Room With a Stew – Birmingham Symphony Hall TPR - May 2015 The Public Reviews - By Dave Smith - May 2nd, 2015

Stewart Lee divides people like few other comedians. Criticised for being an “intellectual snob” (Lee Mack), for representing political correctness gone mad, for treating his audience with “toxic scorn” (Daily Telegraph) and for appealing only to white, middle-class Guardian readers, much of which is true. His material is clever, he is certainly politically correct and,…

Room with a Stew, Colston Hall ★★★★★ - April 2015 The Bristol Post - By Ken McCormick - April 26th, 2015

STEWART Lee likes to give his audiences a hard time. From the people in the balcony – always more stupid and less committed than those in the stalls – to anyone who laughs at the wrong bit, verbally slapping his paying public about a bit is a regular ice-breaker in his shows. But tonight he’s…

Review: Stewart Lee, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham - March 2015 Nottingham Post - By Sean Hewitt - March 27th, 2015

“No one is equipped to review me,” said Stewart Lee towards the end of a comedy masterclass that pushed the audience at a packed Royal Concert Hall to the limit. He was joking, obviously. Well, I think he was. And that sums up the tightrope he walked throughout his lengthy show (he came on just…

Review: Stewart Lee, Glasgow, 19 March - March 2015 Lazer Guided Melody - March 20th, 2015

The clever man came to town, a sack full of satirical allegory slung across his stooped shoulders. And once his sermon had been delivered, he ensured that the assembled delegates were spat out into the night at exactly the same moment as something called “Premier League Darts” finished in the adjacent venue… There’s not a…

A Room With A Stew, Festival Theatre Edinburgh ★★★★★ - March 2015 Edinburgh Guide.com - By Justine Blundell - March 17th, 2015

Stewart Lee is a comedy magician and long after this lonesome cowboy has skipped your particular town, you’ll still be trying to figure out what exactly it was that you were laughing at and how the hell he made you do it. The Festival Theatre has a huge stage and Stewart Lee seemed a small…

Stewart Lee: A Room With A Stew ★★★★ - March 2015 The List - By Brian Donaldson - March 16th, 2015

A couple of years ago, the Daily Telegraph’s longstanding comedy correspondent reviewed Stewart Lee’s then touring show, Much A-Stew About Nothing. Or rather, he reviewed the first half because, boasting rather too gleefully, he walked out at the interval due to Lee’s perceived bad attitude towards his audience. If they were handing out prizes for…