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New live DVD, If You Prefer A Milder Comedian, out October. Click here for info

Tickets are now on sale for Edinburgh, National and London dates of my news live show, Vegetable Stew, (see below). The Edinburgh dates are billed as try-outs.

Silver Stewbilee is me plus special special secret guests at The Edinburgh Playhouse on August 18th and is nearly sold out (see below).

VEGETABLE STEW at 5.15 at The Stand, 6th – 30th Aug, (not 16th and 18th) w previews 6.30 4th Aug, 4.20 5th Aug. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE - £10.

I am martially obliged to recommend my wife Bridget Christie’s excellent new show, Bridget Christie A Ant, at The Stand.

Bridget Christie used to dress up as Charles II, talk about the English Civil War and pretend to be The Great Plague.
But this had no commercial value, so she gave up on that pointless nonsense.
This year she’s talking about cat-litter, priests, rude mothers and ghosts.

Bridget is supported by the first ever and so far the finest Ant comedian on the circuit, A Ant (Winner Nivea Funny Ant Competition 1993).

The Stand, Edinburgh: 4.15pm 6-29th August 2010 (except 16th) Book via The Stand or EdFringe.

Here are 5 other unasked for Edinburgh tips.
Daniel Kitson (Theatre, Traverse),
Hans Teeuwen (Comedy, Pleasance),
Derevo – Harlekin (Theatre, Pleasance),
Dick Gaughan (Folk, AMC),
Nick Pynn (music, Assembly)

AUTUMN DATES OF VEGETABLE STEW

6 WED, SHEFFIELD, City Hall 0114 2 789 789 www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk
7 THURS, HARROGATE, Theatre 01423 502 116 www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk
8 FRI, READING, The Hexagon www.readingarts.com
9 SAT, CARDIFF, St David’s Hall 029 2087 8444 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
10 SUN, WOKING, New Victoria Theatre www.ambassadortickets.com
11 MON, DERBY, Assembly Rooms 01332 255800 www.derbylive.co.uk
13 WED, WORCESTER, Huntingdon Hall 01905 611427 www.ticketweb.co.uk
14 THURS, WOLVERHAMPTON, Wulfrun Hall 0870 320 7000 www.wolvescivic.co.uk
15 FRI, NEWCASTLE, The Journal Tyne Theatre 0844 493 999 www.thejournaltynetheatre.co.uk
16 SAT, BIRMINGHAM, Town Hall 0121 780 3333 www.thsh.co.uk
17 SUN, LEICESTER, Curve 0116 242 3595 www.curveonline.co.uk
18 MON, Daryl Martyn’s new Nottingham club
19 TUES, BRIGHTON, Dome www.brightondome.org
20 WED, OXFORD, The Regal 01865 241261 www.oxfordcomedytickets.co.uk
21 THURS, GLASGOW, King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648 www.ambassadortickets.com/glasgow
22 FRI, WARWICK, Arts Centre 024 7652 4524 www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
23 SAT, SALFORD, The Lowry www.thelowry.com
24 SUN, PLYMOUTH,Theatre Royal 01752 267222 www.theatreroyal.com

STEWART LEE'S SILVER STEWBILEE
Wed 18 August 8.00pm TICKETS £17.50 FESTIVAL THEATRE Suitable for 16+

To celebrate 23 years on the Edinburgh fringes and to mark the publication of his new, snappily-entitled book, How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-up Comedian, the acclaimed writer and comedian Stewart Lee intersperses the best of his old and new material with some very special guests. Stewart Lee will be signing copies of How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-up Comedian (published by Faber and Faber) after the show. To book tickets, click here.