Bristol Interview - January 2014 Intermission, Bristol - By Rob Sims & James Walmsley - January 13th, 2014

As an old scholar of Solihull School I was interested to find out that both you and Richard Hammond are alumni. Is the ‘hatred’ that you express towards him in your Top Gear skit based on any schoolyard feuds? I never knew R Hammond at school, as I explain in the piece. I thought about…

Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing – Leicester Square Theatre ★★★★ - November 2013 The Telegraph - By Dominic Cavendish - November 20th, 2013

When I had the temerity to explain – in a Telegraph blog post – why I gave up on Stewart Lee’s latest live show at the first interval, I was met with a ferocious torrent of online indignation. On Twitter, for instance, Stuart Baxter got in touch to go “haha what a bell end!”, John…

Stewart Lee: Comedy messiah - June 2011 Chortle - By Hazel Humphreys - June 2nd, 2011

All comedy is essentially divisive. If jokes have an essential direction and attitude, there’s always going to be someone who’s not happy with the way a joke is going and how it’s getting there. For example, I cite the scientific research conducted by Channel 4, which found that 99.99997 per cent of the human race…

In praise of… Stewart Lee - June 2011 The Guardian - June 2nd, 2011

His performances unfurl like a stroll on a summer’s day: scenery and good companionship take precedence over destination When praising a comedian it is generally a good idea to quote one of his or her jokes. The trouble with Stewart Lee is that he doesn’t really do gags – at least not in the traditional…

Stewart Lee’s Complete Vegetable Stew - May 2011 Morning Star - By Jack Carr - May 31st, 2011

In what seems like an act of closure on his 30 year career as it stands, Stewart Lee has crushed selected material into a three-hour evening in what could easily be termed a binge. As usual with Lee there are many levels to this show, which describes a considered arc from some of his most…

Stewart Lee – The Complete Vegetable Stew. - May 2011 Asheq.co.uk - By Ash in Art - May 28th, 2011

There’s no doubt that my favourite, living British comedian is Stewart Lee. Last night, he played to almost 2,200 people at the Royal Festival Hall. Having seen Lee a few times now, this was easily the largest crowd I’ve seen him perform to. Introduced by Armando Iannucci, The Complete Vegetable Stew lasted 3hrs 45mins (including…