Frank Tully
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Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing - review
The self-pity act requires a fine balance because it can teeter on the edge of depressing. The comedy comes from the air of baffled anger and resignation in the delivery, and the fact that even his oldest fans can never be quite sure how much of it is put on. Fortunately, Lee is a master of the form.
Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian, 10th November 2013Why I walked out of a Stewart Lee gig
Stewart Lee's contempt for his audience is becoming a grimly unedifying spectacle.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 9th November 2013Comedy review: Stewart Lee
The mix of pathos and playfulness is heightened in a closing sequence where Stewart Lee puffs himself up only to puncture his ego and portrays himself as a burnt out performer, berated by his family who apply their own 'dropped star' rating to him.
Julian Hall, The Independent, 8th November 2013Stewart Lee review
Even when workshopping fresh routines (which, in fact, he's been road-testing for six months), the iconoclastic comedian is on spectacularly funny form.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 8th November 2013Review - Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing
It's a darkly heartfelt section that goes much deeper than the stock thoughts about ageing that many a middle-aged male comic might share...
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th November 2013'Golden age' of comedy is over says Cleese
Comic John Cleese says he fears after 50 years in the industry that the 'golden age' of comedy is over and being funny is the hardest thing in the world.
Claire Carter, The Telegraph, 5th November 2013Justin Lee Collins set for comeback
Shamed TV comic Justin Lee Collins is set to make his comeback a year after he was found guilty of subjecting his ex-girlfriend to bullying hell. The ex-Friday Night Project host will take to the stage at St James's Theatre in central London later this month as part of a pop-up comedy event.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 3rd November 2013Stewart Lee: The achetypal smug leftie comedian? Moi?
"There was a newspaper article saying I had reduced Michael McIntyre's wife to tears at an awards ceremony or something. I wasn't even at the ceremony but because of one line I used about McIntyre I'm now accused of hating him."
Brian Boyd, The Irish Times, 18th October 2013Review: Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing
While not the tightly-spun conceptual show that Lee's audiences have come to expect, this work-in-progress outing is still a cut above his contemporaries, and casts a long shadow over the new wave of "young men in t-shirts, remembering things."
Nic Wright, Giggle Beats, 12th October 2013Jo Brand defends Lee Mack's comments on women comics
Jo Brand has defended Lee Mack, who she says was unfairly treated by the press for expressing views on Desert Island Discs recently that women weren't cut out for comedy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th October 2013