Manchester comedy of the week ft Edy Hurst, Ben Pope and Comedy in Common

Manchester’s most inclusive comedy night returns to Gullivers for a great way to kick start your week. Blizzard prides itself as ‘comedy for the malcontent left’ and this month they’re spoiled with a headline turn from Yorkshire bombshell Edy Hurst, as well as appearances from Sheffield comics Tom King and Ava Liversidge. Local flavour comes courtesy of Khalid Winter and regular MC Jonny Collins. No better way to chase away those Monday storm clouds than with a good old Blizzard.

XS Malarkey keeps the Edinburgh Fringe vibes going with a full hour long show from Ben Pope this Tuesday. As well as full support from the likes of Faizan Shah and Hannah Rudd, plus the ineffable Toby Hadoke on hosting duties, Pope presents his latest work ‘Holy Cow’. A show about The Big Stuff: God, death, love, the galaxy and, most of all, chocolate. As seen on Comedy Central and Dave, Pope has just turned 30 and has some big questions to go with that milestone. Thankfully, he has even bigger laughs to match.

A disabled led dark comedy breaks new ground in Common Bar this Sunday, both in that it looks to challenge the stereotypes around disability by putting performers who are differently abled at the centre and that it’s taken place in the non more straight faced venue of Common. Hosts ‘Wheels and The Legman’ (presumably not from American Dad) introduce a terrific bill of comics including Ben Silver, Rheanon Lee, Paul Campbell and Jordan Ducharme.