Sharknado meets Alan Bennett in a virtuoso show ★★★★ - November 2019 The Telegraph - By Tristram Fane Saunders - November 8th, 2019

“I don’t really have any friends who are comedians,” Stewart Lee sighs, mock-pitifully, in his superb new show Snowflake/Tornado. It’s easy to see why. One of the few taboos in stand-up comedy is stand-up itself. Most comics shy away from discussing their peers onstage, but not Lee. Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and Josh Widdicombe are…

Comedic tornado blows hot and cold ★★★ - November 2019 The Times - By Dominic Maxwell - November 7th, 2019

Stewart Lee likes to paint himself as an outcast. So how does he cope when, even with his BBC2 series long gone, he has already sold out three months in this 400-seater with a long tour and five nights at the Royal Festival Hall to follow? When Alan Bennett is among his fans? When this…

Tornado / Snowflake review – joyously funny ★★★★★ - November 2019 The Guardian - By Brian Logan - November 7th, 2019

What is Stewart Lee’s position in the comedy marketplace? And whither his “metropolitan liberal elite” sensitivities in the post-PC age? These are the questions Lee considers in his first new live material for three years, divvied up into two sets: Tornado and Snowflake. Tonight, he tells us with his trademark mix of disdain and high…

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in the firing line in shark-infested laugh fest ★★★★ - November 2019 The Evening Standard - By Bruce Dessau - November 7th, 2019

Stewart Lee’s latest show is actually two shows. In Tornado he takes his cue from a Netflix listings error that confused his stand-up special with a shark film gorefest. Then in Snowflake he plunges into the world of political correctness. To be frank, there is not as much distinction as one hoped. Ricky Gervais, for…

Stewart Lee’s advice for his 16 year old self: don’t trust Morrissey - November 2019 The Big Issue - By Jane Graham - November 1st, 2019

At 16 I was doing a lot of reading, going to gigs, buying records, listening to the John Peel show. If it was still on I’d still be listening to John Peel now. Some of the things I heard on his show changed my life and still form the roots of everything I listen to…

FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF Stewart Lee – Snow-vembER 2019 - October 2019 October 31st, 2019

“If you had to kill Stewart Lee how would you do it? Stab his eyes out? Shotgun to the knees? Brain with heavy object?” Xpijonipsy, Twitter, 16/10/19, since removed “I’ve found it hard to get this article in print. One editor explained reluctance to publish on the grounds that the newspaper’s political team had cultivated…