ultratickets.co.uk Reviews 

Exceptional event, everybody who thinks they might like to try this, absolutely should

I recently brought tickets for an ultra comedy night.
Had a great night out with friends.
What an amazing way to support charities.
Fun and friendly atmosphere, highly recommend

Absolutely recommend Ultra Events! We all had an amazing time. Really don’t understand why people complain about having to buy a ticket. We had to purchase tickets to see our family member perform which is absolutely worth it for the very small cost of a ticket we got to attend an amazing venue and watch a really good show. Our family member who was taking part in the ultra comedy had free training for the event, while raising money for a very important charity. You can always contact the Ultra Events team who are really helpful and prompt at getting back to you. Would 100% recommend.

Absolutely incredible night for ultra comedy.

So well thought through. It was unbearable heat and the acts came on gave it their all - we all got looked after by ultra really well. It was comparable to watching top name stand ups at a high priced ticket even. No huge queues, fraction of the cost and a great night from start to end. This hasn’t been my first ultra experience. I’ve been to boxing, MMA and hoping to go to many more events to watch more friends and family raising money for good causes. Well done ultra!

Bought tickets to go and watch a comedy show with Ultra in Manchester at The Grosvenor to support my mate attempt his hand at a bit of comedy. Heard nothing but good things about it it it!

Booked comedy tickets and the process was straightforward. Tickets were emailed over quickly, all details were clear, and everything worked perfectly on the night.

Grew if website, just t bought tickets for a comedy event ♥️

Not impressed asked for carer ticket as I have a nimbus accesss card. They said you pay half price and the carer has to stand. What is this even nia ans Nec offer free companion tickets. Shame on you disgusting

So far couldnt ask for anything nore awesome team very dedicated and well trained aswell as very knowledgable and skilled coaches who you can tell only want the best for everyone pleasure to be a part of iy

I did not sign up to your news letter, have a 1 star review on me, also have one each time you send me more unsolicited mail, lets see how low your score can go.

Scam company recently booked 2 tickets to a white collar boxing event but a few weeks before the event they changed date and venue probably because they hadn't sold enough tickets to make enough profit, I couldn't make that date so requested a refund but was simply told they don't do refunds so I had to go through my bank to get the money back, they make out they are helping charities but this company is just about making money, take my advice and steer well clear

The training provided is excellent but be wary of prices and pitfalls.
The training provided is excellent and you make some very good friends along the way and deserves 5 stars.
The venue used was good but very hot! Bar prices were pretty reasonable.
The big catch is if your don't sell enough tickets they will pull you from the gig. The ticket prices are very high and put off a large number of possible audience members. They would have sold twice as many tickets had they dropped the price even by £10.

Unfortunately our show was let down by a late act being added who had not attended training and went on to be an arrogant, misogynistic and body shaming act, If they had attended training they would have known this was not on. They also brought with them members of the audience whose behaviour was crude and off putting for the acts as well as upsetting to other audience members.

Those of us who fully engaged had a brilliant experience only let down by the prohibitive cost of tickets and the actions of the new cast member and their supporters.

The positive reviews are one liners which shows they are simply added by the company.

For the experience 5 Stars, for the company 1!!

The one star is for Ultra. Ultra who?
Oh, the ones who counted our ticket sales in a less than encouraging way. As I felt embarrassing to ask people to pay £27 for a show of nobodies only had a few training sessions. One was online as no venue booked, I bought the 10 tickets required myself. Didn't mind, as reasonable for the free course. Also, the charity fundraising was separate. I opened a cloud funding account for the charity I already support and paid the required £50 minimum. Happy to do. I gave my tickets away free to friends, too embarrassed asking for the ticket price. None came, as wanted to bring a couple of friends and difficult to buy tickets online. Or buy tickets on the door for someone want to come along last minute First time ever encountered that, unless event sold out.
Don't think anyone met someone from Ultra. Maybe best they didn't turn up at the big event.
Anyway, I will never regret signing up and ended up being a weird and wonderful troupe of comedians and also fab professionals went above and beyond to get that clowder of cats to ducks in a row. Along with others in the group sorted out venues for our training, the equipment. Even for the final show. And ofc filming the show.
Against all odds, the show was not too shoddy. Apparently excellent. The rouge troupe of weird and wonderful are on to new adventures now.
To be honest, dont think Ultra is a very serious company, and doubt anyone there have much experience I promoting and organising events. Or just could not be bothered.

Terrible organisation only focus is making money.

