DIVINE COMEDY - November 2010 The Spectator - By Ed Bartlam - November 11th, 2010

Stewart Lee is a name that should be more widely known. In the sprawling genre of live comedy, of which Britain still boasts the finest variety, Lee is a man who cuts deeper than most. Both admired by his peers and adored by his audiences, he is the antidote to those Saturday night TV comics…

If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One DVD - November 2010 Chortle - By Steve Bennett - November 4th, 2010

How far can you take a joke? That’s the premise of Stewart Lee’s latest DVD, in which he tests not only how far he can go with bad taste, but also how long he can drag out a single gag. And the answer to both is: much further than you think. The keynote routine revolves…

Someone out there, please pick up a guitar and howl. - November 2010 The Guardian - By John Harris - November 4th, 2010

Public services are being laid to waste and benefits shorn, but popular culture’s voice of dissent remains strangely silent For those of us who still spend far too much time thinking about what used to be called popular culture, these are fretful times. For more than two years, politics has been in a state of…

Vegetable Stew, Leicester Square Theatre, London ★★★★ - November 2010 The Independent - By Julian Hall - November 2nd, 2010

Sharp show is souped up with jokes Stewart Lee’s book, How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian, released this summer, is a triumph of the art of footnotes, providing a DVD extra-style commentary over transcripts of some of his shows. As those who know Lee’s work would agree,…

Tasty Dish To Savour ★★★★★ - November 2010 The Metro - By Sharon Lougher - November 2nd, 2010

Review – Stewart Lee, Vegetable Stew ★★★★ - November 2010 London Is Funny - By Ben Clover - November 1st, 2010

Ben Clover finds Stewart Lee’s Vegetable Stew a little more silly and a little less ranty than usual, but no less precise. Stewart Lee isn’t going to let something like gravity interfere with his act. Near the start of Vegetable Stew he says it isn’t a show with an arc like previous 60-minuters, but it’s…