Micky Flanagan is hilarious on night out, out
As is often the case, overnight success has been a long time coming for fortysomething Cockney comic Micky Flanagan.
Micky Flanagan
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
As is often the case, overnight success has been a long time coming for fortysomething Cockney comic Micky Flanagan.
Fifteen years after starting his comedy career, appearances on Michael McIntyre's BBC1 show have finally brought him the recognition he deserves.
Like a southern Peter Kay, but with a more adult edge, Flanagan scurried across the stage with his loveable geezer persona regaling a fairly full Civic with tales of nights in, out and 'out, out' that had the crowd in stitches.
From his mum's smoking habits ('the kitchen was like the set of Backdraft') to why school standards dropped after teachers were stopped from kneeing pupils in the corridor, Flanagan was hilarious.
A nostalgic theory on the real cause of teenage pregnancies can't be printed here but had tears rolling down faces, as did a side-splitting anecdote about the perils and protocol of peeping from behind curtains.
A 90-minute laughter-fest ended with a favourite tale about ketchup in a posh restaurant and if there's a funnier act in the country right now, I've yet to see it.
Expect a hit Christmas DVD and a bigger venue next time he's out, out.
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