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Award-Winning Improv Comedy Shows and Workshops in Manchester and Beyond...! ComedySportz, The Totally Improvised Musical, The Totally Improvised Pantomime.

CSz Manchester UK is the home of top quality comedy entertainment. The team have entertained audiences of all ages since 2001 with quick-witted gags and games. Visit www.comedysportz.co.uk to learn more about upcoming shows and workshops.

06/11/2026

Day 11 of 25 days to 25 years, and we are now in 2011.
This year saw the end of our residency at The Comedy Store but a number of American visitors and one from the Berlin team too! We celebrated 10 years, and had a wonderful bash at Chorley Theatre with Dick and Nick Chudnow in attendance - Dick founded ComedySportz back in 1984! This years Championships were in Indianapolis where we performed our sweatiest show ever (it's humid in Indiana!). The second Manchester Improv Tournament saw ComedySportz take the win!
We weren't sure what the future of ComedySportz was going to be at the end of 2011 losing our main space, but... we persevered...

05/11/2026

Remember Remember 2010?
Day 10 of 25 days til 25 years!
In 2010 we were part of the new Frog and Bucket Preston line up! We raised money for Movember, and went to Philly for the World Championships. We also organised and hosted the first Manchester Improv Tournament, where teams from around the country came to compete for the Plate! Comedy Xpress took the win, reuniting on stage for the first time in many years!

04/11/2026

Thanks for having us once again Improv Wednesdays . The blue team took the win with one point in it! Our next ComedySportz show will be our big 25th Birthday show at Chorley Theatre Nov 21st!

04/11/2026

Day 9 of 25 days til 25 years, 2009, and a NEW SHIRTS ALERT!
We finally ditched the red and blue sweat pants (that we were all sharing by the way...) and got swanky new red and blue playing shirts. We celebrated our 100th show, and got to play with more American friends AND performed a few shows with Mischief Theatre, both at home and in Edinburgh. World Championship was back in Milwaukee, where we got to hang out with a lot of people who we have met over the multiple years we have attended, and we now considered good friends.
Shows at The Comedy Store and Waterside Arts were going strong, we were having a ball.

03/11/2026

Day 8 of 25 days til 25 years and we are in 2008!
What a busy year, we started our residency at The Comedy Store, as well as our time at Waterside Arts in Sale (next year will be our 19th year there!). World Championships were in Portland this year, where we got to play with the Portland team. We celebrated 7 years with our first Chorley vs Manchester match, Chorley took the win (and have, every time since....). We also hosted our own mini USA match with some pals heading over to take part from various cities. Bron's hair also started changing (and Sean cut his)...

02/11/2026

Busy next couple of days with The Totally Improvised Musical at New Adelphi Theatre on Tuesday and ComedySportz at Improv Wednesdays at The English Lounge on, err, Wednesday. Tickets available for both online and on the door! Manchester Improv Buzz

02/11/2026

Day 7 of 25 days til 25 years and it's getting REALLY HARD to only pic 10 photos!
This year really cemented us in the Greater Manchester area. With multiple new players and a new venue of Salford Arts Theatre. We also had our first show at The Comedy Store, which would start a 4 year monthly residency there.
This years World Championship was in Quad Cities, where we took a strong contingent of people. We also had our first year at The Edinburgh Fringe - and we haven't missed a year (in some context) ever since! Bron's glasses started appearing and Sean joined us with long hair!

01/11/2026

Day 6 and here we are in 2006 for our 25 day to 25 years countdown...
Not a lot of photos from this year as we were still trying to figure out what to do next. We had lost our regular space in Chorley, and Bron had moved to Manchester. Well, what seemed like the next step? Move the company to Manchester! We performed at the fabulous Frog and Bucket, as well as in San Jose at the World Championships (and Indianpolis, Richmond and LA on the way) ... but other than that we were just warming up and starting to train more players in our new city. ComedySportz Chorley by the end of the year was now officially, ComedySportz Manchester.
And don't worry... the photos get better quality soon... ;)

01/11/2026

What fun we had at Live at Victoria Hall today! Be sure to get down there in Glossop to see more fun stuff on the future bill!

31/10/2026

Busy day today with workshops at Salford (info on today's drop-in below) and shows in Glossop! Today's drop-in:

GIBBERISH TECHNIQUES and GIBBERISH GAMES with Bron Edge | 2-4PM | £10

This session looks at how to use our own made up language to clearly communicate emotions and meaning to other improvisers and the audience. We'll look at how we communicate on stage with ways to employ gibberish effectively in scenes and shortform games. Or to put it another way, flurbity gurble ekkitchy banan kafortora, chordle dora floop! Join us at The New Adelphi Building, University of Salford 2-4PM Saturday 31st October. Drop-in sessions cost just £10 - pay on the door or visit the Intermediate Workshops page on our website.

Address

Waterside Arts Centre
Sale

Website

http://www.comedysportz.co.uk/

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