Lewis Scaffer You are Beautiful 4****

August 22, 2016 | one4review

One time New York City comedian has been in the UK for ages now performing his largely self-deprecating shows with a style all of his own. Scaffer eschews the darkened theatre most comics revel in, house lights are on throughout, … Read More

Giant Leap: Comedians’ Theatre Company 4****

August 28, 2015 | one4review

It’s 1969. Nixon needs publicity to detract from Vietnam. What better way than to fulfil JFK’s promise to put a man on the moon, one way or another. In a bunker somewhere in the USA a group of individuals are … Read More

Old Folks Telling Jokes 2**

August 22, 2014 | one4review

I really don’t know what to make of this show. A couple of minutes into her set, Charmian Hughes (very good, as attested elsewhere on this site) asked if ‘Lewis did this to you?’ Yes. He did. I’m … Read More

Lewis Schaffer Free Until Famous

August 8, 2010 | one4review 2

*** 3 Stars

For the last two Fringes I have been advised, cajoled, bullied and very nearly bribed to go and see the New York City born comedian, but due to one reason or another I never made it. That … Read More