Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh ★★★★★ - August 2015 Ed Fest Mag - By Adam Wilson - August 14th, 2015

I’m sure most stand-up regulars know that situation where you have to force laughter out, even with a comedian you really like. Their set might be good, but you might be doing it to keep the energy up, or just out of courtesy. However, whenever I watch Lee, live or not, the laughter is honest…

=Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh ★★★★ - August 2015 Three Weeks - By Kieran Scott - August 13th, 2015

“No one is equipped to review me,” suggests Stewart Lee, who can’t help but continue to have a dig at the press – and, more specifically, the Telegraph. He spends time tearing apart his audience for being “lacklustre”, while humorously stating that the show would be better at The Stand with his proper fans. Lee,…

Edinburgh Review 9/10 - August 2015 Darkchat - August 12th, 2015

Stewart Lee explains at the outset that this is a work in progress in preparation for his next TV series and  he will tackle two subjects, the second of which brings gasps of astonished laughter from the audience. What follows is a masterclass in intelligent comedy as Stewart Lee ponders some of the absurdities of …

A great deal to enjoy ★★★★ - August 2015 The Telegraph - By Mark Monahan - August 11th, 2015

“No one is equipped to review me.” So says Stewart Lee a little way into his Edinburgh Fringe set, having already made it clear that neither his audiences, nor his fellow comedians, nor indeed The Telegraph newspaper are going to get an easy ride here. He’s still bristling about (among other things) a slating that…

Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh ★★★★★ - August 2015 Bouquets & Brickbats - August 11th, 2015

“No one is equipped to review me,” says Stewart Lee – and I doubt I’m the first reviewer to feel compelled to include the line in my review. And he’s right, in a way; he’s fiercely intellectual, this comedian, and I’m sure he could shoot down in flames any criticism I might make. It’s fortunate,…

Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live ★★★ - August 2015 The Guardian - By Lyn Gardner - August 9th, 2015

Stewart Lee’s celebration and demolition of the 18th-century double act Johnson and Boswell is not so much a play as a conceit, but it’s a clever one. Taking the form of a 20th-century book launch for Boswell’s tome, it has the puppyish Boswell (Miles Jupp) trying to get Johnson to perform, as much in the…