Alun Cochrane
Comedian
Stand Up Superstar
The Real Variety Show discovery has become one of the biggest-selling comedy turns of all time. The 'Monarch of Middle England' has hosted the long-running Roadshow, judged BGT and filled arenas with Happy & Glorious. In cabaret Michael pokes fun at his cheese-obsessed offspring, and the joys of Dragons' Den
Michael McIntyre is arguably one of the biggest stars of British comedy currently performing. Host of his own Comedy Roadshow and his own chat show, holder of the UK record for fastest-selling arena tour, and even a Britain’s Got Talent judge.
From hosting the Royal Variety Show to a swath of panel show and guest appearances, Michael is one of the most familiar comedians on television. His lightning-fast recall and ability to read an audience has been likened to the late Bob Monkhouse, whilst his boundless energy and knack of highlighting the absurdities of life has made him a popular prime-time TV regular.
Michael’s list of credits includes Have I Got News For You, The Apprentice - You’re Fired, Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and 8 Out of 10 Cats.
To date, he has sold over three million tickets including sold-out arena shows all over the world. He currently holds a record after selling out London’s The O2 twenty-eight times, beating One Direction, Prince and Take That. He remains the highest selling comedian ever on the continents of Australasia and Africa.
In addition to stand-up, Michael presents Michael McIntyre’s Big Show on BBC One. The show has over seven million viewers and won Michael a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance. He also invented a gameshow The Wheel, which spun onto our screens, and has been nominated for both BAFTA and National Television Awards. He will be hosting a US version of it for NBC.
‘Michael sits with the best – extremely funny, very respectful and incredibly well informed!’
He was absolutely wonderful, everyone raved about him. Took the piss out of a sponsor who loved it. He was incredibly funny
Everyone loved him, he handled awards well, kept it going without too many lulls, got applause for people coming on stage. Not too much chatter in the audience. 2 negative things – he hadn't paid any attention to the script. Off stage so quickly it was unbelievable – didn't give us a chance to say 'thanks'.
Michael hosted our first water industry awards three years ago and helped us put them on the map. He's a nice guy who really listened to our brief, and then made hay with it. He really did make it a night to remember – we still recount some of the jokes.
Michael is a true professional. A totally over the top experience and one not to be missed. He is incredibly funny and really did give that extra something to the awards that not many presenters can.
Michael is a great talent and clearly destined for celebrity stardom. We have used him for a number of awards ceremonies and at each he has delivered- his comedy routine pre- awards presentation is wonderful and the audience has always found him very warm and amusing. He differs from other presenters of awards in that he injects humour thorughout the presentation rather than simply giving a routine beforehand and then moving into straight presentation delivery which works very well. However, our concern now after working with him for a while is that he might be becoming rather ' big for his boots' and therefore he seems less inclined to rehearse, prepare and concentrate on the individual events. We hope he will not take corporate business events for granted- he needs to maintain the same high level of commitment to each event that he showed when he was less well known. If he can offer this commitment then he will deserve a '5 hand' rating- it is only this concern that has lowered the score.
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