SOME HATE MAIL SENT TO ME RE: JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA - January 2006 Plymouth Hatemail - By PLYMOUTH - JANUARY 2006 - January 1st, 2006

THE LETTER SENT BY STEPHEN GREEN OF CHRISTIAN VOICE THAT DERAILED THE TOUR OF JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA - March 2005 Christian Voice - By Stephen Green - March 1st, 2005

Lee laments success of Springer Exclusive - February 2004 The Stage - By Ruth Gillespie - February 26th, 2004

Jerry Springer – the Opera creator Stewart Lee has revealed he is uneasy over the commercial West End success of his hit show. He admitted: “If I had known it would run in the West End as an independent commercial venture I would not have got involved.” Lee’s comments come after he launched an impassioned…

Jerry Springer: The Opera - December 2003 Time Out - December 1st, 2003

Two and a half years ago the composer Richard Thomas asked me to help with a Battersea Arts Centre workshop of his un-finished epic, Jerry Springer The Opera. I thought it would take a couple of months. We didn’t expect a National Theatre run, or a West End transfer, and we certainly didn’t expect to…

Jerry Springer: the Opera triumphs at Evening Standard Awards - November 2003 The Stage - November 27th, 2003

Jerry Springer – the Opera has received the Carlton Television award for best musical just weeks after its West End transfer to the Cambridge Theatre, during the 49th Evening Standard Theatre Awards ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in London. Beginning life at BAC as a oneact spoof, it was well received at the Edinburgh Festival…

Parody soon to be cult classic - May 2003 The Stage - By George Hall - May 8th, 2003

It has taken a long time, from its origins at Battersea Arts Centre via the Edinburgh Fringe, but composer/lyricist Richard Thomas and his collaborator Stewart Lee finally witness the official world premiere of their much touted show at the National Theatre. Lee himself directs a zingy staging that uses operatic devices to parody, satirise and…