The most unorganised business I have ever known.
Our group of comedians sourced our practice venue and equipment. Our admin/leader seemed heartless. No encouragement along the way, just cold texts telling us we haven't sold enough tickets. This is a terrible business model, which will not last long. Why would we strive to sell tickets knowing that not selling enough tickets could mean our loved ones could not get to see us and would not get a refund. One online meeting was all we had to meet Ultra 'organisers' they left all the hard graft to the comedian leader and the group. Im not sure any of the Ultra people even bothered to show up at the final event. If they were there they were hiding as they did not introduce themselves to anyone. This was a case of neglectful and unethical practice and one for the Ombudsman.

Ultra Comedy -Birmingham.
I believe this entire event is a rip-off. I attended to support a friend and paid £27 for my ticket. My friend was required to sell ten non-refundable tickets at £27 each in order to be allowed to perform. If she had sold fewer than ten, she would not have been permitted to go on stage — meaning those who bought tickets specifically to support her would have paid for a show she was not even in, with no option for a refund. Fortunately, she managed to sell the full quota.

The event was marketed as raising money for charity. We were under the impression that a portion of the ticket sales would go to the performer’s chosen charity. This turned out not to be the case at all. Performers are expected to set up their own GoFundMe pages, and only the money raised through that route goes to charity. There was a clear lack of transparency on the company’s part.

Several of us paid the extortionate price simply to support our friend. For context, I have paid less to see professional comedians like Jimmy Carr perform for two hours. Here, I paid £27 to see five minutes of amateur stand-up.

The venue itself was disappointing. No food was available, which was frustrating enough — but what truly angered me was having my snacks and drink confiscated at the door. As someone with diabetes, this was completely unacceptable and posed a genuine health risk.

The stage setup was also poorly thought out. Lighting was inadequate — when comedians moved to certain parts of the stage, they were barely visible. The microphone was fixed too high and many performers were not tall enough to reach it. Due to the rushed schedule, they were not given time to adjust it, and those who did not remove it from the stand visibly struggled.

As for the compère — what can I say, except: was he deaf? He yelled down the microphone throughout the event. It was unpleasant and entirely unnecessary — does he not understand what a microphone is for?

I will not be attending another of these events and strongly advise anyone considering working with this company to think again. If you want to try stand-up, go to a local open mic night instead — you will get a much better experience, for free.

I signed up for this and was a bit sceptical. You have to sell 10 tickets at £25 each. If you only sell a few you wise kicked off the course and your friends will not be given a refund. Luckily I managed to get on and do a set. The training was undertaken by John Scott who was fantastic and was hired by Ultra. From over 50 people signing up from the start we were reduced to 20. On the night and throughout the course, and at the event, we had absolutely no face to face contact with any of the organisers. Ticket holders were sent information that there would be two events and they would be told which one they would be attending to see their friend. However, when they decided to change to one event, no one was informed so they turned up late and missed their friend performing. I was one of the lucky ones in that I had sold enough tickets. I did have an amazing experience and got some fantastic feedback. However we
did our sets on the understanding from ultra that we would be recorded. That was totally cocked up because ultra just sent a GoPro and expected the venue to set it up and there was no SD card in it. All attempts at contacting Ultra have been met with total silence. Be warned.

Bit of a shitty thing if they cancel the person you paid to see and they don’t allow a refund.
Avoid.
Got some useless tickets and wasted my money.
Let’s shut them down.

It's a real shame, but I had a gut feeling from the start that this was a scam.

I think a lot of us doing the course got booted out for not selling enough tickets by week 4. Have to sell 10x tickets for £25 each!! No refund on the ones sold.
I think a lot of people may be realising that the comedians, the art and the charity's are playing second fiddle to ultra getting the money off us.
£250 per person minimum is a big ask for 10 of my friend/family. Plus the charity donation.
It seems the comedy training isn't free as advertised in fact it's £250.

On top of this there has been no face to face contact from any representative from ultra on any of our sessions!!
The only contact I have had is texts demands for money, not offering support, help or advice on how to sell tickets.
And how come ultra doesn't sell tickets on our behalf?
Because of course it's all for charity. Yeah right. Ultra is about the owner making money. Which is absolutely fine we all need to make money but don’t disguise it as a charity thing, let’s hope Jon Leonard can afford another Porsche for his collection (check out his insta page)

It's such a shame because the course has a lot of potential, great crowd of people and the comic tutors were great, if not throw in the deep end a bit.
But we haven't had any support along the way for Jon Leonard or any of his employees at ultra.
Just a hand out for the £250. Shame. This could certainly be something to cross off your bucket list, but it’s not gona be the 1st step into comedy as a career. Better off with a few open mic nights.