Abi O'Keiffe
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Micky Flanagan, Wembley Arena - comedy review
Nothing revolutionary, simply mainstream humour at its best, the comedic equivalent of Flanagan's favourite radio station, Magic FM. Call it Magic MF.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 4th October 2013Micky Flanagan proves that stand-ups come in all shapes
Flanagan, like John Bishop, has shown that not all comics are young males in skinny jeans.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 25th September 2013Back in the game: Micky Flanagan interview
Micky Flanagan, the Kierkegaard-quoting Cockney comic, is returning with a new stand-up tour. The one-time Billingsgate porter tells Andrew Pettie why success was worth waiting for.
Andrew Pettie, The Telegraph, 24th September 2013Frank Skinner & Micky Flanagan finally get decent show
It really shouldn't work but, as GQ discovered when we were granted a sneak peek of the first episode, the considerable charisma of the three hosts carries a distinctly dubious premise. Here is what we loved about it...
GQ, 24th July 2013Review - Micky Flanagan, Back in the Game
Micky Flanagan had a few good lines, not least in revealing his teenage fantasy of sex with the female assistant in the baker's shop, but it was bland stuff. If comedy really is rock n roll then this was an evening of muzak.
London Is Funny, 4th June 2013Review: Micky Flanagan - Back in the Game
Those expecting the 'hits' from the Out Out tour, the show which rocketed Micky Flanagan to his superstar status, will be disappointed - there's not even a nod to them here. But by the time Back in the Game wraps up in a neat callback to the show's title, the audience has forgotten those old routines ever existed. Bosh, job done.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 30th May 2013Review - Micky Flanagan: Back In The Game
It's on the eternal subject of the co-existence of men and women that Micky Flanagan has most to say. It risks sliding into cliche, but just about avoids it simply by dint of the situations he describes seeming so familiar to anyone in a relationship.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st March 2013Micky Flanagan, Reading Hexagon, review
Micky Flanagan's verbal panache and sauntering stage presence remain intact, says Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 16th February 2013Harry Hill: I was hoping Micky Flanagan would take over
Harry Hill, talking about TV Burp, says: "I do miss watching it, and I was hoping that someone else would take over. I was talking to Micky Flanagan, and I was hoping he would do it. It's a lot of work, though. I'm the only mug that would do it."
Heat Magazine, 14th February 2013Comedy gold: Micky Flanagan's The 'Out Out' Tour
A cockney lad who now drinks Zinfandel and admires the Montessori way, Micky Flanagan satirises both sides of the class divide.
Leo Benedictus, The Guardian, 1st November 2012