Chorlton Comedy Club
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Chorlton Comedy Club in March 2026 with Steve Gribbin (‘A highly refreshing and original comic. Hilarious!’ The Scotsman), Bethany Black ( “A great comedy mind” British Comedy Guide), Creatures Comedian Of The Year 2025 Charlie Ashton and your compere, Ben van der Velde (“The perfect comedy club host” Huffington Post) all at Hough End Centre, Chorlton, Manchester. Scroll down for details on the comedians.
Please arrive in plenty of time. The bar temporarily closes at 8.30pm until the first interval. Doors open at 7.30pm Acts subject to change. 18+ Fully seated. We want all our guests to have a great night so please respect those around you by turning off your phone and not talking whilst the show is in progress. Sorry but we can only refund or reallocate in event of the show being cancelled . Thanks!
Steve Gribbin first took to the stage at the tender age of 13. He was cruelly beaten into third place by a ventriloquist and a Donny Osmond impersonator. By his late teens, Steve was fifty per cent of comedy duo Skint Video just as something called ‘alternative comedy’ was beginning to infuriate the tabloids..
All good things come to an end and Skint Video was no different. Steve got custody of the guitar and metamorphosised into the comedy circuit’s most prolific and productive performer.
‘A highly refreshing and original comic. Hilarious!’ The Scotsman
‘Pulls it off with real aplomb.’ The Independent
Well, where do we start when it comes to Bethany Black? We could tell you that Chorley’s funniest daughter is Britain’s only goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian but that was fully covered in her debut show – ‘Beth Becomes Her’.
As well as making people laugh a lot, Beth was spotted by Russell T Davis and played ‘Helen’ in Channel 4 series’ Cucumber, Banana and Tofu. This is all well and good but just how funny is she? Oh, don’t worry about that as the answer is ‘very’. Awards include winning the 2020 Joe Comedy Award and Bethany is British Comedy Guide recommended.
“Laughing at every other word” ★★★★★ LGBT Arts Review
“A great comedy mind” British Comedy Guide
Ben Van der Velde has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of the British Isles, as well as Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Norway.
A regular at The Comedy Store, Komedia and The Glee, Ben also hosts festival stages for Bestival, Festival No.6, End of the Road and Sunday Papers Live and doing audience warm-up for Deal Or No Deal.
Ben has also performed a voodoo re-marriage ceremony(!), founded the Church of the Holy Kazoo with comedy legend Mark Thomas, walked the entire London Underground network to raise money for The Refugee Council, hosted a comedy tour of the FIFA Museum in Zurich and even took part in experiments at The Royal Society that revealed him to have the most infectious laugh of any human, rat or monkey.
“The perfect comedy club host – he is a master of audience interaction. The audience weren’t just warmed up, but pretty hysterical even before the first act of the night hit the stage.” Huffington Post
“Wonderfully improvised riffs showcasing his impressive spontaneity and sharp tongue*.*” Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
“On flights of fancy, he pushes ideas to extremes and displays a crackling, spontaneous energy in which we’re swept up.” Fest
Chorlton Comedy Club in March 2026 comes complete with Charlie Ashton Chorlton Comedy Club is booked, marketed and produced by Comedy In A Van