TONIGHT at XS Malarkey! We've got brilliant Nick Doody headlining, @samhickmanmusic.bsky.social plucking at our harpstrings, debuts from James O'Donoghue & Mick Tickner, and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social doing the rest. Lovely. 7.30pm Doors, 8pm show, at 53two, Manchester wegottickets.com/event/692236

Toniiiiight! Get ready for some Tuesday night lovin with the incredible Kemah Bob, giving us a preview of their new show Love Child. Support from Ian Visible and Charlie Bowers, and there'll be plenty of @tobyhadoke.bsky.social too. Doors 7.30pm, show 8pm, tickets at wegottickets.com/event/692229 ❤️

Are you ready to go wild in the aisles? Well grab your trolley and join us for an XS special on Sunday 17th May. The Lost Tapes of Somerfield is Paul Campbell's award-winning and delightfully idiosyncratic love-letter to a lost supermarket. It's a gorgeous show, tickets at wegottickets.com/f/17826

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XS Malarkey with PREPPERS (STUART LAWS & MATT SANDSTORM) HIya! Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester comedy institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just £3 for members and £6 for...

ARE YOU READY?! Well, brilliant @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social & Matt Sandstorm will get you ready, as PREPPERS headline XS tonight! Plus support from Zoe Cussen, @justinasesel.bsky.social, and Harry Wright, plus king of the 53two Thunderdome @tobyhadoke.bsky.social 🎟 wegottickets.com/event/686576

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Need a little more comedy to finish off your Feb? @tobyhadoke.bsky.social is back at 53two tomorrow night with our sister show Testing Testing, where top comedians try out new material. This month's lineup includes Hannah Platt, Harry Stachini & Danny Sutcliffe www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/t-mjog...

Here's this week's mailout if you'd like a little preview mailchi.mp/6e23ec77f16c...

Are you on our mailing list? WHY NOT?! I mean, you don't have to but it's the best way to find out about guaranteed sell-out gigs before anyone else (like next week's with Joe Lycett). We send one email a week (unless I forget), and you can sign up here xsmalarkey.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

TOMORROW! Best Newcomer winner Lara Ricote brings a WIP of her new show, all the way from Amsterdam! Rob Rouse brings tales of Ron the dog, all the way from the Peaks! & @tobyhadoke.bsky.social brings the comedy glue to hold it all together, all the way from Chorlton! www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

XS Malarkey with PHIL ELLIS and STUART GOLDSMITH HIya! Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester comedy institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just £3 for members and £6 for...

Fancy seeing @stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social and Phil Ellis on the same bill for a ludicrously cheap price? You better get a ticket right now then, cos there's less than 30 left wegottickets.com/event/692217

XS Malarkey: Sam Lake Don’t you just love a laugh? Well, get into this new stand-up hour from “a rare gem of a comic” (Rolling Stone), Sam Lake. Feeling like life and his career has become repetitive, Sam is asking himsel...

"You're JOKING?! Not Another One" I am NOT joking, but @samlakecomedy.bsky.social is. And he's bringing us his tour show tonight! Not only that, but Rob Rouse doing new stuff, Maia Tassalini making a debut, & @tobyhadoke.bsky.social keeping it all together. Delicious. wegottickets.com/event/685193

There's always much more demand for these spots than we have space, so don't be deterred if you've applied previously. All open spots are ten minutes, so you'll need to have a ten min set that has been tested elsewhere, and we'll need to see a video sample of your material. Thanks!

We've just reopened submissions for open spots; if you're a newer act looking for experience on a professional bill, and would like to perform with us on a Tuesday in Manchester then please fill out the form here! www.xsmalarkey.com/acts/

Coooo! Tonight at XS, it's the return of delightful pigeon-fancier Toussaint Douglass! Not only that, but also @androjonny.bsky.social, @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social, sketch duo The Mayor and His Daughter, and our own fancy pigeon @tobyhadoke.bsky.social www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

Sad to learn yesterday that Susan Vale, an unassuming, daft, extremely likeable comedian, equally at home doing a surprise end-of-set tap dance or a killer pun, died yesterday. I’d not seen her for a while but she played @xsmalarkey.com regularly back in the day. She was a very nice, kind woman.

Tonight! Fantastic @eleanormorton.bsky.social is back with a splash, bringing us a preview of new show The Mermaid! We've also got some lovely support from @jacobhashishaton.bsky.social and @kathyrivett.bsky.social, with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social keeping it all together www.wegotickets.com/xsmalarkey

This Tuesday at XS Malarkey! Delightful comedy weirdo @andyfieldhello.bsky.social is headlining, alongside Dom McGovern, Amy Mason, @charlievmartin.bsky.social, and, of course, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social Tickets at wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey, 8pm Jan 13th at 53two, under Manchester Central

Still some tickets on the door tonight, so if you haven't pre-booked you can buy from us there!

TONIGHT! @robbotron.bsky.social brings us cult classic The Dark Room, there's support from Ayo Adenekan, Alex Mitchell, and Jo Owen, AND we've got our own cult hero @tobyhadoke.bsky.social keeping it all together www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

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We're starting the year IN A DARK ROOM! Yes, amazing @robbotron.bsky.social is bringing his live-action RPG to the XS stage, plus support from Ayo Adenekan, Alex Mitchell, and Jo Owen, and, of course @tobyhadoke.bsky.social . Tuesday 6th Jan, 8pm, 53two www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

TONIIIIIGHT! Our triple headliner 2025 season finale! www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

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Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs

Oyez oyez! Have you got tickets for @jlukeroberts.bsky.social's Geoffrey Chaucer's Mediaeval Christmas Festivitye yet? 3/4s of tickets gone, a very special show with a stellar lineup @freyaparker.bsky.social @bechillcomedian.bsky.social @edyhurst.bsky.social & Rob Kemp wegottickets.com/event/677514

Eli is really really good, you should absolutely get along to this if you can!

You may have had trouble getting tickets earlier, but the site is back up now and you can still grab tickets for tonight's gorgeous lineup, featuring @elimatthewson.bsky.social, @mxjlloyd.bsky.social, Ariel Hebditch, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social, AND Bernard the Dog www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

TONIGHT! Rachel Fairburn is back on the XS stage, alongside @chriskehoe.bsky.social, @mialewis.bsky.social, Kimia Etemadi, and, of course, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social . Doors 7.30, show 8pm, at lovely 53two! Tickets at www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

One of the great joys of this comedy life is when you do a gig you’ve heard exclusively good things about - and they all turn out to be true.
Thank you, @xsmalarkey.com for a gorgeous gig!