult life.
Royal Exchange Theatre THE CRUCIBLE
UNTIL 24 OCT, NOT SUNDAYS, TIMES VARY, FROM £16
Arthur Miller’s famous Tony Award-winning re-telling of the 1692 Salem witch trial hysteria, a powerful modern tragedy of one man’s search for self. Matinees also available. POMONA
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 29 OCT AND 21 NOV, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £16
A sinister and surreal thriller from Alistair McDowall, writer of Talk Show , Brilliant Adventures (Bruntwood Prize winner) and Captain Amazing.
Taking the translation by one of the great poets of the twentieth century, Ted Hughes, this swiftmoving, newly cut version radically condenses Aeschylus’ epic trilogy into one play.
Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)
Manchester Jewish Museum
The Grammy-nominated Godfathers of alternative cabaret are back on tour with another show of dark and deviant theatrics.
CONVERSATIONS
18–19 OCT, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £8
David Rendel, a psychiatrist, meets Shlomo Weider, a Holocaust Survivor, at a Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Holocaust Centre in 2003 in this coming together of two people who know more about each other’s pasts than they realised.
O2 Apollo Manchester DYNAMO
6–18 OCT, NOT 12, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, FROM £32.50
The world-renowned illusionist brings his array of tricks to a live setting.
Octagon Theatre AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
8–31 OCT, NOT SUNDAYS, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £10.50
Arthur Miller’s play adapted from the Ibsen book is performed in honour of the playwright’s 100th birthday. Matinees also available.
Opera House AN EVENING OF BURLESQUE
10 OCT 8:00PM – 10:30PM, PRICES VARY
Britain’s biggest burlesque show makes its way North after a run on London’s West End, complete with knife throwing act. JERSEY BOYS
27 OCT – 7 NOV, NOT SUNDAYS, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £23.90
True life story of multiplebucketload selling group The Four Seasons, from their beginnings to their extended run along the hit parade. Matinee performances also available. MACK AND MABEL
12–24 OCT, NOT SUNDAYS, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £20
Direct from its premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre, this major new production of the classic Broadway musical Mack and Mabel stars double Oliver award-winning Michael Ball as Mack Sennett.
THE TIGER LILLIES
27 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:30PM, £15
THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
13–18 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, PRICES VARY
Based on the book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson. Matinees also available. JOSS ARNOTT DAME EVELYN GLENNIE
24 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £15
In a brand new triple-bill, Joss Arnott Dance demonstrate the athleticism and breath-taking choreography that has made them one of the most exciting voices in British contemporary dance.
The King’s Arms SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE
23 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £9 (£7)
Tackling every genre from film noir to Breaking Bad, from Z Cars to scandi-crime in sock form. THE RUINATION OF ISAIAH SQUIFF
8 OCT, 7:30PM – 9:00PM, £8 (£6.50)
Old fashioned farce and a splash of Python-esque surrealism. MR MERRICK, THE ELEPHANT MAN
18 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £7
Stage adaptation of the famous story about the disfigured Mr Merrick. STRIKING DILEMMAS
21 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £TBC
SCAB!!, The Blue Pawn and Banners Bands & Bitter Pills combine to tell personal stories of the year that changed not only the lives of thousands of people but also transformed the British political landscape forever. CASUAL VIOLENCE + JAMES HAMILTON
28 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £12
Double play action.
The Lowry
LOST IN THOUGHT: A MINDFULNESS OPERA
18–19 OCT, TIMES VARY, FROM £28
This four-hour work is based on the classic structure of an extended meditation, with Rolf Hind’s music exploring the points of contact between sound and silence in music and meditation.
Theatre Liverpool
Epstein Theatre DIRTY DUSTING
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 10 OCT AND 15 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £21
The Lowry Studio
Three cleaning ladies set up a telephone sex line. Innuendos ensue.
26 OCT, 7:00PM – 9:00PM, £14
31 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £15
MORGAN AND WEST
Family-friendly show featuring two Victorian time-travelling magicians. NOSFERATU
29 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, £10
ALL STAR VARIETY SHOW
Ricky Tomlinson and Stan Boardman bring a bunch of comedy pals together in memory of Colin Bridge.
Nosferatu tells the dark tale of the sailors in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, as they journey from Varna to Whitby with an unknown car.
Everyman Theatre
10 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, FROM £10
Jenny hates Michael, Michael hates Bobby and Bobby hates everyone! But when tragedy hits, can the siblings unite for the good of the family?
E and P Associate Director Nick Bagnall joins forces again with award-winning poet and author Simon Armitage for a tale about a high ranking government official on the run. Matinees available.
