The Big Interview - November 2009 Redbrick Student Magazine - By James Stephen - November 13th, 2009

So you’ve been touring your new show, If you would prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One, for a few months now. Are you enjoying the tour? I’m really enjoying the shows and it is nice to play to people who, after the TV series, have more of an idea what to expect. There…

Comedian Stewart Lee talks about his new stand-up show ahead of a visit to the Liverpool Playhouse - November 2009 Liverpool Echo - November 13th, 2009

IT not exactly something to boast about, but it was a gig in Liverpool which put Stewart Lee right off stand-up. “I had a moment on stage at Rawhide where I thought I’ve got to stop doing this and I gave up from about 2001 to 2004,” he reveals. “A guy in the audience kept…

Preview: Q&A with Stewart Lee - October 2009 Who's Laughing Now - October 17th, 2009

After a successful return to the UK’s TV screens earlier this year with his BBC show Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, our titular hero is embarking on a full tour. Who’s Laughing Now had a chat with to delve beneath the literate stand-up’s exterior and find out what to expect on his current jaunt, which stops…

Granite City Crowds Are Rowdiest - October 2009 Evening Express - By Laurna Robertson - October 10th, 2009

Stewart Lee: Protests cost me millionaire status - October 2009 Get Hampshire - October 8th, 2009

IF YOU’VE not heard anything from Stewart Lee since his 90’s television work, you might be surprised to learn his recent comedy is blasphemous. That’s according to fundamentalist Christians at least, who did not enjoy his ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’. The show depicted American chatshow host Springer descending into hell and Jesus, Satan, the Virgin…

Stewart Lee, comedy for adults only - October 2009 Worthing Herald - October 6th, 2009

IF You Prefer A Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One is the provocative title for Stewart Lee’s tour which brings the comedian to Worthing’s Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday, October 7, at 8pm. It’s an adults-only show from the co-writer of Jerry Springer the Opera and comes inspired by an altercation in a high street coffee…