Thu 24 May 8pm
Butterworth Hall: £17.50, Under 26s £15 (+booking fee)
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CloseA new full length touring show from the acclaimed star of BBC2’s Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.
What can a sexless middle aged married man, whose life now consists mainly of watching Scooby Doo cartoons with a four year old boy, possibly find to write comedy about? Formerly stand-up’s youthful iconoclast, Lee now gawps blankly at News 24 as Britain burns down around him, and blinks weirdly at the vast wayside retail outlets during endless journeys to and from increasingly indistinct provincial theatres. Once he lived on the pleasure planet. Now he is trapped in Carpet Remnant World. And so are you.
“The funniest thing on television” The Guardian
“Thrilling” Metro *****
“Fascinating, funny stuff” The Times ****
“Heralds a new brand of political stand-up” The Guardian ****
“Lee’s glittering rants blend cynicism, vanity and unbearable snobbery.” Guy Stagg, Daily Telegraph
Some comedians use strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Butterworth Hall
With a maximum capacity of 2000 standing or 1500 seated this concert hall has an outstanding natural acoustic and is the home of our International Concert Series, as well as the majority of our music gigs and big name comedians. Butterworth Hall has recently had a £6.9 million redevelopment and reopened in autumn 2009 .
