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What The Hobbit says about British society.

2AM Sunday 6 January 2013 Nunhead Heights. I went with my oldest son, the 11-year-old Mini-Lew, to see The Hobbit at the Peckham Cineplex. I had never read any of Tolkien’s works, nor had I seen any...

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I’m turned noir: The film I didn’t want you to see.

3PM Wednesday 30th January 2013 Nunhead Heights. Comedy guru John Fleming reported the other day that I blocked Jonathan Schwab’s film about me. I did not. I only preferred that the film wasn’t seen....

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My film – Written, Directed, Filmed, and Edited by Jonathan Schwab, without...

2 February 2013 Saturday Nunhead Heights Two days ago I was in a panic over Jonathan Schwab’s film. I didn’t want anyone to see it. The film makes me look fat, sweaty, failed, still failing, and small...

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Lewis Schaffer to charge £10 on Sundays.

12 Noon Wednesday 6 February 2013 Nunhead Heights I will be doing a season of shows at Martin Witts’ Leicester Square Theatre on Sundays starting 3rd March 2013 ending 21 April 2013. All shows will...

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In the land of the one-eyed man, Lewis Schaffer is king.

3AM Saturday 9th February 2013 Nunhead Heights You know me: If something bad happens to me, I mean really bad, I will blog about it. Last night at Vivienne and Martin Soan’s lovely Pull the Other One...

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New publicity photos – Which do you prefer?

19 April 2013 Friday Nunhead Heights You may have noticed I no longer have wondrous black hair. It is amazing how fast a man’s hair can go grey when he stops colouring it. Therefore, I have had new...

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I hate people.

3PM Sunday 26 April 2013 Nunhead Heights The 44 year-old publisher of the student publication didn’t want do an interview with me about my extended run at the Leicester Square Theatre, continuing this...

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I’m a failure at being bipolar.

2 AM Sunday 19 May 2013 Nunhead Heights Lewis Schaffer acting as a roadie for the Dulwich Ukulele Club at Nunhead Cemetery Open Day. I nearly forgot that yesterday was Nunhead Cemetery Open Day. It...

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A lynching is averted at the Leicester Square Theatre by a true hero of...

2 PM Tuesday 28 May 2013 Nunhead Heights I was at the Leicester Square Theatre Friday night when a near riot broke out. I heard about it seconds after it happened. The last comic on a comedy bill in...

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Richard Herring inspires Lewis Schaffer – read how.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Richard Herring inspires Lewis Schaffer Inspired by alternative comic Richard Herring, who is to forego poster advertising of his Edinburgh Fringe show and use the money he saves...

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I am in inspiration to failures everywhere. My Leicester Square Theatre run...

1PM Wednesday 26 June 2013 Nunhead Heights My run of Lewis Schaffer’s American Guide to England at the prestigious Leicester Square Theatre has been extended, AGAIN, this time to March 2014. Thank you,...

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Join us as we beat the bounds of Nunhead

Just as Americans discovered the Moon on July 20, 1969, so too Americans will discover Nunhead on July 20th, 2013. Nunhead Beats the Bounds – A Community Walking Event Map by Peter Hudson Organized by...

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Stewart Lee to provide DVDs for my Edinburgh show

9PM Saturday 6 July 2013 Nunhead Heights EDINBURGH FRINGE 2013 As I wrote in this blog, I was inspired by Podcast King Richard Herring. He is giving each audience member at his Edinburgh shows a free...

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Prestigious Leicester Square Theatre Sunday Run Resumes

3PM Saturday 29 September 2014 Nunhead Heights. Lewis Schaffer at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Photo by Sean Thoburn. Tomorrow, Sunday, I continue my shows at the prestigious Leicester Square Theatre. 5PM...

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Video from Bloomsbury gig, my fav comic on Nunhead American Radio Monday,...

3PM Friday 4 October 2013 Nunhead Heights Here is the video from my big Bloomsbury Gig with Stewart Lee: Just seven minutes until the battery died but you’ll get the idea. Well-filmed by Laura...

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Violence erupts at my shows in New York and London.

12:15 AM Saturday 12 October 2013 Nunhead Heights A riot broke out once when I was hosting a show in New York. I created it. I would do some stage time before I introduced the last act. The purpose was...

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How can a comedy critic walk out of a comedy show and then review it?

1PM Tuesday 12 November 2013 Nunhead Heights John Fleming, the comedy blogger, sent me an interesting link this morning. The Daily Telegraph critic Dominic Cavendish stormed out of Stewart Lee’s new...

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Time Out London gives Lewis Schaffer a five star review. Indirectly.

1AM Friday 22 November 2013 Nunhead Heights This week, Time Out London wonderfully printed a reader’s review of my Leicester Square Theatre show. It is gratifying because it means that the editors of...

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My first sold-out show in my 20 years of comedy.

3Pm Wednesday 4th December 2013 Nunhead Height I never feel happiness. The closest I come to happiness is the feeling of relief. Today I feel relieved that my show this Sunday the 8th of December 2013...

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The thought of yellow lines drove me crazy – my first “warming up” post.

21:30 Friday 13 December 2014 Nunhead Heights This is the first of a run of posts where I will try to emulate British comic Richard Herring by writing for only 30 minutes each day as a “warming up”...

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