Lewis Macleod
- 54 years old
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and impressionist
Press clippings
'People feel terrible. They want to laugh': can comedy make light of Trump 2.0?
A second Donald Trump presidency may be darker than the first, but his victory has unleashed the creative energies of satirists and stand-ups.
Rachael Healy, The Observer, 10th November 2024Dead Ringers is satire's great saviour - our politicians should be worried
The comedy sketch show is back, in rip-roaring form, just when the public needs it most.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 22nd June 2022Clinton Baptiste - new tour taking on his arch psychic enemy
Next autumn Clinton Baptiste and Ramone Tamine take to the road to play out their bitter rivalry in theatres up and down the land.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th December 2021Comedy stars curate Summer Comedy Festival on Radio 4
Miles Jupp, Jo Brand, Daliso Chaponda, Jayde Adams, Sara Pascoe and Darren Harriott will each curate a comedy show for Radio 4's Summer Comedy Festival.
British Comedy Guide, 18th July 2020Scottish Comedy Awards 2020 nominations
Janey Godley, Jim Smith and Larry Dean are amongst the nominees for the Scottish Comedy Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 9th June 2020Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod hope to come up Trumps
The prospect of spending an hour in the company of Donald and Melania Trump would be enough to make most people run for the hills. But when it's impressionists Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod who are inhabiting the roles of the President and First Lady, the idea appeals.
Murray Scougall, The Sunday Post, 6th August 2019How Edinburgh's comics are straddling political divide
While some fringe shows are tackling the subject head on, other performers think this is a year to stay off current affairs.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 3rd August 2019New Fringe shows for 2019 we're excited about
Don't miss these new shows coming to Pleasance, Underbelly, Gilded Balloon and Assembly at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Katharine Gemmell, The List, 3rd July 2019Lewis Macleod plots Trump Fringe comedy
A Donald Trump impersonator is to stage a Fringe comedy-drama about efforts to thwart a takeover by the US President of a "once-glamorous Scottish hotel."
Lewis Macleod, who was nominated for a Scottish Comedy Award for his mimicry of the tycoon, will join forces with the leading impressionist Ronni Ancona to stage Just Checking In, which will be staged at the National Museum of Scotland in August.
Brian Ferguson, Edinburgh Evening News, 23rd May 2019First live shows together for Dead Ringers team
Radio show Dead Ringers is coming to the Barbican Theatre in London for a limited run of five shows.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2019