Comedy writer Armando Iannucci decodes the utterly baffling world of political language. This week, Helen Lewis is away, so comedian and writer Stewart Lee joins Armando to look at Robert Jenrick’s flashy video in which he takes aim at ‘weird Turkish barber shops’, among other things. They discuss how the way politicians, entertainers and journalists…
1. A LIVERPUDLIAN WRITES A Liverpudlian comedy fan e-mailed to say; “Really shitty move, after seeing the show in Liverpool, to sell me a blank dvd, real fucking scummy actually, 3rd time seeing Stewart lee, won’t bother again, I would have just gave you a tenner if you needed it that badly, but selling people…
Once described as the ‘comedian’s comedian’ Stewart Lee has been performing stand up since 1988. https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe He is known for pushing boundaries with his intelligent, self-referential and often provocative style of comedy but in his new show ‘Stewart Lee vs the Man Wulf’ he questions his place on the comedy circuit in an era of…
1. SAVE THE MOTH CLUB, HACKNEY, LONDON What with this and The Observer, why can’t we ever have nice things? Predictably this superb grass roots music and comedy venue, with real atmosphere and fantastic sound and sightlines where we shot much of King Rocker, is at risk of closure due to a dodgy housing development.…