Comedy superstars and Fringe smashers are preparing to take on Manchester's Castlefield Bowl this week for five days of live comedy. Laughterama - a brand new comedy festival - will feature some of the biggest names in comedy as well as some of the city's best food and drink operators.
The open-air comedy festival will feature stars including James Acaster, The Last Leg's Rosie Jones and British Comedy Award winner Aisling Bea, performing alongside many of the acts that delighted critics at Edinburgh Fringe including Amy Gledhill, Tim Key and Lou Saunders.
The festival has been launched by the team behind a series of successful comedy festivals running annually across London and the south of England. Each show will present of compilation of the biggest names in stand-up comedy alongside emerging talent, plus some standout food and drink courtesy of Manchester's very street food traders.
