Peter Brotzmann, Steve Noble & John Edwards – … The Worse The Better - April 2012 April 12th, 2012

In an East London side street, Café Oto hosts a program of international experimental sounds to shame subsidised arts temples, drawing demographic defying crowds of all ages through its doors. The first release on the venue’s own label, available as authentic vinyl slab or slippery download, is a forty minute splurge of sax, drums and…

Stewart Lee, Carpet Remnant World, St David’s Hall - March 2012 South Wales Argus - By Alex Kalinik - March 29th, 2012

After two series of the critically acclaimed Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle on BBC Two it’s fair to say the sardonic comic hasn¹t been riding this high in the popularity stakes since the mid-90s heyday of Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard, Not Judy. However, this doesn’t stop him lamenting the growing presence of…

Review: Stewart Lee, Carpet Remnant World, York Theatre Royal - March 2012 York Press - By Jonathan Wilkes - March 27th, 2012

What was the overarching feeling following Stewart Lee’s Carpet Remnant World? It was exhaustion. It is a relentless bombardment of sophisticated, crafted comedy and scrutinising of his audience. Claiming he has no new material because his life consists of nothing more than watching Scooby Doo with his son and driving to gigs, Lee opts for…

Stewart Lee’s ‘Carpet Remnant World’ @ Nottingham Playhouse - March 2012 Impact, Nottingham - By Priyanga Perera - March 27th, 2012

“Smug elitist liberalism. Who is this cunt? …I hate Stewart Lee. He’s like Ian Huntley to me,” reads a listless Lee to a backdrop of soothing jazz. These are only a couple of gems from his extensive collection of hilariously disproportionate and unwarranted hate-mail. All too often misunderstood in a career marked distinctively with little…

Review: Stewart Lee, Tyne Theatre, Newcastle - March 2012 Evening Chronicle - By Sarah Mullaney - March 26th, 2012

It’s a lie, of course. The deadpan comic would have you believe his Carpet Remnant World show is nothing more than a collection of off-cuts but, as ever, he’s put together fresh material that’s lapped up by his growing number of fans. He’s quick to mock his increasing popularity – buoyed by his BBC Comedy…

Not so great to be here - March 2012 Glasgow South - The Extra - By Gregor Hollerin - March 26th, 2012

Comic Stewart Lee is nothing short of a contradiction. He’s a comedians’ comedian who hates most comedians and an award winning comic who holds a blatant disregard for comedy awards. Mr Lee spends much of the first half condemning the majority of the crowd for not being on his wavelength, while the second half is…