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…

Stewart Lee: The Regal, Oxford - December 2009 Oxford Times - By James Benefield - December 2nd, 2009

For someone who contributed material toward the infamous Jerry Springer opera, and entitles his latest show “If you prefer a milder comedian, please ask for one”, it is not unreasonable to expect Stewart Lee to be a little outrageous, outspoken and offensive. However, his subjects include chain coffee shops, advertising, middle-aged (and middle- class) emigration…

If You Prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask for One. Indeed. - December 2009 Looprevil - By Oliver Downing - December 1st, 2009

Running into the theatre with thirty seconds until the curtain went up, I thought I might have time to settle down, observe the deathly blank stage and pale green antique walls, take a sip of whisky and make some preliminary notes. Not so. From the very first second Lee stops just short of grabbing audience…

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle (BBC) DVD - December 2009 Movement Magazine - By Leigh - December 1st, 2009

Stewart Lee is not the type of comedian who would please the Little Britain/Michael McIntyre loving comedy crowd. I was both surprised and ecstatic to learn that the BBC had finally commissioned Stewart his own TV series. It was an absolute breath of fresh air to see intelligent comedy in a good slot on national…