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If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One, London run - December 2009 Chortle - By Steve Bennett - December 9th, 2009
Stewart Lee is past it. Ensconced in comfortable middle-age, the essential anger of comedy has deserted him. It’s time for him, at 41, to retire gracefully. Or so Frankie Boyle would have you believe. The Mock The Week star’s comments that no stand-up over 40 is funny was the spark that ignited these 90 unforgiving…
Stewart Lee: stand up review - December 2009 GQ - By James Mullinger - December 8th, 2009
Stewart Lee’s solo stand-up shows are typically the highlight of the more discerning comedy fan’s calendar. Previously setting up shop in smaller fringe venues, Lee now has a bigger following than ever thanks to his uniquely brilliant BBC2 series Comedy Vehicle that screened earlier this year to wide critical acclaim. His new show (ingeniously titled…
Swansea Grand Theatre, 15th October 2009 - December 2009 MassMovement - By Leigh - December 7th, 2009
Thanks to Stewart Lee’s amazing BBC show, he has been able to break out of the small theatre circuit and play much larger theatres, like Swansea’s grand theatre. Opening up the show was oddball Canadian Tony Law. I had previously seen Tony’s material thanks to Go Faster Stripe’s release of his DVD. After a dreadful…
Interview: Stewart Lee, Leicester Square Theatre - December 2009 The Observer - By Sean O'Hagan - December 6th, 2009
A prolonged nervous hush has settled on the audience at the Yvonne Arnaud theatre in Guildford. It is broken only by scattered yelps of anxious laughter and the sound of Stewart Lee quietly, inexorably pushing the boundaries of what is comedically acceptable. He is halfway though a typically discursive and increasingly extreme routine about the…