Eddie Izzard
- 62 years old
- English
- Actor, executive producer, stand-up comedian and writer
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Eddie Izzard may run marathons, but Lee remains the king of endurance comedy, a standup with the wit and grit to rolling-pin a single observation into a half-hour routine. Tonight's episode is nominally about dunderheaded reactions to the so-called migrant crisis but, like a glitch in the Matrix, Lee gets locked into a repetitive but endlessly rewarding riff about Rod Liddle and random foodstuffs. It trundles and builds to his most demanding, and impressively heroic, checkout of the series so far.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 31st March 2016Eddie Izzard completes Sport Relief marathons
Eddie Izzard has completed his challenge in South Africa to run 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief.
BBC News, 20th March 2016Eddie Izzard on his plans to run for Labour
David Cameron, you have been warned. If Jeremy Corbyn sans lounge suit is too much to bear, perhaps it's time to look away now. Britain's best-known transvestite Eddie Izzard has set his mind on running for Parliament at the next election.
Tom McTague, The Independent, 27th February 2016Eddie Izzard to run for Labour's NEC
The comedian and actor will seek a place on the party's ruling executive.
Stephen Bush, The New Statesman, 25th February 2016How will 27 marathons affect Eddie Izzard?
Comedian Eddie Izzard is running 27 marathons on 27 consecutive days to raise money for Sport Relief. But how does such an arduous journey affect the human body, asks Robert Spencer.
Robert Spencer, BBC News, 23rd February 2016Richard Herring's ten best interviews
Lorcan Mullan celebrates 100 RHLSTP episodes.
Lorcan Mullan, Chortle, 23rd February 2016Interview: rarely asked questions - Abi Roberts
Eddie Izzard and Dylan Moran have previously appeared in the Russian capital, but Abi Roberts claims to be the first English-speaking comic to gig there actually in Russian.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd January 2016Eddie Izzard, Palace Theatre, review
The mood changes as Izzard, unusually, delves into his personal history.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 22nd January 2016Review - Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure Reloaded
Travel broadens the mind, so they say, but Eddie Izzard's centuries-spanning breadth of subject matter was already impressive, even before speeding his Force Majeure tour through 28 countries.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd January 2016Is there a comic fit to inherit Eddie Izzard's crown?
Dominic Cavendish struggles to see where our next great surrealist stand-up will come from.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 22nd January 2016