MANFORD'S COMEDY CLUB (14+)
Manford’s Comedy Club are back in 2026 to host the award-winning comedy club at the Forum! They will be returning in February and April 2026 with fantastic new line ups to be confirmed soon!
Manford’s Comedy Club was launched by comedian Jason Manford. The idea was to bring comedians from the UK circuit to small towns and cities across the country for a night of live comedy.
Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, who are all personally chosen by Jason Manford.
February Line up:
MC: Pete Otway - Since his first gig in 2010, Pete Otway has established himself as a natural and original comic, known for mixing a razor sharp wit with an affable charm and creative writing.
John Fothergill - This lively Geordie is a highly sought-after headline comic with his blend of cocky insults and slick banter.
Ravi Saini
Chris Washington - Rising star Chris Washington is taking the comedy industry and audiences alike by storm. With bags of Northern charm, he had a hugely successful debut run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, during which he received a sparkling nomination for the coveted Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer with his solo stand-up hour Dream Big (Within Reason).
April Line up:
Michael Fabbri
Remaining line up to be confirmed
MARK SIMMONS: JEST TO IMPRESS (14+)
WINNER Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024
As Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, ‘Master of one-liners’ Mark Simmons had a groundbreaking 200+ date sell out debut tour lasting two years, spanning the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Mark is back on tour in 2026 with Jest To Impress, a brand new show packed with even more expertly crafted one-liners, alongside his trademark off-the-cuff jokes based on random audience suggestions.
Mark is enjoying further success with his podcast, Jokes With Mark Simmons, where he invites a fellow comic, such as Gary Delaney, Sarah Millican, Milton Jones, and Penn & Teller to discuss jokes that they’ve written but for whatever reason couldn’t get to work.
Recipient of Victoria Wood Panel Prize Fringe 2023
UK Comics’ Comic 2022 – Best Act
RUNNER UP DAVE’s Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe 2022
'Master of the crisp, clean, one-line zinger'
**** - Evening Standard
'A talented comic with an artisan’s grasp of joke writing'
**** - Chortle
'Master of one-liners…his show consists of literally one liner after one liner, with one or two breaks for the audience to catch their breath before another assault on the laughter and muscles with the next segment'
**** - One4Review
'Absolutely hilarious'
**** - Scotsman
ALFIE MOORE: ACOPALYPSE NOW / (14+)
The Four Horsemen of Rising Crime, Global Warming, AI and Culture Wars are galloping towards us. Are we on the road to hell? And can we avoid the potholes? In his brand new tour show ‘Fair Cop’ Alfie has the antidote to the breakdown of law and order, fake news and the price of baked beans.
He’s encountered more than his fair share of egotistical dictators in his policing career and learnt when pragmatism, and more than a dash of laughter, can defuse even the most menacing showdown.
Join Alfie as he’s saddles up to see off those bullies on their pesky ponies. Doomsday is no laughing matter but this show certainly is.
“Offbeat, revealing and very funny” - You Magazine
“Brilliantly funny…genuinely hilarious” – David Mitchell
"His charisma shines through as bright and colourful as a twirling blue light" – Times
CHUBBY BROWN 2026 (18)
50 plus years In Entertainment/ comedy , Roy Chubby Brown is still going strong , entertaining thousands and thousands of fans annually up and down the country , Roy is the undoubted King of Comedy
Countless DVDs (30 plus ) , numerous books & cds , thousands of live shows in a career spanning the decades and millions of fans worldwide are still testimony to the fact that even in these on going crazy times of woke , cancellation , political correctness culture Roy is still the Best of the Best
Come and join him for his 2026 tour plus support
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