15–16 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, FROM £10
20–24 OCT, TIMES VARY, FROM £12
TERMINAL
GHOST OPERA
Following their latest Edinburgh success Ablutions, award-winning FellSwoop Theatre present a two-hander, spoken and sung, accompanied by a string quartet and devised in development with The Lowry. KAPA HAKA TALE
20 OCT, 7:00PM – 9:00PM, £12
Kapa Haka Tale, fuses the native Maori performing art, kapa haka, with contemporary dance, and brings to life the well-known enchanting Mãori tale. Matinee also available. WE WANT YOU TO WATCH
22–23 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, FROM £12
Choreographed theatre courtesy of RashDash. ADA ADA ADA
30 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, FROM £10
Interactive storytelling of the world’s first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace.
The Lowry: Lyric Theatre CONCEAL: REVEAL
22 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, FROM £16
The Russell Maliphant Company present both new and classic work to celebrate 20 years together.
The Lowry: Quays Theatre KAASH
6–7 OCT, 8:00PM – 9:00PM, FROM £15
THE ODYSSEY: MISSING PRESUMED DEAD
UNTIL 17 OCT, NOT SUNDAYS, TIMES VARY, FROM £12
ORPHEUS
Set to a live score of hot club jazz, opera and French chanson, Orpheus is a musical re-imagining of the Greek myth. Matinees also available. JANE WENHAM: THE WITCH OF WALKERN
27–31 OCT, TIMES VARY, FROM £12.50
Inspired by events in a Hertfordshire village, Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s new play is alive with the mysteries of nature, sex and the supernatural, and blasts society’s hunger to find — and create — witches.
Liverpool Empire Theatre AN EVENING OF BURLESQUE
23 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:30PM, PRICES VARY
Britain’s biggest burlesque show makes its way North after a run on London’s West End, complete with knife throwing act. THE CARPENTERS STORY
20 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £19.90
A musical dedicated to the life and times of The Carpenters. PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ
UNTIL 10 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £10
Dance production featuring some of Strictly Come Dancing’s finest. Matinees also available. HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 12 OCT AND 31 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, PRICES VARY
Contemporary dance courtesy of Akram Khan, which sees the choreographer revisit his 2002 work with Anish Kapoor and Nitin Sawhney.
Toe-tapping musical based on the film by John Waters, following the tale of a girl with big hair and an even bigger heart. Matinees also available.
16–17 OCT, 7:00PM – 9:00PM, £14
Liverpool Playhouse
THE HOGWALLOPS
Circus skills, physical comedy, theatrical storytelling and slapstick in this colourful, loud dramatisation of the domestic adventures of a chaotic family of misfits. POLES APART
21–24 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, FROM £17
John Godber examines the role of the theatre in the life of the working man and the role of the working man in the life of the theatre, and asks, are they Poles Apart? Matinee available.
Waterside Arts Centre ADOLF AND WINSTON
7 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £14 (£12)
Adolf and Winston walks the tightrope of taste and decency with another slice of poorly-researched history... prepare for an evening of hilarity with two of the most unlikely comedy stars!
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
7–31 OCT, NOT SUNDAYS, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £12
Reworking of one of Tennessee Williams’ most powerful and haunting memory plays, a touching and profound tale of love and loss, illusion and escape, fragility and innocent hope. Matinee performances also available. OUTSIDERS
13–17 OCT, 7:45PM – 9:00PM, FROM £10
Pilot’s new production, written by acclaimed writer Emteaz Hussain, gives voice to the forgotten in a compelling re-imagining of Camus’ novel, L’Etranger. Matinees also available.
Royal Court Theatre LET IT BE
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 8 OCT AND 14 NOV, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, £21
West End show charting the meteoric rise of the Beatles, taking the audience on a musical journey through all the hits, from their early days at the Cavern Club to global hits like Yesterday and Hey Jude. Matinees also available.
St Helens Theatre Royal THE WIZARD OF OZ
24 OCT – 1 NOV, 5:00PM – 7:00PM, FROM £9
All-singing production of the musical favourite for all the family. Matinees also available.
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COPPELIA 18 OCT, 5:00PM – 8:00PM, FROM £13
Vienna Festival Ballet take on the classic comedy of errors, set in a creepy doll-maker’s workshop. THE ALE HOUSE
6–10 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £15
St Helens has got a brand new local as new comedy The Ale House opens its doors at the Theatre Royal this October. Matinees also available.
The Brindley NOSFERATU
13 OCT, 29 OCT,7:30PM – 9:30PM, £14 (£12)
Nosferatu tells the dark tale of the sailors in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, as they journey from Varna to Whitby with an unknown car.
The Capstone I BURN FOR YOU
28 OCT, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £12
A chillingly atmospheric new musical theatre work based on Bram Stoker’s legendary Dracula story. I Burn For You is a chilling musical journey into the bleeding heart of the vampire legend. Chilling.
