FROM OUTTA THE ASS O’ Leapy Lee AUGUST 2012 - July 2012 July 20th, 2012

SWANDOWN Swandown is a film by the artist Andrew Kotting and the writer Iain Sinclair. http://www.swandown.info/ I appeared in one scene with Alan Moore. The film opens in July. I urge you to see it on a big screen where its immersive power will smother you. Here’s their press release. “For four weeks throughout the…

Interview with Stewart Lee & Andrew Doyle - July 2012 Scotsgay - By Andrew Doyle - July 7th, 2012

Who better to interview a comedian than another comedian? Andrew Doyle talks to Stewart Lee about his recent “wave of popularity”, Twitter, gay marriage, and Jimmy Carr’s tax avoidance. AD: Were you surprised to be recommissioned for a third series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle? SL: Yeah, I was. I was really surprised because there…

The Wonderful World of Stewart Lee - June 2012 The Ocelot - By Jamie Hill - June 24th, 2012

There’s a reason why Stewart Lee is seen as the comedian’s comedian. There’s a reason why he’s been on the receiving end of a whole bunch of awards. And there’s also a reason why he’s never going to be as well-known as the Lee Macks or the Michael McIntyres of this world. Stewart Lee is…

Carpet Remnant World – Civic Theatre, Chelmsford - June 2012 The Public Reviews.com - By Kelly McGibney - June 23rd, 2012

Civic Theatre, Chelmsford – Friday June 22 Stewart Lee has had a stand up career which has spanned twenty five years. Due to regular television appearances in the last five or so years he has reached a status that only a handful of working comics can claim: he has become a household name. Lee acknowledges…

Clever comedy at Warwick Arts Centre but too drawn out - June 2012 Leamington Courier - By Sundari Sankar - June 4th, 2012

Stewart Lee, Warwick Arts Centre, May 24. WHAT began as an evening of extremely clever and thoroughly thought-through comedy unfortunately did not continue that way. Stewart Lee will not allow anyone in the audience to ‘not get’ a single joke during the show, as he insists on going back over, ripping apart and piecing back…

Carpet Remnant World, Wolverhampton Civic Hall 25/5/12 - May 2012 Reviews & Rambling Blog - By Rita - May 27th, 2012

Carpet Remnant World was said to be about idealised notions of society. As the comic introduced the show, he mocked his own comedy style: “I say one thing for comedy effect. I make a factual bold statement then mean the opposite. I will do this five or six times then talk about something for too…