Stewart Lee at the Dome tonight

[SUIYHP]

I’m off to see the chap tonight at The Dome. Very much looking forward to it…. Anyone seen the new tour ?

I saw him this Wednesday- I thought it was great! He petered out a bit midway through the first half but he handled it well enough and second half was strong. He spent a big segment taking the piss at men who had dragged their wives to the show which left me in bits.

Biggest disappointment was trying to buy drinks at the interval- it was an utter sh*tshow that made the Amex concession stands look competent.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Biggest disappointment was trying to buy drinks at the interval- it was an utter sh*tshow that made the Amex concession stands look competent.

Always walk across to the Waggon & Horses in the interval rather than queue at the bar - much quicker and also shorter queues for the toilets in there.

 

[Papak]

I also think I get him although he makes me think sometimes I don't.... if that makes any sense? I've not seen him live only YouTube clips etc.

5 nights on the spin at the Dome suggests he is doing something right.

I wish I had seen this thread earlier and got myself a ticket to one of these shows to really see for myself but with the Wordle Wembley Knockout competition in progress I can't really afford a late night for a few days.

 

[Sheebo]

never heard his stuff but will give it a try. Apparently that heckle was from a cancer joke - I remember the outcry on here when Jimmy Carr made a joke about the positives of the war with the gypsys dying. It is either completely different posters or very confusing this place

 

[pb21]

Just having some pre show drinks

 

[Wozza]

Have to say I find his endless riffing off the same trite phrase or saying pretty tiresome. Is This Groundhog Day?

This classic probably isn't for you then...

 

[Bodian]

I think I get him, and he's incredibly clever. Just don't find him that funny. A bit like Bill Hicks. Genius, visionary, great social commentator etc - sure.

As a comedian? Meh.

Of course you never quite know whether he means what he says - but he has said himself that he prefers applause to laughs.

 

[loz]

His sketch on Paul Nuttle of the UKIPS, is no only very funny but really shows how stupid the racist English can be.

 

[Stato]

never heard his stuff but will give it a try. Apparently that heckle was from a cancer joke - I remember the outcry on here when Jimmy Carr made a joke about the positives of the war with the gypsys dying. It is either completely different posters or very confusing this place

If you're talking about this:



I was at that show. There was no cancer joke. The heckle was a strange non sequitur. The heckler mentioned cancer. Lee didn't. He was talking about something entirely unrelated. We went last night and he was very funny. There were even some actual jokes in the first half.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Have to say I find his endless riffing off the same trite phrase or saying pretty tiresome. Is This Groundhog Day?

These days....

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Not seen him live admittedly, tho have seen a couple of comedy specials online. Like many have said, you either get him or you don't. I don't. Just felt like I was being bashed over the head with that endless repetition riff thing to the point where it became a headache

I find him very funny. His Braveheart sketch is brilliant for many reasons. These days is probably my favourite but i also love 'Dont make me Ang Lee'

 

[jcdenton08]

If you're talking about this:



I was at that show. There was no cancer joke. The heckle was a strange non sequitur. The heckler mentioned cancer. Lee didn't. He was talking about something entirely unrelated. We went last night and he was very funny. There were even some actual jokes in the first half.

The problem is I saw him do this routine at the Leicester Square Theatre when he was workshopping the material, with the exact same heckle.

 

[Stato]

The problem is I saw him do this routine at the Leicester Square Theatre when he was workshopping the material, with the exact same heckle.

I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. He may have reacted to a different heckle in a similarly logical and overly reasonable way, but the bloke obviously was not a plant. To my knowledge Lee hasn't used the response in any other show since and he is pretty open about times when he does use artifice to deliberately create audience reactions and times when he is improvising. He's written books about how his routines are structured. The actual heckle is not on the Youtube clip, the recording starts part way through his reply. Only those in the audience know what was actually said by the heckler, yet you've claimed to have heard 'the exact same heckle' at another show. There are over three quarter of a million views of that Youtube clip over eight years and there are no comments from anyone else saying that they've seen it before or since. You are the only person I have ever heard making that claim.

 

[jcdenton08]

I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. He may have reacted to a different heckle in a similarly logical and overly reasonable way, but the bloke obviously was not a plant. To my knowledge Lee hasn't used the response in any other show since and he is pretty open about times when he does use artifice to deliberately create audience reactions and times when he is improvising. He's written books about how his routines are structured. The actual heckle is not on the Youtube clip, the recording starts part way through his reply. Only those in the audience know what was actually said by the heckler, yet you've claimed to have heard 'the exact same heckle' at another show. There are over three quarter of a million views of that Youtube clip over eight years and there are no comments from anyone else saying that they've seen it before or since. You are the only person I have ever heard making that claim.

I saw him do the exact same speech, with the exact same lines, “I can’t create a bespoke show” etc. I am sorry you don’t believe me, but not offended.

 

[Stato]

I saw him do the exact same speech, with the exact same lines, “I can’t create a bespoke show” etc. I am sorry you don’t believe me, but not offended.

That's not what you wrote. You said the heckle was the same, not the response.

 

[jcdenton08]

That's not what you wrote. You said the heckle was the same, not the response.

I assumed it was the same heckle, because the response was word for word identical.

 

[Questions]

I thought he was great last night…. First time live for me although I’m an avid watcher on YouTube… The bit about taking your wife was so close for me although she did say she was pleasantly surprised

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I assumed it was the same heckle, because the response was word for word identical.

An audience plant is quite an assumption/accusation.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Don’t make me Ang Lee

 

[Bold Seagull]

I’ve always thought the basis for his stand-up is how ridiculous stand-up is. He’s a master, the comedian’s comedian, the audience are part of the act, drawn in, loved and ridiculed in equal measure, skewering those that think they get him, twisting and turning through the entirety of an act, he reacts to the audience, plays off any uncertainy, their laughing at bits he wasn’t expecting, or not getting a well crafted joke he’s layered in, or the people who are there because they’ve been dragged along. It’s all part of the comedian / audience dynamic, loving that there will be those sitting there thinking ‘what the hell is this all about’ preferring that to an audience of fans like me hanging on every word he says.