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Stewart Lee In Bloomsbury

Other | Friday 1st July 2011 | Osh

It’s rare on the British comedic circuit to find performers with the ability to intellectually humour their audience, whilst still maintaining a dead pan persona. There are many comedians over the years that have tried to wield sarcasm and cynicism to achieve thought provoking comedy; unfortunately most of them fail. This can often be due to an inability to ground sarcasm properly. They can’t seem to deconstruct ordinary everyday absurdities, surrounding us without seeming insincere and sometimes bitter. It’s not an easy feat to use tools like sarcasm and irony without seeming like you’re preaching an agenda. One comedian that has always been an exception in this case is Stewart Lee. Lee is known as ‘the comedian’s comedian’, in Britain. Lee is particularly adept at using meta humour. He makes new jokes whilst analyzing his own material. Lee is refreshing in the way he approaches observational humour. He can cover standard comic staples, like religion, nationalism, the media and politics without resorting to clichéd references and pushing his personal point of view. The most impressive thing about Lee is that his comedy is clearly driven by a brilliant intellect. It’s not the situation that Lee describes that makes people laugh, but rather the way he approaches them. A good chance to catch him soon will be at ‘The Great Eight for The NLAH’ at The Bloomsbury Theatre on the 29th of July. The money raised that night will go to ‘The North London Action for the Homeless’, a drop in centre offering people living on the streets dinner and support.

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