Lyric Theatre, Lowry complex - February 2015 The Mancunion - By Tom Learmouth - February 16th, 2015

Self-billed ‘90s comedian’ and ‘41st best stand up ever’– Stewart Lee – returned to Salford’s Lyric Theatre on Saturday afternoon with A Room with a Stew. His distant, arrogant, passive-aggressive onstage persona culminated in him declaring to the audience, “no one is equipped to review me”. This is because no one can fully understand the…

Jazz Comedian - February 2015 AndrewHickey.info - By Andrew Hickey - February 15th, 2015

They say you sit in seat D4 of the Lyric Theatre in the Lowry Centre listening to a performance of My Favorite Things at a comedy show twice in your career… The first time was a month ago, when I and eight friends (yes, I do have eight friends; admittedly one of them was my…

Review: Stewart Lee @ The Lowry Theatre, Salford - February 2015 Manchester Evening News - By Gareth Tidman - February 14th, 2015

You must know the Stewart Lee story by now. It’s the tale of the high brow comedian who broke through in the 1990’s only to find himself pushed to the margins as stand up went primetime. But Lee became the comeback kid who eventually landed his own BBC series after honing his stand up talents…

Stewart Lee: A Room With A Stew – The Lowry, Salford - February 2015 The Public Reviews - By Luke Walker - February 13th, 2015

“Trust me – you can laugh at this joke. I’ve worked it all out,” stalwart comedian Stewart Lee informs us mid way through his new show, A Room With A Stew. Of course, he is right. Stewart Lee’s punishing touring schedule (pretty much a whole year with this show – Edinburgh excepted) arrives at the…

The Manchester Review Stewart Lee, The Lowry - February 2015 The Manchester Review - By Peter Wild - February 13th, 2015

John Coltrane performing ‘My favourite things’ (his take on The Sound of Music classic), is not one of my favourite things. John Coltrane performing the full 13 minute and 47 second version of ‘My favourite things’ is very definitely not one of my favourite things. John Coltrane’s 13 minute 47 second version of ‘My favourite…

Review: Stewart Lee road tests new material at Warwick Arts Centre ★★★ - February 2015 Coventry Telegraph - By Steve Adams - February 9th, 2015

During the encore (though he never left the stage) of Stewart Lee’s latest show, he suggested the convoluted nature of his performances make him “impossible to review”, and I’m tempted to agree – or at least admit it seems unfair to do so while he road tests material for his next TV series. The current…