The 16th Annual Comedy Festival Returns This Autumn, Putting The HaHa Back Into Harrogate!
From household names to rising stars, this year's festival promises an exceptional array of performances guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and leave you in stitches!
So get ready to laugh out loud and join us for the festival that celebrates funny!
Paul Coulter: 5 Mistakes That Changed History
MON 29 SEP
Harrogate Theatre
We all make mistakes, but rarely do they change the course of history. 5 Mistakes That Changed History is a hilarious historical storytelling show performed by historian and comedian Paul Coulter, about five people and how their mistakes (big and small!) changed the world.
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/paul-coulter-5-mistakes-that-shaped-history/
P Burton-Morgan: Explaining Being Pan to Nan
TUE 30 SEP
Harrogate Studio Theatre
The brand new no-holds-barred stand up/poetry show from Ledbury Poetry Slam winner P Burton-Morgan unpacks explaining your queer identity (non-binary, pansexual) to your 86 year old Nan. Funny, sexy & queer – bring your Nan (but maybe warn her first!).
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/explaining-being-pan-to-nan/
Suzi Ruffell: The Juggle
WED 01 OCT
Harrogate Theatre
It’s hard to be good all the time. A good mother, a good daughter, a good partner, a good friend, a good person. To be ambitious but not ruthless; a success but not a sell-out. A gentle parent but not a pushover. To be smashing life and make it look easy. The juggle. It's part stand-up show, part support group!
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/suzi-ruffell-the-juggle/
Tez Ilyas: Talk to Tez
THU 02 OCT
Harrogate Studio Theatre
Join Tez Ilyas, one of the most celebrated stars in British comedy, for his one-off show: Talk To Tez! An hour of his trademark, no-holds barred, hilarious, raucous crowd work and fun. As seen on: Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three), Mock the Week (BBC Two) and The Chris Ramsey Show (Comedy Central).
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/tez-ilyas-talk-to-tez/
Hyena Lounge Comedy Club - Comedy Festival Special
SAT 04 OCT
Harrogate Theatre
The Hyena Lounge Comedy Club has always been a highlight of the Comedy Festival, and this year is just as daft and laugh-out-loud funny as ever! Starring Ian Stone, Carl Hutchinson and Nina Gilligan, and hosted by the effortlessly funny Dave Twentyman.
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/hyena-comedy-club-comedy-festival-2025/
Dinner! Darlings! Dinner!
SAT 04 OCT
Harrogate Studio Theatre
Welcome to the wonderful world of glamorous dining with ex showgirl Sindy. It’s time to don your Kaftan and travel back to the 1970s, when being a hostess really did mean the mostest. Will this dinner party be a dream come true for aspirational Sindy? Or will it descend into chaos?
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/dinner-darlings-dinner/
Maisie Adam: Frank's Fund Comedy Gala
SUN 05 OCT
Harrogate Theatre
Frank’s Fund Comedy Gala is back - bigger and better than ever before! Maisie Adam will be back in her hometown to host a night of comedy and fundraising for local charity Frank’s Fund. Join her and some of her funniest famous pals for an unforgettable evening for a brilliant cause.
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/maisie-adam-franks-fund-comedy-gala/
John Shuttleworth: Raise the Oof
TUE 07 OCT
Harrogate Theatre
Radio 4 favourite, comedy legend and ‘the 42nd best reason to love Britain’ (The Telegraph) John Shuttleworth is back, celebrating 40 years in showbiz with more hilarious stories and songs performed on his trusty Yamaha organ (with built-in auto accompaniment).
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/john-shuttleworth-raise-the-oof/
Creepy Boys
WED 08 OCT
Harrogate Studio Theatre
The Creepy Boys are throwing their 13th birthday party. It will have everything. Games. Gifts. Possibly Satan. Probably Cake. Combining 2000s sexy songs, satanic rituals and Willem Dafoe, these twins will do whatever it takes to make their birthday dreams come true. This is one party you'd be cursed to miss!
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/creepy-boys/
Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself
THU 09 OCT
Harrogate Studio Theatre
Grab your broomsticks and join Edy Hurst on a wyrd and wonderfull journey of self-discoverie. This new magical and mystical comedy offers a humorous, heartfelt and unique insight into the shifting and at times mysterious world of late-stage ADHD diagnosis.
Jason Byrne: Head in the Clouds
THU 09 OCT
Harrogate Theatre
Jason literally has his Head in the Clouds most of the time, but thankfully, mainly when he’s on stage! It’s laughter at its highest, as we watch Jason pull magic from his cloudy head down onto the stage. Come and join Jason in the clouds for a night of fluffy, unpredictable mayhem.
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/nick-helm-no-one-gets-out-alive/
OUTLAWED
SAT 11 OCT
Harrogate Studio Theatre
Get ready for a night at the hottest speakeasy in Sherwood Forest! Robin and the gang invite you to unleash your inhibitions and get well and truly OUTLAWED in the fiercest night of burlesque, drag and comedy the Middle Ages can muster. Stealing from the rich to give to the poor has never been so sexy!
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/outlawed/
Nick Helm: No One Gets Out Alive!
SUN 12 OCT
Harrogate Theatre
Are you ready to have the best damn night of your effing life? Well don’t worry – the man with the golden larynx is back. Nick Helm is the greatest living entertainer of his or any generation and he’s coming to Harrogate. Relent to him. He. Is. Your. New. God.
https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/nick-helm-no-one-gets-out-alive/
