Lewis Schaffer
- Stand-up comedian and actor
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Arthur Smith and his socks and a duck jockstrap gift
"Are you doing your traditional late-night tour of the Royal Mile?" I asked comedian and national treasure Arthur Smith yesterday, beside his new exhibition of socks. "Yes," Arthur told me. "And I will be introducing the13ft Norwegian giantess Jadwiga."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th August 2016The venue that doesn't know where its own entrance is
Yesterday, still zonked from my trip up to Edinburgh and not enlivened by six Red Bull drinks, I met Julie-Ann Laidlaw of Blond Ambition, who wanted me to plug her Vive La Variété show for the Cabaret vs Cancer charity this coming Sunday.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd August 201650 must-see comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe (Link expired)
Here at WOW 247 we've pooled together our comedy brains to pick out a whopping 50 shows we think make a good starting point for any Fringe adventurer.
Matthew Dunne-Miles, Finlay Greig and Craig Leiper, WOW247, 2nd August 20163 ways to publicise a show without using a PR person
From Lewis Schaffer, Ellis & Rose and Louise Reay.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th July 2016Lewis Schaffer: 'Do I have to talk about the show?'
Lewis Schaffer is grumpy. The London based New Yorker would return to the states if only someone would pay for him to go. In a 15 minute chat with Martin Walker he explains why his new show is not new at all.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th June 2016Review: Old Folks Telling Jokes
Old Folks Telling Jokes is a classic "does what it says on the tin," writes Ella Morris.
Ella Morris, Leicester Mercury, 21st February 2016Lewis Schaffer chains himself to tree in protest
Comedian Lewis Schaffer has chained himself to a council digger in an attempt to save trees in a cemetery near his South London home.
Chortle, 2nd February 2016Review - Lewis Schaffer: You Are Beautiful
The jokes don't always land; sometimes because he seems too sincere for them to be signposted gags. And the converse is also true, he gets laughs from apparently straight lines because we don't trust that he's being honest. It remains a peculiar dynamic, and one he seems to enjoy the ambiguity of. And if you're prepared to go with that oddness, you will too.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th December 2015Interview: rarely asked questions - Lewis Schaffer
I'm sure I was not the first person to say that Nunhead-based American Lewis Schaffer is like a real-life Rupert 'King of Comedy' Pupkin and I doubt if I will be the last.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th November 2015Will Franken revert from being Sarah?
A few months ago, London-based American comic Will Franken decided that he would wear women's clothes on stage and off stage and would be called Sarah Franken. I met Will/Sarah last night for a chat with fellow American comedian Lewis Schaffer.
John Fleming, 24th November 2015