The Lantern Theatre TEECHERS
HANNAH SILVA 27 OCT, 20:00–21:30, £10 (£8)
Hannah’s ripped up Fifty Shades of Grey and now attempts to put the female body back together. Join her for pleasure and pain, mothers and babies, domination and submission as we discover there are no safe words… KISSING FROGS
9–10 OCT, 7:00PM – 8:15PM, £12 (£10)
Meet Jess. 30 years old. Still single. No children. Join her in her desperate mission…To find a husband. A comedy set to an 80s sountrack. JESS GREEN & THE MISCHIEF THIEVES
13 OCT, 8:00PM – 9:30PM, £10 (£8)
Jess Green & The Mischief Thieves tell stories of everyday underdogs, from Janice on the picket line to Movember-man Kev and zealot librarian Sandra. Don’t miss this topical and humorous commentary on the state of education. THE SAND DOG COMETH
14 OCT, 8:00PM – 9:30PM, £12 (£10)
Mary Pearson pays homage to the avant-garde, to kitsch, shtick, snobbery, trash and easy laughs. Inspired by ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture, the 70s, academic language, classic crooners, Rihanna, Scouse fashions dereliction and shopping centres. SHE CALLED ME MOTHER
29–31 OCT, 8:00PM – 9:30PM, £12 (£10)
Evangeline waits for a little warmth and kindness. She waits for a ticket home to Trinidad, the sun, the mango trees and street vendors. She waits for the daughter she let walk away.
19-21 OCT, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £9.50 (£7.50)
John Godber’s modern classic comedy following three fifth form students using their end of term play to tell the story of an idealistic new teaacher joining the ranks.
Manchester Comedy
16 OCT, 7:30PM-10:00PM, £8 (£5)
Tue 06 Oct
NOTHING TO BE DONE
An absurdist piece of new writing inspired by Beckett's classic Waiting For Godot. The all-female play questions our search for the meaning of life, or the lack of it. Is ignorance truly bliss? THE PARTING GLASS
18 OCT, 7:30PM-10:00PM, £10 (£8)
A show set on the night that Thierry Henry’s left hand dashed Ireland’s World Cup dreams. THE BOX OF TRICKS
31 OCT, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £12.50 (£6.50)
Intense drama written by Ric Brady and Stephen M Hornby: when Mike returns home for his estranged brother’s funeral, he is met with difficult realisations about his brother and the events that drove them apart. TERMINAL
8 OCT, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £8.50
Jenny hates Michael, Michael hates Bobby and Bobby hates everyone! But when tragedy hits, can the siblings unite for the good of the family? ASHES TO ASHES
13–15 OCT, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £9.50 (£7.50)
In the everyday calm of an English country house, Devlin at times bullying and cajoling, probes Rebecca about a former lover, but the threads of Rebecca’s disturbing memories evade the certainty of truth. REVOLUTIONARY BALLADS
25 OCT, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £10.50
A performance of Brecht songs set by Weill and Eisler with Frankie Armstrong and Mikey Price in a re-telling of Brecht’s iconic play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle. THE HOODIE & THE HIGH RIP GANG
28 OCT, 8:00PM – 10:00PM, £10.50
A historical play of love and redemption witnessed through the eyes of a Hoodie who is transported back in time to Victorian Liverpool.
Unity Theatre THAT’S AMORE
28 OCT, 8:00PM – 9:30PM, £12 (£10)
Passionate physical theatre exploring the vast world of romantic love: from chance encounters to hidden desires and the science of romance, discover what makes our hearts beat faster.
XS MALARKEY (TOM TAYLOR + RACHEL FAIRBURN + ROB ROUSE + MORE + MC TOBY HADOKE)
PUB/ZOO, 19:00–22:00, £5 (£3)
The rather ace comedy night continues with the usual Tuesday night shenanigans. FREDDIE FLINTOFF
OPERA HOUSE, 20:00–22:00, FROM £28.90
Freddie Flintoff continues to be allowed to do things seemingly just because he’s Freddie Flintoff.
Wed 07 Oct DANIEL SLOSS
THE LOWRY STUDIO, 20:00–22:00, FROM £11
The award-winning comedian and internationally acclaimed halfman-half-Xbox brings the laughs once more. SMUG ROBERTS
FRED’S ALE HOUSE, 19:30–22:00, £5
The local comic headlines the latest Fred’s Ale House comedy night.
Thu 08 Oct
STAND UP THURSDAY (CHARLIE BAKER + MIKE GUNN + MC JOHN MOLONEY)
THE COMEDY STORE, 20:00–22:00, £12 (£8)
Cheat life and get that Friday feeling one day early with a night of comedic delight from some circuit funny folk. THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE (BARRY DODDS + MIKE NEWALL + PHIL NICHOL + CLAYTON JONES)
THE FROG AND BUCKET COMEDY CLUB, 19:00–22:30, £10 (£7)
Start your weekend early at the Frog and Bucket with a host of top notch comedians.
