It feels like ages since we last saw Stewart Lee. Which is a good thing because it was getting unhealthy and we felt a bit like stalkers. Recently, he's been touring the country with his new show If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One and he's finishing up with a lengthy run at the Leicester Square Theatre. Phew! Just as we were starting to get withdrawal symptoms...
The show begins in a high street coffee chain and ends in a pear cider which is 100% disappointment. Expect some punchy stuff near the top; inexplicable hostility towards relatively innocuous figures; silences and repetition; sudden and/or gradual shifts in tone, velocity and volume; the possibility of failure and a quasi-serious bit at the end.
Just a stone's throw from St Paul's Cathedral, the Funny Side's basement venue at The Spectator offers a similar comedy experience to their Covent Garden venue. Food is available till 9:30pm and comedy...