Michael McIntyre
Michael McIntyre
Posted: 26 Nov 2009
Michael McIntyre, Metro Radio Arena
Michael McIntyre packed out the arena on both dates of his Newcastle stint as part of his countrywide tour and boy he did not disappoint.
His attempts at Geordie were made all the more funny as he addressed the audience with his posh slant on it. Referring to Gateshead as Gates Head, he had the audience eating out of his hand.
After I had been watching him for many weeks on TV’s Live at the Apollo I did half expect to hear some of the jokes repeated, however I needn’t have worried as he entertained us all with fresh material, much of which was at the expense of his two boys.
With no support act and only a half hour interval McIntyre was on stage for two hours in total and apart from occasionally slipping into Matt Lucas’s Marjorie Dawes character (he sounded exactly the same), was funny throughout.
The Arena is a hard place to fill on one night, but McIntyre had no problems at all filling two. The Box Office manager actually told me that she thinks that if he had put a third date on, that would have gone too! Looking at the audience last night, I am inclined to agree.
McIntyre had me and my 18-year-old son in stitches throughout and I for one will be reserving my tickets for his next gig in Newcastle.....oh and I will be adding his new DVD to my letter to Santa this year!
Jackie Marston
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