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,…

Netflix UK TV review: Season 3 - August 2015 Vodzilla - By Ivan Radford - August 6th, 2015

Stewart Lee is the death of stand-up comedy. His smug tirades and educated, middle-class opinions ruin it for everyone. For those who don’t like his intellectual concerns and patronising tone, he’s impossible to tolerate. For those who do, he makes it impossible to tolerate any other comedian. That’s the brilliance of Stewart Lee’s stand-up: either…

Spotlight: Stewart Lee - August 2015 The Skinny - August 4th, 2015

Do you still enjoy coming to Edinburgh? Do you feel obliged to come every year? “I do. You need to be at the heart of the comedy community, you need to see the new things that are coming through. I also think it’s good to get a clear run at something, working something out for…

Why I didn’t walk out of a Stewart Lee gig - June 2015 The Headstrong Historian - June 30th, 2015

Stewart Lee’s marathon run of work-in-progress stand up shows opened last night (29/06/2015) in the Soho Theatre. Lee will carry on these shows almost continuously until January 2016, preparing material for his BBC comedy vehicle. A favourite comedian of mine, I had seen him perform towards the end of this process last year in the Leicester Square…

Lyceum Theatre - June 2015 Now Then Magazine - By Iain McDonald - June 13th, 2015

Last month saw the return of comedian Stewart Lee to the magnificent backdrop of the Lyceum Theatre. Having recorded his previous live show Carpet Remnant World here, the venue is a favourite haunt of Lee. This time, by his own admission, it’s a work in progress. Some material is tried and tested, while other sections…

Review: Live at St. George’s Hall Bradford - June 2015 The State Of The Arts - By Sinclair Belle - June 10th, 2015

It is difficult to clearly articulate the varying ways that Stewart Lee’s comedic style is different to the traditional conventions of mainstream stand-up. Although Lee knowingly pokes fun at the industry he claims to be at the fringes of (with regular jibes at ‘popular’ comedians such as Lee Mack and Michael McIntyre), his interesting position…