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From The Desk Of Stewart Lee – May 2011 - May 2011 May 1st, 2011
This year I have chosen to adopt the following quotes as my mantras. “Comedy can be a transient art that can assist leisure businesses in widening their appeal, something that is vital in these current trading conditions.” Maria Kempinska, Jongleurs “James just said “fuck it”. It was a lot of money and why not? Loads…
Stewart Lee: No more sugaring the pill - April 2011 Broadcast Magazine - By Paul Whitelaw - April 27th, 2011
With his BBC2 series Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle winning a surprise recommission, the comedian talks to Paul Whitelaw about TV’s stand-up boom and the art of compromising Despite airing in 2009 to strong critical acclaim, a Bafta nomination and a loyal audience for post-watershed comedy on BBC2, it wasn’t always certain whether the first series…
Slow Comedy - April 2011 The Financial Times - By Stewart Lee - April 10th, 2011
I am a stand-up comedian. Or at least I thought I was. A few years ago, I received an unsolicited e-mail asking me if I was interested in “submitting content”. I was confused. The sender explained that I was a “content provider”. Did I want to provide content? Eventually it transpired that the content-seeker wanted…
Comedy: Stewart Lee - March 2011 Varsity Magazine - By Fred Maynard - March 11th, 2011
Until recently, I was only aware of Stewart Lee as a comedian who is liked by other people, the kind who sneer at just about everything anyone’s ever heard of, condemning it as being too mainstream. I would secretly like to be one of these people, because I have a sneaking feeling that they actually…
Cambridge Corn Exchange, March 6 - March 2011 Cambridge News - By Lizzy Dening - March 7th, 2011
It’s 7.30 and Stewart Lee is grumpy. Late comers (perhaps a result of the show’s incorrect listing on the Corn Exchange website) are holding up his introduction, and his microphone isn’t working. The famously curmudgeonly comedian can barely contain his glee, telling us the show is already ruined, and he’ll never manage to win us…