Stewart Lee & The Short Story - February 2016 Dazzling The Gods - By Tom Vowler - February 3rd, 2016

Thanks muchly to the latest pledgers. Here’s a post on one of my favourite comedians and why he’s analogous to my favourite literary form. Last March I navigated Devon’s gloaming, bucolic lanes to watch comedy’s version of the short story: Stewart Lee. Why the facetious analogy? Perhaps because both enjoy a cult, minority status, one where…

Sociology lecture and urination jokes - February 2016 Cambs Times - By Kath Sansom - February 3rd, 2016

With all the allure of a teenage style temper tantrum Stewart Lee opens his Room With A Stew show at Cambridge Corn Exchange with the rant ‘Even the people who like me don’t know what they’re seeing,’ before launching into a routine of dry cynicism that teeters on the edge of inappropriate for almost two…

Cambridge Corn Exchange: review - February 2016 Cambridge News - By Tom Stocks - February 3rd, 2016

A Room With a Stew certainly isn’t a show for anyone who thinks that they themselves couldn’t spend an hour Googling “commonly mistaken song lyrics” and still come up with a better live show than Peter Kay has managed in the last two decades. You have to concentrate to keep up with Stewart Lee, and…

Stewart Lee at Bath’s Theatre Royal - January 2016 Bath Gazette - By Matty Airey - January 29th, 2016

STEWART Lee gigs remind me of visits to my cousins’ house when I was little. My cousins were unkempt country boys, who had out of control hair and socks that were falling off their feet. They were older and naughtier than me and my sister, and showed very little interest in us. But they did…

Brighton Dome, Wednesday, January 27 ★★★★ - January 2016 Brighton Argus - By Finn Scott-Delany - January 28th, 2016

You might think that after so many visits to Brighton, including three last year, Stewart Lee would be comfortable in the familiar right-on cocoon of Brighton. But the veteran stand-up derided the sold-out Dome from the moment he took the stage, mercilessly mocking the audience for “not knowing any things” and for being too stupid…

Stewart Lee at Nottingham Playhouse: Review - January 2016 Nottingham Post - By Nick Parkhouse - January 25th, 2016

It would be fair to say that comedian Stewart Lee divides opinion. Loved by many – including the residents of Nottingham where he was performing his third show in a matter of months – he’s also despised by critics and some fellow stand-ups alike, as he reminded us during the opening sequence of his new…