{"id":179,"date":"2015-06-15T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T07:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/?p=179"},"modified":"2015-12-10T08:47:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T08:47:12","slug":"stewart-lee-in-conversation-with-oliver-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/stewart-lee-in-conversation-with-oliver-double\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart Lee in conversation with Oliver Double"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Hoss, third year University of Kent Drama and Classics\u00a0student, reviews our second British Stand-Up Comedy Archive\u00a0in conversation event, Stewart Lee in conversation with Oliver Double, which\u00a0took place on Wednesday 10 June 2015 at the Gulbenkian Cinema for\u00a0University of Kent staff and students:<\/em><\/p>\n

The second of the <\/span>\u2018in conversation<\/span><\/span>\u2019 events\u00a0features the \u201c<\/a><\/span>41<\/span>st<\/span><\/sup> Best Stand Up Ever<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u201d<\/a>, Stewart Lee, where he assesses his comedic career on behalf of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive. Dr Oliver Double hosts the discussion, taking place in The Gulbenkian Cinema, with a reflective demeanour supported by his articulate questions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Stewart<\/a>

Stewart Lee in conversation with Oliver Double, Gulbenkian Cinema, 10 June 2015. Image \u00a9 University of Kent \/ Matt Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n

The conversation started by analysing Lee\u2019s performance on the previous day at The Marlowe Theatre<\/a>,\u00a0looking at his abrasive techniques and poignant routines which he is mastering for the fourth season of his BBC Two series <\/span>Stewart Lee\u2019s Comedy Vehicle<\/span><\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lee discusses a lot about himself and his onstage \u201ccharacter\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0The viscerally volatile persona onstage is significantly differently to the humbly modest man offstage, which creates an impressive and fascinating duality. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The dialogue gradually shifted to talk about Alternative Comedy as a whole, focusing on the gig diary of Monika Bobinska<\/a> who ran The Meccano Club in the late eighties. Lee gives insight into the background workings of his early years by displaying the hardships of trying to get gigs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The foundation of the talk is rooted with hilarious anecdotes and concludes with questions asked by the audience. \u00a0Lee earnestly demonstrates why he is the most talented and innovative performer in Britain.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Stewart<\/a>

Stewart Lee in conversation with Oliver Double, Gulbenkian Cinema, 10 June 2015. Image \u00a9 University of Kent \/ Matt Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n

The event was audio recorded and has been added to the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive collections (reference: BSUCA\/Events\/SL2015).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Hoss, third year University of Kent Drama and Classics\u00a0student, reviews our second British Stand-Up Comedy Archive\u00a0in conversation event, Stewart Lee in conversation with Oliver Double, which\u00a0took place on Wednesday 10 June 2015 at the Gulbenkian Cinema for\u00a0University of Kent staff and students: The second of the \u2018in conversation\u2019 events\u00a0features the \u201c41st Best Stand Up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[112,140832,140831],"tags":[140863,140877],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}