Wednesday 12:01 AM August 5th, 2014 Leith (almost Edinburgh) Today, Wednesday, God willing, I am to act for the first time in over 40 years. The first time I performed in a play since I was in high school.It is the first Edinburgh preview of the new play Giant Leap starring famous comics Tom Stade and Phil Nichol. […]
PEOPLE OF NUNHEAD: COME TOGETHER AGAIN! THIRD YEAR IN A ROW! Join the Annual Nunhead Beats the Bounds 2015 on Saturday 4th July 2015. Meet at Nunhead Green at 2PM with your walking shoes. The ancient tradition of Beating the Bounds has been reborn in Nunhead. Come together to celebrate what makes our home unique. While […]
Photo: I make my debut at the beautiful Museum of Comedy. That is Sam at the far end drawing a portrait of me on his iPad. 11PM Saturday 13 June 2015 Nunhead Heights MUSEUM OF COMEDY: Tomorrow, Sunday (or today Sunday, or yesterday Sunday, or a year ago on a Sunday) I’m at the Museum […]
Lewis Schaffer touching a man’s lovely hand. Photo by Peter Bazeley Lew’s News: Things are hotting up here. We are working hard to save a little bit of wild woods in the Southwark Hills of London but first… Media to watch and listen: I lose my rag (or my nuts, or whatever the term is) […]
4PM Monday 5 January 2015 Nunhead Heights The photo is of Ms Kozlarek’s class at Kensington-Johnson School, Great Neck, New York. Age 12. I was the second row, extreme left, above the black kid, Marty Pinckney. His father was a doctor, lived in a big house in Kensington, and was the most popular boy in […]
11PM Tuesday 7 October 2014 Nunhead Heights “Would totally see him again if he totally made over his show.” Farra Pedley Usually I post only the most interesting reviews – and those reviews are from people who hate my show and/or me. Now, for the sake of balance and a desire to have people come to my show […]
3PM Thursday 2 October 2014 Nunhead Heights FIRST: GREAT VIDEO: “The Dogging Scene on Nunhead Green” played on Nunhead American Radio with moi, Lewis Schaffer by the Relatives Band. Briliantly funny. Have a listen. SECOND: TONIGHT OCTOBER 2ND: I will be at the Leicester Square Theatre doing my solo show, LEWIS SCHAFFER: AMERICAN IN LONDON. I have […]
3PM 22 August 2014 Edinburgh Fringe This is my open letter to John Fleming, organizer of the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Awards tonight 22nd August 2014 23:30 at the Counting House. Dear Mr. Fleming, It has come to my attention that tonight’s increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards ceremony and ‘show’ will feature ‘comedians’ who […]
20 August 2014 Wednesday Edinburgh Festival Lewis Schaffer: Success Is Not An Option The Hive, Venue 313, 7:45pm 50 Minutes This is the news of Lewis Schaffer at the Edinburgh Festival: I made one of the “Worst Jokes of the Edinburgh Festival” according to Dave and The Mirror: “I don’t have to worry about Operation […]
2AM Tuesday 17 June 2014 Nunhead Heights PEOPLE OF NUNHEAD, COME TOGETHER AGAIN! Look at our map! Join the Second Annual Nunhead Beats the Bounds on Saturday, 5th July 2014. Last year, the ancient tradition of Beating the Bounds was reborn in Nunhead. Nunheaders came together to celebrate and mark the boundary of our village. […]