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Stewart Lee – Preston Guild Hall - April 2008 LANCASHIRE EVENING POST - By Judith Dornan - April 15th, 2008
Stewart Lee is a very clever but very disappointed man. He rails bitterly against the world, against the reviewers that have gone from describing him as a “crumpled Morrissey” to a “squashed Albert Finney”, “against the parents who “think it’s a big joke” that he’s a comedian, against the invisible forces that make his life…
41st Best Standup Ever! - March 2008 NG Magazine - March 22nd, 2008
A bustle of anticipation breathes through the play house as we wait for Stuart Lee’s arrival. It’s one of those rare occasions where anyone who has seen and enjoyed his show before knows full well they won’t be disappointed. Originality and invective are a guarantee. However, this seems to be a fact little appreciated, demonstrated…
REVIEW: STEWART LEE, NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE - March 2008 This Is Nottingham - By JOEL WAINWRIGHT - March 1st, 2008
HE feels like a failure. Having been voted the 41st best stand-up comedian ever in one of those ridiculous Channel 4 countdown shows, he’d be forgiven for assuming his place in the hearts and minds of the British public was assured. But as he tells us, after 20 years of sciatica inducing touring, and a…
Stewart Lee: The Laughter Lounge - February 2008 Graveyard Shift Blog - By Shane - February 27th, 2008
41st Best Standup Ever ★★★★ - February 2008 What's On Stage Manchester - By Glenn Meads - February 25th, 2008
Here at WOS Manchester, we rarely get the chance to review comedy but Stewart Lee has the perfect theatrical connection – he co-wrote the ground breaking Jerry Springer – The Opera. But what of his comedy act? Surely once you have seen one stand up comedian honing their material so that it relates to the…