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Carpet Remnant World. Assembly Rooms ★★★★ - August 2012 The Arts Journal - By Anna Millar - August 16th, 2012
Watching Stewart Lee perform is akin to observing a sea squirt settling on a rock and attempting to eat itself. One of the scene’s smartest talents, Lee is back on the Fringe, gnawing away at comedy conventions. Not for him the easy laughs, Lee’s are increasingly shows of an altogether more complex persuasion. It’s his…
Carpet Remnant World. Assembly Rooms ★★★★ - August 2012 The Scotsman - August 14th, 2012
DECRYING the “slow death of the Fringe” days before performing at one of the Festival’s most renowned venues may sound a tad counter-intuitive – but this is Stewart Lee: sultan of satire, comedy idealist and an icon for those of an anti-populist bent. And at £15 a ticket Lee’s Carpet Remnant World at the revamped…
Carpet Remnant World. Assembly Rooms ★★★★ - August 2012 The List - By Claire Sawyers - August 11th, 2012
Stewart Lee’s 2012 Fringe kicked off in typically provocative vein, when his Guardian article (headlined ‘The Slow Death of the Edinburgh Fringe’) delivered an industry-savvy knee to the groin of corporate comedy promoters. While PRs dealt with the aftermath from his wrath, the 25-time Fringe veteran holds court this year at the chandeliered, revamped Assembly…
Carpet Remnant World. Assembly Rooms ★★★★ - August 2012 Hairline Magazine - By Ian Armstrong - August 11th, 2012
“By the time a comic is playing a room this big he’s creatively redundant,” sighs Stewart Lee. After years of playing The Stand, two successful series of BBC2’s ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle’ have provoked a new venue for his 25th Fringe show – the bright lights of the newly opened Assembly Rooms. The first half…
Carpet Remnant World. Assembly Rooms - August 2012 Three Weeks - August 10th, 2012
Classic Stewart Lee; alternative comedy with a kick up the arse. In this ironic combat against observational comedy, he accuses pockets of the audience of not understanding his humour and having come to admire the redecoration of the Music Hall. “Don’t bring your friends, it’s patronising,’ he says to his fans – much to their…