THE LOWRY'S COMEDY FESTIVAL Mark Little Wednesday October 10 Tickets £14.50. Al Murray Tuesday October 30 Tickets £14.50. Rhona Cameron Wednesday October 31. Tickets £10. Box Office 0161 876 2000.

ALBERT HALLS, Bolton. Ring 334400.

QUAYS THEATRE, The Lowry, Salford Quays. Ring 0161 876 2000.

THE MET, Market Street, Bury. Ring 0161 761 2216.

KING GEORGES HALL, Blackburn. Ring 01254 582582.

BLUE CAT CAFE, Shaw Rd, Heaton Moor, Stockport, 0161 432 2117.

FROG AND BUCKET, Oldham St, Manchester. 0161 236 9805.

QUAY BAR, Deansgate Quay, Bridgewater Viaduct, Mcr. Ring 0161 839 8803.

ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, St Ann's Square, Manchester, 0161 833 9833.

BUXTON OPERA house, Water Street, Buxton. Ring 01298 721190.

DARWEN LIBRARY THEATRE. 01254 706006.

THE BUZZ, Nell Lane, Chorlton, Mcr. Ring 0161 440 8662.

CONTACT THEATRE, Oxford Road, Mcr. First Wed of each month. The Giggle Factory with Owen Rankin. 8pm. Adm £5 & £3.50 conc. Ring 0161 274 0600.

THE COMEDY CLUB, Royton Assembly Hall, Market Place, Royton, Oldham. Ring 0161 911 4072.

PRESTON GUILD HALL & CHARTER THEATRE, Lancaster Road, Preston. Ring 01772 258858.

THE COMEDY STORE, Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street, Manchester. 'King Gong hosted by Toby Foster, Sunday October 7. Tickets £3-£5. Men At Work with Toby Foster, Anvil Springstein, Justin Moorhouse, Gavin Webster, and Mick Ferry, Wednesday October 10. The Comedy Store Players - Jim Sweeney, Richard Vranch, Andy Smart, Lee Simpson and Niall Ashdown, Thursday October 11. Ring 0161 839 9595.

LYRIC THEATRE, The Lowry, Salford. Ring 0161 876 2000.

BURNLEY MECHANICS, Manchester Road, Burnley. Ring 01282 664400.