Last Saturday I got to meet one of my childhood heros, Mr Stewart Lee, I was a big fan of Lee and Herring when i was younger, earlier in the year i had been extremely disappointed when i went to see Richard Herring’s show at the Warwick Art Centre, he had lost the audience from the start and as a result, many people walked out. Stewart Lee’s show contrasted strongly and was just in a completly different league to Herring, he knew exactly how to build his routines and where to stop them.

His show entitled 41st Greatest Comedian due to his baring in a Poll conduted by Channel 4 earlier this year is satirical view on theme covering Television, in particualr Big Brother as well as look on many aspects of life from a ‘thinking man’s idiot’ viewpoint. It was full of sharp witty oneliners, at one point he described Russell Brand as condeming racism on Celebrity Big Brother whilst dressed as a cartoon pirate. Although his stand up is amazing and ‘cliche-free’, his man is not a fan of Stewart’s work and belive Tom O’Connor told a much better joke about a sardine on a gig he did on a cruise ship, the rest of the show looks at his viewpoint as well as how good the public are at judging comedy. I would recommend anyone considering to see Stewart Lee on this tour to do so. The Belgrade Theatre were charging £21 a ticket but the rest of the tour is much more cheaply priced and he is definaly worth seeing.

Also the ticket price covers Lee’s warm act….the oxymoron that is a German Stand-Up Comedian.

Stewart Lee is a really good guy as well as was happy to talk to me before the show and afterwards, he even gave me a free cd!!