Brighton: ★★★★ - February 2017 The Latest - By Cara Ghoshal - February 24th, 2017

Stewart Lee wanted to make a show about X, but he keeps getting sidelined by Brexit and Trump, or so he claims. But really, regardless of what he’s talking about, what Lee is really interested in is playing with the audience, testing boundaries. It’s what makes his shows so interesting, and why he’s now able…

Stewart Lee despises ‘ex-TV comic’ Stewart Lee but Cornwall still loves him - February 2017 Cornwall Live - By Lee Trewhela - February 23rd, 2017

No other stand-up comedian could start a show with the base declaration that he’d masturbate over our family pictures if he was forced to confiscate any mobile phones and then end it with the noble re-enactment of 19th century German artist Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above A Sea of Fog. That’s Stewart Lee in a…

Theatre Royal Norwich – 9/10 - February 2017 Outline - By Smiley - February 13th, 2017

Stewart Lee’s back with his new live show, Content Provider. Opening with an exploration of Caspar David Friedrich’s painting Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog, in reference to man in the age of digital consumption, in classic SL style this quickly blurs into an ocean of things that the show is not supposed to be…

Content Provider by Stewart Lee - February 2017 Mum Of Three World - By Sarah Mummy - February 10th, 2017

My husband hasn’t bought me a book as a present for YEARS. He says he has no idea what I like any more. But he bought me Content Provider by Stewart Lee for Christmas. We’ve been fans of Stewart Lee since the late 90s, when we loved him so much that we used to watch…

Content Provider, De Montfort Hall - February 2017 Leicester Mercury - By Josh Coyne - February 10th, 2017

On the opening night of the Leicester Comedy Festival, a smattering of empty seats can be seen as Stewart Lee takes to the stage of De Montfort Hall. The absentees do not go unnoticed. The faux-embittered comedic juggernaut seems displeased that he failed to sell out the first of two Leicester dates and he is…

Razor-sharp Lee is at his scathing best - February 2017 Oxford Times - By Tim Hughes - February 3rd, 2017

Stewart Lee comes on stage, gazes around in mild amusement and shakes his head. He has barely uttered a word, nor heard our reaction, and yet he has already formed an opinion of his audience – and he is not impressed. Or at least, he is pretending not to be impressed – which is, of…