FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF STEWART LEE – AUG 2017 - August 2017 August 3rd, 2017

ED FRIN TIPS I am not going to the Ed Frin for the 2nd time in 30 years. If I were going I would go and see the following 5 shows, and I would also point out that it is important to support non-Pleaseance/Underbelly/Assembly/Avalon shows as all those sets ups run people in to debt,…

‘I think that Oxford and Cambridge are to blame for a lot of this’ - July 2017 Varsity - By Peter Chappell - July 25th, 2017

“Stewart Lee is not funny and has nothing to say” states one Telegraph review for Stewart Lee’s previous tour. Perhaps that critic was irritated by Lee’s ‘metropolitan elite’ reputation, or distinctively abrasive comic delivery. The quote now sits proudly on the promotional material for Lee’s current show, Content Provider. On stage, Lee plays a character…

Stewart Lee 1 Colchester 0 - July 2017 Tripping Over The Ball blog - By Martin P. Brooks - July 10th, 2017

The explanation on the introductory page to this blog tells us (although I already knew) that the blog is largely about me watching football matches and maybe reviewing the occasional book. Good luck in finding the book reviews. But it is summer now, the swifts and swallows are here, I have strawberries growing in my…

FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF STEWART LEE – July 2017 - June 2017 June 28th, 2017

VIAGOGO CUNTS The Freemarket Cunts at Viagogo are taking the piss out of me, you and any venue that receives any public subsidy by selling tickets for my Liverpool Philharmonic Sept 15th and Belfast Waterfront 28th Sept dates at up to three times face value. It’s easy enough to work out which seats these are…

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre – review - June 2017 Express & Star - By Daniel Earl - June 22nd, 2017

Based loosely on Caspar David Friedrich’s painting Wanderer Above a Sea Fog, Telford’s Stewart Lee took the sold out audience on a two hour seemingly off topic tirade including Brexit, Trump and the fact that punters bringing their friends along to the show spoilt it’s reception. There’s also some real material in amongst it relating…

Comedic genius Stewart Lee at Buxton Opera House - June 2017 Buxton Advertiser - By Annie Morgan and Marion Codd - June 19th, 2017

A full house at Buxton Opera House uzzed in gleeful anticipation of an evening with Stewart Lee in his new show, Content Provider. As ever, master of his craft Lee did not disappoint, although in his typical superior persona, he berated the two-thirds of the audience that he alleged were not keeping up with his…