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Brick Wall Comedy

Live In Scotland

Lee Evans

1998 · 60 min

A hyperactive hour of sweaty physical comedy and musical tangents.

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Lee Evans treats observational comedy like a decathlon. The appeal is the manic, sweat-drenched commitment he brings to acting out his premises. He stretches his face and throws his body around the stage to recreate mundane human behaviors, turning minor inconveniences into frantic physical theater.

Filmed at the Edinburgh Playhouse at the tail end of a 100-date tour, the 1998 set captures the comic right as he was crossing over into Hollywood character work with MouseHunt and There’s Something About Mary. The material centers on everyday frustrations, peaking with a routine about the mechanics of running in flip-flops. He breaks up the stand-up by closing the show as the “Lee Evans Trio,” playing multiple instruments simultaneously, and performing his original comic song “6ft Underground”.

The set list

3 bits

  1. The Lee Evans Trio

    An invisible instrumental and musical bit where Lee attempts to play multiple instruments at the same time.

  2. Running in flip-flops

    Physical and observational comedy regarding the mechanics and awkwardness of running while wearing flip-flops.

  3. Happy Go Lucky on piano

    A musical performance on the piano placed near the conclusion of the performance.

How it plays

On stage
Commanding large audiences with ease while attempting Scottish accents.
About
evolution, running in flip-flops, shopping, the difference between men and women, Brits abroad, the joys of television

What the critics said

Hailed by critics as proving why he is described as 'one of the finest living comedians'.

In the room: Full house at the Edinburgh Playhouse with a side-splitting response.

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: tview.co.uk, actoragecheck.com, thetvdb.com, tv24.co.uk, comedy.co.uk, letterboxd.com, imdb.com, critifan.com, en.wikipedia.org.

Backstory

Grand finale of Lee Evans's 100-date sell-out 1998 UK tour, performed to over 150,000 people against a stage backdrop featuring a giant kilt and sporran.

Details

Released
Taped
Edinburgh Playhouse
Runtime
60 min
Director
Tom Poole
Topics
Before
The Ultimate Experience Live (1997)
After
The World of Lee Evans (1998)

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