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Stewart Lee – Preston Guild Hall - April 2008 LANCASHIRE EVENING POST - By Judith Dornan - April 15th, 2008
Stewart Lee is a very clever but very disappointed man. He rails bitterly against the world, against the reviewers that have gone from describing him as a “crumpled Morrissey” to a “squashed Albert Finney”, “against the parents who “think it’s a big joke” that he’s a comedian, against the invisible forces that make his life…
Johnson and Boswell – Late but Live - March 2008 The Stage - By Thom Dibdin - March 28th, 2008
Convivial and sardonic by turns, Miles Jupp and Simon Munnery take Stewart Lee’s well-judged script and proceed to deliver a delicious hour of fun. Miles Jupp and Simon Munnery in the touring production of Johnson and Boswell – Late but Live Combining all manner of stand-up, sketch and character-based comedies, this is costume drama with…
41st Best Standup Ever! - March 2008 NG Magazine - March 22nd, 2008
A bustle of anticipation breathes through the play house as we wait for Stuart Lee’s arrival. It’s one of those rare occasions where anyone who has seen and enjoyed his show before knows full well they won’t be disappointed. Originality and invective are a guarantee. However, this seems to be a fact little appreciated, demonstrated…
REVIEW: STEWART LEE, NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE - March 2008 This Is Nottingham - By JOEL WAINWRIGHT - March 1st, 2008
HE feels like a failure. Having been voted the 41st best stand-up comedian ever in one of those ridiculous Channel 4 countdown shows, he’d be forgiven for assuming his place in the hearts and minds of the British public was assured. But as he tells us, after 20 years of sciatica inducing touring, and a…