Fri 09 Oct
THE BEST IN STAND UP (CHARLIE BAKER + MIKE GUNN + OTIZ CANNELLONI + GEOFF NORCOTT + MC JOHN MOLONEY)
THE COMEDY STORE, 20:00–22:00, £18 (£12)
Regular night of stand up with a line-up of five top circuit comedians.
BARREL OF LAUGHS (BARRY DODDS + MIKE NEWALL + PHIL NICHOL) THE FROG AND BUCKET COMEDY CLUB, 19:00–22:30, £16 (£8)
Three top-notch comics, a sprinkling of Frog compere funnies and a late night disco courtesy of the resident DJ. ALL STARS OF COMEDY
THE LOWRY: QUAYS THEATRE, 19:45–22:00, FROM £16
Slim, Wayne Dibbi Rollins, Axle, Judy Love and Smash return for another dose of raucous laughs.
Sat 10 Oct LEE NELSON
THE LOWRY: QUAYS THEATRE, 20:00–22:00, £21
That guy who got up onstage during Kanye West’s Glastonbury set. Let’s all get up on stage while he performs and see how he likes it eh? THE BEST IN STAND UP (JOHN THOMSON + MIKE GUNN + OTIZ CANNELLONI + GEOFF NORCOTT + MC JOHN MOLONEY)
THE COMEDY STORE, 19:00–21:00, £22 (£16)
Regular night of stand up with a line-up of five top circuit comedians.
THE BEST IN STAND UP (JOHN THOMSON + MIKE GUNN + OTIZ CANNELLONI + GEOFF NORCOTT + MC JOHN MOLONEY)
THE COMEDY STORE, 21:30–23:30, £22 (£16)
Regular night of stand up with a line-up of five top circuit comedians.
BARREL OF LAUGHS (BARRY DODDS + MIKE NEWALL + PHIL NICHOL) THE FROG AND BUCKET COMEDY CLUB, 19:00–22:30, £17 (£10)
Three top-notch comics, a sprinkling of Frog compere funnies and a late night disco courtesy of the resident DJ.
LIVE FROM THE AIRING CUPBOARD THE INTERNET (VINCE ATTA + THICK RICHARD + FOX DOG STUDIOS + TAM HINTON + MORE)
THE DANCEHOUSE THEATRE, 20:00–22:30, FROM £8
Airing Cupboard returns from its hiatus with a new season of comedy, satire, horror and wonders.
Sun 11 Oct
NEW STUFF (MC TOBY HADOKE)
THE COMEDY STORE, 19:30–21:30, £6 (£4)
Up and comers trying out their stuff before hitting the circuit. DAN AND PHIL
THE LOWRY: LYRIC THEATRE, 19:30–22:00, £25
The daft comedy double act combine the best features of their book, YouTube channels, radio shows and infamous online videos. Matinee also available. ALFIE MOORE
THE LOWRY STUDIO, 20:00–22:00, £12
Former police sergeant turned stand-up comedian, and star of BBC Radio 4’s, It’s a Fair Cop.
Mon 12 Oct BEAT THE FROG
THE FROG AND BUCKET COMEDY CLUB, 19:00–22:30, £3
A ten-act long heckle-fest inviting a handful of amateurs to take to the stage and try to Beat the Frog, and the audience decides who stays – brutal!
Tue 13 Oct
XS MALARKEY (DAN NIGHTINGALE + JAYNE EDWARDS + TOM SHORT + MC TOBY HADOKE)
PUB/ZOO, 19:00–22:00, £5 (£3)
The rather ace comedy night continues with the usual Tuesday night shenanigans.
Thu 15 Oct
STAND UP THURSDAY (ADAM BLOOM + JARRED CHRISTMAS + MC PHIL ELLIS) THE COMEDY STORE, 20:00–22:00, £12 (£8)
Cheat life and get that Friday feeling one day early with a night of comedic delight from some circuit funny folk. SHAM BODIE (GEIN’S FAMILY GIFTSHOP + PEACE AND LOVE BARBERSHOP MUHAMMED ALI + MORE)
SOUP KITCHEN, 19:00–22:00, £5
Sham Bodie returns with another rib-tickling evening of music and sketch show comedy.
COMEDY NIGHT @ MJM (SOL BERNSTEIN + ADAM BLOOM + MARK MAIER)
MANCHESTER JEWISH MUSEUM, 20:00–22:00, £10
Three award-winning comedians – Sol Bernstein, Adam Bloom and Mark Maier – bring their unique stand-up acts from the international comedy circuit to the museum's historic synagogue.
Fri 16 Oct SUSAN CALMAN
THE KING’S ARMS, 20:00–21:00, £10
The favourited funnywoman takes a look at triumphs, the tribulations and the romantic meetings that made her. And cats.
THE SKINNY