Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing – Leicester Square Theatre ★★★★ - November 2013 The Guardian - By Stephanie Merritt - November 10th, 2013

Don’t expect an artfully constructed hour with a narrative arc and a coherent finale like the last show, Stewart Lee warns his audience at the opening of his Leicester Square theatre run. Like most of Lee’s commentary on his own act, this is somewhat disingenuous – Much A-Stew About Nothing is structured with as much…

Opinion: Has Stewart Lee Gone Too Meta This Time? - November 2013 Beyond The Joke - By Bruce Dessau - November 10th, 2013

I was interested to read that Dominic Cavendish of the Daily Telegraph failed to make it past the interval at Stewart Lee’s show on Friday. I also had misgivings about the show on Thursday night, although I had no difficulty staying to the end. I reviewed the show for The Evening Standard here and gave…

Why I walked out of a Stewart Lee gig… - November 2013 The Telegraph - By Dominic Cavendish - November 9th, 2013

It feels quite empowering to leave a Stewart Lee gig at the first available opportunity. Lee’s latest live outing, running at Leicester Square Theatre and essentially trialling material ahead of recordings for the new series of his BBC show (Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle) is called Much A-Stew About Nothing. On Friday night, he was getting…

Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing – Leicester Square Theatre - November 2013 Time Out - By Ben Williams - November 8th, 2013

‘I don’t want to tell you how to do your jobs,’ says Stewart Lee, addressing the reviewers in tonight’s press night audience. ‘But whatever you think of this, you should probably take a star off.’ This isn’t a finished show, explains the influential comic, with a flowing narrative and neat conclusion. ‘Much-a-Stew About Nothing’ is…

Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing – Leicester Square Theatre - November 2013 The Evening Standard - By Bruce Dessau - November 8th, 2013

This was not really a proper live show at all. The lengthy run is, by Stewart Lee’s own onstage admission, “faffing” to prepare episodes for his next BBC2 series. Luckily for his audience, Stewart Lee faffing is preferable to a lot of comedians’ faffless finished articles. The title, Much A-Stew About Nothing, is presumably meant…

Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing – Leicester Square Theatre - November 2013 The Stage - By Julian Hall - November 8th, 2013

It’s curious thing that Stewart Lee’s annual press outing has, in recent years, come when he starts carving his shows into three half hour segments to fit the remit of his television series – Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. Lee describes tonight as a “work-in-progress” despite this show running throughout the Edinburgh Fringe and touring the…