Comedy in Southport

Southport New Comedian of the Year 2026 Grand Final

The competition, now in its 16th Year, will again search the nation for 8 aspiring comedians to compete to become the next Southport New Comedian of the Year.

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Jimeoin Ballyhoo

And Your Dog, MZA & Geffer Notice present Jimeoin Ballyhoo A not-to-be-missed, hilarious evening with a genuine stand-up comedy legend who is globally hailed as…

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Adam Kay This Is Going To Hurt

Join BAFTA-winning comedian Adam Kay at this year's Southport Comedy Festival where he shares his uniquely hilarious diaries as a junior doctor in this "electri…

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Comedy Bingo Back To The 90s

Get ready to rewind time and dab the night away at The Southport Comedy Festival for our Comedy Bingo back to the 90s show Expect all the chaos and laughs of Co…

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Clinton Baptiste: Spectral Intercourse

Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation’s favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights’, Clinton Baptiste has extended his…

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Barry From Watford: Shooting From The (New) Hip

Demagogue? Iconoclast? Dilettante? Virtuoso? Ok, these words have nothing to do with the show, but they do make it sound clever and that's what it's all about.S…

The Atkinson, Southport

Paul Merton & Suki Webster's Improv Show

“Paul Merton and Suki Webster’s Improv Show” is a night of fast, and fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories, songs and laugh out loud surrealism.

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Mike Wozniak: The Bench

New stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent.

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Scott Bennett: Stuff

As a society we love stuff, it’s a statement about who we are and who we want to be.

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Seann Walsh: After This One, I'm Going Home

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and the self-dubbed “Lie-In King”, Seann Walsh is 'unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation' (The Guardian).…

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Rachel Parris: The Rachel Parris Songbook

In 2026, Parris announced The Rachel Parris Songbook – gathering together some of her best-loved musical material from the past decade and a half, alongside fre…

The Atkinson, Southport

Thomas Green: Brainstorm

After a significant self-discovery, Green realises his life is a whirlwind full of tangents of his own making, navigating through the impulsive, random and stup…

The Atkinson, Southport

Jason Byrne: 30 Years Byrning

Jason Byrne is back and "Byrning" brighter than ever, celebrating 30 glorious years of stand-up with his brand-new show, 30 Years Byrning.Byrne delivers a rioto…

Victoria Park, Southport

Jason Manford - A Manford All Seasons

Born in 1981, it took only 17 years for comedian, writer, actor, television and radio presenter Jason Manford to make his mark on the live circuit.

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Jimeoin: Ballyhoo!

A not-to-be-missed, hilarious evening with a genuine stand-up comedy legend who is globally hailed as one of live comedy's masters - we are absolutely delighted…

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Henning Wehn: Acid Wehn

German comic Henning Wehn rinses and wrings sense from the nonsensical in his latest comedy tour.

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Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs

ABK is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation.

The Atkinson, Southport

Laura Smyth: Born Aggy

What if all your dreams come true and you’ve still got the hump?Laura Smyth has had a meteoric rise in comedy!

Victoria Park, Southport

Ruby Wax: Absolutely Famous

It's almost easier to say whom Ruby Wax DIDN'T meet, interview and coax fascinating insights from in her huge TV shows 'Ruby Wax Meets' and 'Full Wax'.

The Atkinson, Southport

Count Arthur Strong - And it’s Goodnight From Me!

Count Arthur Strong continues on for one last time, as he says what just might be his final goodbye, to whoever’s listening.

The Atkinson, Southport

Baga Chipz: Bagz to Riches

Lock up ya grandads! Baga Chipz MBE presents...BAG’Z TO RICHES Join the international drag superstar and RuPaul’s Drag Race icon for a night at the theatre in a…

The Atkinson, Southport

Kane Brown: Crowd Work King

Coming off the back of his SOLD OUT “Don’t Listen To Me” UK tour, Kane brings you his brand-new show ‘Crowd Work King’.

The Atkinson, Southport

Barry From Watford: Shooting From The New Hip

Demagogue? Iconoclast? Dilettante? Virtuoso? Ok, these words have nothing to do with the show but they do make it sound clever and that’s what it’s all about.

The Atkinson, Southport

John Lydon: I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right

He’s a legend and an icon, a revolutionary and an immortal. John Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten - changed the face of music and sparked a cultural revolution.

The Atkinson, Southport

Susie Dent: Word Perfect

A brand-new tour of the joys of the English language with ‘Britain’s best-loved wordsmith’.

The Atkinson, Southport

Ignacio Lopez: Nada

Star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, QI, Richard Osman’s House of Games & Comedy Central Live ; Ignacio Lopez returns with perhaps his most ambi…

The Atkinson, Southport

The Rachel Parris Songbook

The BAFTA-nominated comedian is back on the road, bringing some of her favourite songs from the last fifteen years of her comedy career, alongside brand new sta…

The Atkinson, Southport