Review: Stewart Lee, Nottingham Playhouse - February 2012 This Is Nottingham - By Nick Parkhouse - February 24th, 2012

AS he reminded us during his latest beautifully structured show – the depressingly titled Carpet Remnant World – Stewart Lee has been a stand-up for a quarter of a century. During that time his popularity has waxed and waned, although thanks to recent award winning BBC series Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, the 43 year old…

FROM THE DESQUE OF Stewart Lee FEB 2012 - February 2012 February 9th, 2012

BRIDGET CHRISTIE LEICESTER My wife Bridget Christie is performing her hit 2011 Edinburgh Fringe show Surrealist Housewife at Curve in the Leicester Comedy Fest at 8pm on Friday Feb 10th. http://www.curveonline.co.uk/curve.php?view=showinfo.php&showid=327 Press about the show is here, and join Bridget’s mailing list here for more news. CARPET REMNANT WORLD Carpet Remnant World is the title…

Syndicated Self Written Interview - February 2012 Syndicated. - By Stewart Lee - February 8th, 2012

Your new touring stand up show is called Carpet Remnant World. Why? Well, the idea of the show is that as a 43 year old comedian and dad of two all I ever do is drive around motorways doing gigs, going past all those massive warehouse type shops, or look after children, so I haven’t…

Stewart Lee, Leicester Square Theatre - January 2012 CriticalBill's Breakdown Blog - By Critical Bill - January 27th, 2012

Everyone’s a critic. This has been true for a long time. Probably the phrase originates, like everything else, with the Ancient Greeks; Sophocles or Euripides cursing on their way home after yet another bad night at the Dionysus Odeon. Certainly it stretches back a long way. But it has never been more true (if a…

Much ado about nothing - January 2012 Irish Times - By Una Mullally - January 25th, 2012

Comedian Stewart Lee isn’t just brilliant at telling jokes – he also deconstructs them as part of his act. But with younger comics stealing his routines, and his kids stealing his time, his new show is about ‘nothing’ ‘IS THERE SOME way of keeping a lid on the degree to which you’re exposed so that…

It’s funny, but Lee won’t tell jokes - January 2012 The Mail On Sunday - By Mark Wareham - January 22nd, 2012

Stewart Lee, it has to be said, will never be a household name. Sure, his recent two series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle on BBC2 met with much critical acclaim and the show was nominated for a Bafta. But Lee obstinately refuses to play the fame game. When he won a brace of Comedy Awards…