A Room with a Stew – 18th August - August 2015 Comedy Coroner - August 19th, 2015

Like Lee’s self-confession, I too felt like an unwelcome guest of a new social class. I harked back to last year and the rightly condemned show Lee had attempted and I braced myself for a long afternoon. I’m glad I was wrong. This might have been a work in progress, but as Lee announced “You…

Brian Ferguson’s Fringe Diary - August 2015 The Scotsman - By Brian Ferguson - August 17th, 2015

I HAD heard tell of Stewart Lee’s apparent disdain for many of those who buy tickets for his shows these days, as opposed to the “comedy intelligentsia” who have followed him since the late 1980s and early 1990s. There is something admirably fearless about the way he tried to divide his full house at the…

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…