41st Best Standup Ever ★★★ - August 2007 Phill G's Blog - August 3rd, 2007

Stewart Lee is a great stand up. He is meticulous in his wording and delivery and the control he exerts on his audience is almost unrivalled. His work leaves a lasting impression in your mind, not least of all thanks to his use of repetition. As always some other ‘comics’ get slaughter with the stunning…

41st Best Standup Ever ★★★★ - August 2007 National Student Magazine - By Ian Phillips - August 1st, 2007

Stewart Lee is getting old. He’s never been a particularly lively fellow or offered up much of a cheery persona, but these days his style is even further absorbed by a sense of weariness and disappointment. Perhaps its fatherhood that’s done this, although more than anything else that seems to bring him contentment. It’s difficult…

41st Best Standup Ever ★★★ - August 2007 The British Theatre Guide - By Philip Fisher - August 1st, 2007

You are dying to know – who are the top 40 comedians in the history of the world. Stewart Lee lets slip that Lenny Bruce is below him and Bernard Manning above but is there anyone pre-1950 or did we not have jokes before then? Lee believes in biting off the hand that feeds him…

STEWART LEE – BIG ISSUE FRINGE DIARY #1 - August 2007 Big Issue - By Stewart Lee - August 1st, 2007

Another year, another Edinburgh Fringe. I am on my 21st, and for me the Fringe used to be a fun place, where my own brand of pretentious, experimental stand-up enjoyed no end of effusive reviews, if little or no financial reward. But this year I really need Edinburgh to work out for me in a…

41st Best Standup Ever - August 2007 Silent Words Speak Loudest - August 1st, 2007

You probably wouldn’t guess it from his mastery of the material and the fluency and control of his delivery, but Stewart Lee is also road-testing a new show for Edinburgh. In 2004, after a few years away, he turned up to the festival with ‘Stand-Up Comedian’ – and, as the choice of title might suggest,…

41st Best Standup Ever! - July 2007 The Metro, Edinburgh - By David Baldwin - July 30th, 2007