Review: Stewart Lee, A Room With A Stew – Norwich Theatre Royal - February 2015 Diss Express - By Luke Page - February 2nd, 2015

Norwich Theatre Royal – Sunday February 1 From the outset stand-up comic Stewart Lee seemed to delight in seeking to sabotage his own routine. He opened with an unenthusiastic run-down of what topics he would cover and roughly how long they take. An encore was optional. This forms part of a main Lee device –…

Farts and UKIP - February 2015 The Demon - Leicester - February 1st, 2015

Stewart Lee is a stand-up comedian known for his anti-populist, deconstructive approach to stand-up, his nonchalant delivery and his undulating repetition. He is also an author, director and columnist.  He has a BBC Two stand-up series called Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. Stewart Lee loves Leicester. He says that, as a child, he ‘used to look…

Stewart Lee: “No one is equipped to review me” - January 2015 Illegitimate Theatre - By Angharad Overton - January 24th, 2015

How right he is. Stewart Lee doesn’t need critics. He needs help. But the show’s producers omitted two key words from the show’s title – Trapped In. It appears unsuspecting audiences will be Trapped In A Room With A Stew over the next few months. And Stewart Lee has lost it. Clearly in the throes…

Stewart Lee, Leicester Square Theatre, review: Comedian covers exhaustive routine from Islamaphobia to urine ★★★★ - November 2014 The Independent - By Alice Jones - November 24th, 2014

This is, says Stewart Lee, a show of two halves. The first will be about Islamophobia; the second “exclusively about urine.” And to his dubious credit, the comedian keeps to his word. A Room with a Stew is another of Lee’s sort-of gigs – he is preparing for a new tour and a fourth series…

Stewart Lee at Leicester Square Theatre, WC2 ★★★★ - November 2014 The Times - By Alex Hardy - November 17th, 2014

It’s a set list you could hardly predict. First, there’ll be a section of Islamophobic comedy. Then, says Stewart Lee, “I’m going to talk exhaustively about urine for half an hour”. Of course. A Room with a Stew is labelled as work in progress, each block of material building towards an episode for the next…

Tricksy gags about liberals, rightwingers and ‘the Islams’ ★★★★ - November 2014 The Guardian - By Brian Logan - November 14th, 2014

The standup’s two-part set is, as ever, a rarefied viewing experience. You can take nothing at face value as he plays cat and mouse with the audience Stewart Lee recently defended comedy against the Nigel Farage charge that it’s in hock to left-liberal values. Now he’s out to disprove (not for the first time) the…