"You know a relationship is going well when the casual c**ting starts"
Regent Theatre: 5th April 2011
Micky Flanagan: Tipped by almost everyone going as the next big thing, Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee, used to pack fish... apparently. Micky Flanagan's Out, Out Tour hit Stoke-on-Trent in early April and I was lucky enough to get a last minute ticket. Not knowing much about who I was going to see, I didn't go with much hope. Yes, he was good at the Comedy Store on television but when you go to see a comedian who isn't extremely well known you just sort of hope they don't die on their arse.
He didn't. In all honesty, we all nearly died laughing. Not just having a chuckle, it was the kind of laughter where you wonder if you'll be able to breathe in before you pass away. Moving from his cockney upbringing where Alphabetti Spaghetti is a treat and the local paedophile is considered harmless, to gaining an education and living in a nice area where he encounters the awkward fourth hello (that horrible moment where you walk past someone you kind of know in the street... again... and again...).
Micky Flanagan is just a delight to go and listen to for a couple of hours. His support - who said his name at least three times but not once did I understand what he said - absolutely deserved to be there, and has a most interesting section on his Uncle Rasputin.
I urge you to go and see Micky Flanagan before he's so popular that tickets are like gold dust - he's on tour until the beginning of June and venues are selling out (so hurry up). At least visit the Micky Flanagan website, watch some clips and then master than cockney walk.
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