41st Best Standup Ever ★★★★ - February 2008 What's On Stage Manchester - By Glenn Meads - February 25th, 2008

Here at WOS Manchester, we rarely get the chance to review comedy but Stewart Lee has the perfect theatrical connection – he co-wrote the ground breaking Jerry Springer – The Opera. But what of his comedy act? Surely once you have seen one stand up comedian honing their material so that it relates to the…

Guild Hall, Preston - February 2008 Lancaster Guardian - By Chris Hopper - February 20th, 2008

There may be little point to Channel 4’s endless (and endlessly repeated) The 100 Best… shows but they have at least provided Stewart Lee – the man behind Jerry Springer: The Opera – with a title for his latest stand-up tour. Lee is, he’s happy to tell you, the 41st best stand-up comedian of all…

41st Best Stand-Up Ever at the Soho Theatre - December 2007 My London Your London - By Robert Bain - December 23rd, 2007

When I last saw Stewart Lee perform in 2005, he was even more bitter than usual – worn down by the self-appointed defenders of religion who took issue with ‘blasphemous’ hit show Jerry Springer: The Opera. The unlikely target of his vitriol was Joe Pasquale – who stands at the opposite end of the comic…

41st Best Standup Ever Review: AF Harrold and Matt Dyson - October 2007 BBC Berkshire - By Af Harrold & Matt Dyson - October 12th, 2007

Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever | Concert Hall | Reading | Friday 12 October 2007 AF Harrold’s review According to a poll voted for by the public and screened on Channel Four in April 2007 Stewart Lee is indeed, without a shadow of doubt and with no word of a lie or room for…

Who’s Laughing Now? - August 2007 The Independent Arts & Books Review - August 24th, 2007

41st Best Standup Ever! ★★★★ - August 2007 The Scotsman - By Kate Copstick - August 21st, 2007