Stewart Lee and Richard Herring revived their double act on Sunday night for only the second time in ten years. It was a feisty, fond occasion for the faithful – at least one of whom, Herring gleaned in his opening routine, had trekked from Exeter for the show. He’d be disappointed, Herring warned him, and…
A connoisseurs’ double act … Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. Photograph: Murdo Macleod “This may be the last time you see Lee and Herring perform together,” says Richard Herring, hyping up this one-off reunion gig. I hope not: they’re a connoisseurs’ double act. Stewart Lee may contend that time has run out on the now…
It’s 18 years since Stewart Lee and Richard Herring first played the Edinburgh festival, though you wouldn’t guess it to look at them. They’re no spring chickens – Lee is 37, Herring 38 – but they haven’t got the glazed nervousness of many festival veterans, or so many booze-broken veins. With just hours to go…