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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Alexandra Topping

‘It’s not happy-clappy’: the extraordinary story of Speedo Mick

Michael Cullen at the Royal Court theatre.
Michael Cullen at the Royal Court theatre. Photograph: Mark Waugh/The Guardian

When the lights went down on the final scene of Speedo Mick – the Musical, Michael Cullen had tears streaming down his face. He wasn’t the only one.

On the face of it, the show about his life, which opened at Liverpool’s Royal Court theatre this week and runs until July, is a knockabout romp about a local character known for raising money for charity by strutting his stuff in a pair of bright blue budgie-smugglers.

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