Much A-Stew About Nothing, York Barbican - February 2014 York Press - By Fiona Parker - February 4th, 2014

THE ever self-deprecating Stewart Lee made his York Barbican debut to an almost full house on Sunday night. Refusing through stubbornness to provide a traditional opening gag, he kicked off the evening with a command to laugh and a set of grumpy-old-man jokes about dogs. It was not long before Lee’s controversial canine jests prompted…

Review: Stewart Lee, Crucible Theatre - February 2014 Sheffield Star - By Tim Cotton - February 4th, 2014

It’s fair to say that Stewart Lee polarises opinion. To some, the writer and comedian is ‘a true artist of comedy’. To Jan Moir of The Daily Mail he is ‘a slime-pit of bitterness’. But it has to be said that the mixed stew of ideas that he brought to the Crucible for two sell-out…

Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing – The Lowry, Salford - February 2014 The Public Reviews - By Jo Beggs - February 3rd, 2014

Thanks to two sell out nights at the Lowry in the autumn, those of us who managed to miss the initial outing of Stewart Lee’s latest show get a welcome opportunity in this ‘due to popular demand’ extra date. But Lee berates us for our tardiness. If we were real fans we’d have rushed to…

Comedian Stewart Lee at Derby Assembly Rooms: why the old jokers are still the best - January 2014 Derby Telegraph - By Lynne Brighouse - January 26th, 2014

Stewart Lee explains to Lynne Brighouse why he believes that older comedians are the best and improve with age. COMEDIAN Stewart Lee is renowned for not shying away from controversial subjects or statements. His CV includes co-writing and co-directing the mock Broadway hit Jerry Springer: The Opera, which famously sparked off numerous protest demonstrations by…

Much A Stew About Nothing, Nottingham Playhouse - January 2014 Better Said Than Dead - By Peter McDonald - January 26th, 2014

Stewart Lee, 41st best stand-up comedian, came to Nottingham last Thursday to preview material from the forthcoming 3rd Comedy Vehicle series(1).  “I’m going to do, in the first half, about two half hour sections from two episodes of the new series and then in the, er, in the second half, about half an hour which will make…

Leeds Review - January 2014 Leeds Student.org - By Rosie Collington - January 14th, 2014

To his critics, Stewart Lee is little more than a champagne socialist: an audience-hating, Oxbridge-educated comedian who cracks cheap jokes at the expense of the establishment for an audience of similarly well-off lefties. To these accusations, Stewwy responds that we should all just be thankful he is no longer the “amphetamine communist” of his earlier…