COMEDY PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS IN LIVERPOOL
Most Popular Comedy Plays & Productions in Liverpool
Fawlty Towers - The Play
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 11 - Sat 15 Nov 2025
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 25 - Sat 29 Nov 2025
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Mon 9 - Sat 14 Mar 2026
Inside No 9 Stage/Fright
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 18 - Sat 22 Nov 2025
Speedo Mick - The Musical

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Saturday 14 June - Saturday 5 July 2025
The world premiere of the musical that celebrates one of the biggest characters to come out of this city. Over its illustrious 150-year history Everton Football Club has had many heroes but perhaps none of them have been absorbed into the w...ShakeItUp - The Improvised Shakespeare Show

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 17 June 2025
ShakeItUp Theatre launched The Improvised Shakespeare Show in 2018. Since then they have performed well over 100 totally improvised Shakespeare plays to audiences across the UK, from the Minack Theatre in Cornwall, to London's The Other Pal...Pauline Daniels

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Thursday 19 June 2025
Join Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song to kick off her birthday celebrations! Seventy, Sassy, Slightly Senile, STILL STANDING! Pauline celebrates hitting 70 with her one woman show filled with plenty of fun and great tune...Bingo Lingo

Camp and Furnace, Liverpool
Friday 20 June - Friday 12 December 2025
Taking bingo, shaking all the dust-out and turning it into one mad, confetti-filled, party-bingo night of mayhem, this is Bingo like you've never experienced before. You'll be sat at a table with all of your friends playing bingo in a f...The Highwayman

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 June 2025
The Highwayman is waiting, and there is no escape. It's 1769 and everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. It's the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but ...OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Oddsocks are taking to the road again this summer with another high-energy, feel-good, family theatre show - Shakespeare's most magical comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream! Four lovers run off to the Athenian forest where mysterious woodland ...A Comedy Afternoon With Jimmy Cricket

Whitby Sports And Social Club, Chester
Sunday 29 June 2025
SUNDAY 29TH JUNE - Our comedy legend series continues with The One and Only Jimmy Cricket. We have him here for an afternoon of fun and laughter on Sunday 29th June at The Whitby Club in Ellesmere Port. Jimmy Cricket's act is a unique blend...Boss New Plays

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 4 - Saturday 5 July 2025
Liverpool's Lantern Writers have been working steadily with the best of the city's acting talent in recent years, providing an opportunity for new theatre voices to be heard on the Merseyside stage. Expect two very different nights of theat...Kinky Boots

Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 July 2025
This joy-filled sensation, based on a true story and hit movie, features Tony® and Grammy® winning music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, a hilarious and life-affirming book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein and is directed by Nik...The Legend Of Rooney's Ring

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 18 July - Saturday 23 August 2025
Helen Serafinowicz (Motherland, Amandaland, Nova Jones) has created the ultimate scouse sword and sorcery tale that is packed with magic, romance, original songs and stupid gags. Based on a half-true rumour, this story of myth and missus wi...Living the Life of Riley

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Wednesday 23 July 2025
Starring Vicky Entwistle, Living the Life of Riley is a heart-warming, heart-breaking and hilarious tale of a family, trying to negotiate their way through teenage tantrums, autism, and Grandma. Joanne Riley always knew there was something...The Addams Family

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 August 2025
MAKE THIS SUMMER AN ABSOLUTE SCREAM! Following two hugely successful UK tours, and sold-out concerts at The London Palladium last year, everyone's favourite kooky family are back on stage this summer in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, the spectacular mu...An Hour With Mick Miller

St Oswalds Club, Warrington
Saturday 16 August 2025
SATURDAY 16TH AUGUST 2025 - Join us to see Comedy Legend and one of our most treasured entertainers Mick Miller at St Oswalds Club in Warrington. This will be a masterclass in stand-up comedy not to be missed!One of our most treasured ente...Twelfth Night

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 29 August 2025
The brilliantly bold Not Too Tame return with an electrifying production of Twelfth Night, starring Les Dennis as Malvolio. The company that brought you 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' return with their unique brand of high octane theatre in a ...Comedy Night

Thornton Hough Village Club, Thornton Hough
Friday 12 September - Friday 14 November 2025
Laugh is in the air as a Wirral comedy night returns for another serving of hilarity on Valentine?s Day -February 14, 2025. The pro-nights of comedy featuring an MC and three great acts from the UK comedy scene plus food from Wirral caterer...Eric Idle

Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Sunday 14 September 2025
Eric Idle-star of stage, screen and crossword puzzle-has often been compared to Noel Coward. But never favourably. He has been in showbusiness since 1961. 'Unfortunately I can't find the exit,' he says. 'My role in life seems to be cheering...Kunt and the Gang 25th Anniversary Tour

Outpost, Liverpool
Friday 26 September 2025
Kunt and the Gang?s dark comedy songs had slowly racked up millions of listens over 20 years before the self-proclaimed ?minor internet hit singer? suddenly became best known for a string of Top 20 sweary punk protest songs about the Royal ...The Book of Mormon

Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 18 October 2025
The New York Times calls it 'The best musical of this century.' The Washington Post says, 'It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.' And Entertainment Weekly raves, 'Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.' It's Th...Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Wednesday 22 October 2025
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...The Very Best of Tommy Cooper

Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Wednesday 22 October 2025
With the blessing of the Tommy Cooper Estate, this hilarious one-man show written and performed by Danny Taylor focuses on the much missed West Country comedian and magician's legendary act, recapturing his trademark mayhem and misfiring ma...The Scouse Christmas Carol

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 7 November 2025 - Saturday 17 January 2026
Ha! Bumbug! It's that time again when the Royal Court searches "Christmas shows" on Google and picks one to scousify! This year we're improving on the great Charles Dickens, who always wanted his shows to have more stupid jokes and live mus...John Robertson

Alexander's Live, Chester
Sunday 9 November 2025
90 minutes of improv, mayhem, gaming comedy, crowdwork and songs from the UK's most manic comic on his first-ever stand-up tour! Best known for his high-octane improvisation and game show The Dark Room, come get played with! First half: In ...Fawlty Towers - The Play

Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 November 2025
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 legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger. Featuring your favourite ...Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 November 2025
Welcome to a world of intrigue, as we invite you to step Inside Number 9 for a theatrical experience like no other. Expect the unexpected as the acclaimed BBC TV series comes to life on stage, fresh from a sell out West End run, weaving its...Here & Now - The Steps Musical

Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Tuesday 25 - Saturday 29 November 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. Don't miss this sparkling celebration of love and friendship when it emba...Horrible Histories - Horrible Christmas

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Thursday 18 December 2025
Horrible Histories proudly presents the terrific tale of Christmas! When Christmas comes under threat from a jolly man dressed in red, it's up to one young boy to save the day - but can he save Christmas? From Victorian villains to Medieval...Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical

Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Monday 9 - Saturday 14 March 2026
PGet ready to turn up the glam - PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT is back with a dazzling UK and International tour, bringing all the glitz and show-stopping magic you've been waiting for!From the producers of Hairspray and The Full Monty, thi...Garth Marenghi

The Atkinson, Southport
Wednesday 18 March 2026
From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction's Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi - Channel 4's spoof pulp horror author created by English comedians Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade - author of Sunday Times Bestselling Garth Marenghi's T...Foil Arms & Hog

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Sunday 22 March 2026
Irish trio Foil, Arms and Hog are back with their brand-new show, Skittish, a mix of sketch comedy, audience participation and improvisation. With over one billion views you may know the lads from their online videos, but their live sh...Operation Mincemeat
