Amongst the Crowd - May 2011 Amongst the Crowd - By mattlocke - May 20th, 2011

Most of the discussion around social media and TV focuses on the technologies being invented, or the potential business models (or lack of them) emerging. But we don’t often talk about what it means for the writers, directors and other talent involved in making TV. This Guardian article shows a mixed picture, with Iain Morris,…

Cultural Life: Jez Butterworth, playwright - May 2011 The Independent - By Morgan Durno - May 20th, 2011

Theatre: Having been in New York, I just saw Punchdrunk’s ‘Sleep No More’, an adaptation of ‘Macbeth’, where the set is an entire building in NYC’s Chelsea district. With six floors, it’s fantastically designed so you can walk around freely putting together the pieces of the play yourself; it’s the most amazing, fully-immersive experience. In…

Comedy Vehicle - May 2011 waituntilnextyear.com - By Steve - May 18th, 2011

Most of the television I watch has some sort of soporific purpose, or at the very least is kind of there for passive enjoyment, to help me unwind, to offer mild escapism etc etc. And this is not necessarily a slight on the majority of what I watch. We’re not huge TV-watchers in my household,…

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle - May 2011 This Is Matt Barber.co.uk - By Matt Barber - May 16th, 2011

Hmmm… writing about stand-up comedy when you’re not a stand-up comedian is tricky… Like writing about sausage production when you aren’t involved in the production of sausages – what you end up with is a piece that probably puts you off the product whatever you say. Lee is a comedian who frequently requires perseverance (a…

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle - May 2011 Pocket Jury.net - May 16th, 2011

Series Two of Stewart Lee’s alternative stand-up comedy show. The idea of irreverent stand-up comedian Stewart Lee being given a BBC series was hard to believe several years ago and its return for a second curtain call is borderline unimaginable. Since the original series of Comedy Vehicle aired back in 2009, Lee has toured constantly,…

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle - May 2011 The Guardian - May 12th, 2011

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle (BBC2) is back, with conditions. The conceit of the new series is that Lee was only allowed another go if he promised to put more jokes in and be more accessible. The idea that Series 2, which started last week, is Lee at his most accessible is itself part of the…