British Comedy Guide
Lee Kyle. Copyright: Amy Booth
Lee Kyle

Lee Kyle

  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

Press clippings Page 2

How would you improve the Fringe?

'We should make it free and move it to Norfolk'

Chortle, 21st August 2018

What do you think of critics?

'Some reviewers clearly don't like comedy'

Chortle, 20th August 2018

Has the 'spirit of the Fringe' been lost?

'It would be nice if audiences came in with open minds and generous spirits'

Chortle, 19th August 2018

What will you do on your day off?

'I'm going to take a long hard look at myself'

Chortle, 12th August 2018

What track do you come on to and why?

'I sing my own walk-on music as I can't remember my iTunes password'

Chortle, 10th August 2018

Who is the worst person you have met at the Fringe?

A ketamine dealer, a stalker... and John Leslie.

Chortle, 8th August 2018

Interview: Lee Kyle on being a working class stand-up

Over the next three weeks 7,000 brochures will be distributed around the city by the Working-Class Fringe, a grouping of 70 acts publicising performers from across Britain proud to acknowledge their proletarian roots. This little white guidebook is badged with a spanner and a microphone, the symbol of the revolution. Lee Kyle, 39, a softly spoken Geordie with a ready smile, is the leader of the uprising.

Mike Wade, The Times, 7th August 2018

What's the worst place you've ever stayed?

'We had to use a tortilla for toilet paper'

Chortle, 5th August 2018

Keep it classy

A skim through the programme reveals remarkably few working-class comics. Marissa Burgess talks to Sian Davies and Lee Kyle, who are trying to change all that.

Marissa Burgess, Fest Mag, 26th July 2018

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