Micky Flanagan The Complete Live Collection (2017) [DVD]

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Flanagan has been doing small work-in-progress shows at various locations, such as the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, Kent, which set a venue record for selling the 800 available seats in under three minutes. He also performed in London at the Soho Theatre and the Leicester Square Theatre. The Evening Standard described it as 'Comedy Par Excellence' and The Guardian stated 'he's the country's most popular comic and, by some measure, its most popular entertainer full stop'. Flanagan resumed education at the age of 25, beginning with a GCSE in English [8] and going on to a foundation course in Arts and Social Sciences and a degree at City University, which he began aged 29. [6] [7] While the full tour list for 2023 is not yet available, here is where he has performed in previous UK and Ireland tours:

On Thursday 13 April, the Whitechapel native will headline the OVO Hydro in Glasgow before heading to The O2 in London for three consecutive shows on Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 May. See a full list of tour dates and venues below.

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Flanagan retains a London base in East Dulwich but lives primarily in the Hampshire countryside. [29] [30] Stand-up DVDs [ edit ] Title Flanagan went on to train as a teacher by taking the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, [ when?] [9] but decided not to pursue teaching as a career, later describing the experience as "the unhappiest year of my life ... everything that was wrong about the school system when I was young was still the same". [6] Comedy career [ edit ]

In 2001 he performed in the Big Value Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Fringe as one of four headline acts, [11] and in 2003 co-headlined a show with Nina Conti. [12]In 2011 Flanagan signed a deal with Ebury Publishing to write his autobiography. [26] He appeared in a celebrity version of The Chase, hosted by Bradley Walsh. Through his father, he got his first job as a fish porter at Billingsgate Fish Market. [4] The work was well-paid, but Flanagan became disengaged with the job. [4] In 1981, he spent the summer on Fire Island, New York, where he worked as a kitchen porter. [4] Flanagan was born in Whitechapel, East London, [ citation needed] and grew up in Bethnal Green. [3] His father, Jim Flanagan, who worked as a welder and latterly as a fish porter, came from County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. [4] His father was involved in petty crime, and served a short prison sentence as a result. [4] The Mad Bad Ad Show, coming soon to Channel 4" (Press release). Channel 4 Press. 14 July 2011 . Retrieved 25 February 2012.

He performed his first full-length solo show, What Chance Change? in 2006, [6] and in 2007 was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. [13] He toured Great Britain with The Out Out Tour in 2010/2011. [14] [15] A Live Nation Presale is also happening at 10am on February 24. You'll need to create and register an account in advance to take advantage of the presale.

Micky Flanagan UK and Ireland tour dates - full list

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