Cracking Blackpool Comedy – Blackpool Grand Theatre is bringing back the happiness this year with a blistering bill of top comedy names that are guaranteed to bring the house down. And that’s no joke!

Banish those long lockdown blues and join us for the ultimate feelgood night out. Laughter is the very best medicine they say, so what are you waiting for? It’s Just for Laughs!

‘A day without laughter is a day wasted.’ Charlie Chaplin

Cracking Blackpool Comedy

Stand-up Blackpool Comedy February to May

Giggle and guffaw as the legendary comedian and actor Omid Djalili is back on stage for his ever provocative Good Times Tour on Sunday 13 February; Ed Byrne presents his masterclass in observational comedy in If I’m Honest on Friday 18 February; Katherine Ryan brings her hilarious perspective on love, life and what it means to be a Missus on Sunday 27 February; outrageously camp comic Julian Clary sallies forth to pleasure the provinces with Born to Mince on Friday 8 April and smash-hit stand-up star Jason Manford is back in Blackpool with his latest laugh-out-loud live show Like Me on Sunday 1 May.

Stand-up Blackpool Comedy May to February 2023

Chuckle and chortle to all the witty wisecracks from the magnificent ‘Mouth of the South’ Rob Beckett in his sensational new stand-up show Wallop! on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 May; the inimitable Count Arthur Strong brings his wonderfully eccentric charm to his twentieth-anniversary tour And This Is Me! on Sunday 29 May; there’s gloriously daft nonsense from Mock The Week star Milton Jones in Milton Impossible on Thursday 13 October; Saturday night TV legend Harry Hill is starching up his big collar ready for the silly spectacular Pedigree Fun! on Saturday 15 October and it’s never too early to book for mild-mannered funny man Jon Richardson in his knockout new show The Knitwit on Friday 3 February 2023.

Blackpool Comedy Drama

Big stars bring the big laughs and The Grand has a dynamic double act of top comedy dramas that just fit the bill!  Madcap DIY disasters and priceless misunderstandings are on the cards as the loveable 70s TV star Frank Spencer returns in Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave ‘Em starring Joe Pasquale (I’m A Celebrity, The Producers) and Suzie Blake (The Victoria Wood Show, Coronation St) from Tuesday 10 to Saturday 14 May. Oooh Betty… it’s Frank-ly too good to miss!

Sing with joy as The Rise and Fall of Little Voice takes the spotlight from Monday 13 to Saturday 18 June starring Shobna Gulati (dinnerladies, Coronation St) and Ian Kelsey (Emmerdale, Casualty) packed full of humour, heart, and countless powerhouse ballads. Jim Cartwright’s timeless tale is a gritty and witty Northern fairy tale that explores the highs and lows of findings your dreams in a small town and a noisy world.

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To book seats contact our Box Office on 01253 290190. Opening times can be found here