Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Stewart Lee: An information dark age is upon us. I'm logging off
As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 19th January 2025First look at Stewart Lee's Man-Wulf costume
In the show, Lee adopts the persona of the tough-talking werewolf comedian "to position himself alongside comedy legends like Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and Jordan Peterson at the forefront of side-splitting stadium-stuffing shitposting".
Chortle, 17th January 2025Stewart Lee: If 2025 is anything like 2024, I'll be back on the Baileys
With environmental protesters in UK jails while convicted rioters sing the US national anthem for Mar-a-Largo guests, I'm bracing myself for another 12 months of despair.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 5th January 2025The best live comedy of 2025: shows to book now
From the whimsy of Atsuko Okatsuka to a proper tour for Jazz Emu's Knight Fever, our expert selects the hottest tickets of the year.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 4th January 2025Stewart Lee is wrong about comedy and censorship
Despite the awfulness of much "anti-woke" comedy, opponents of political correctness have a point.
Ben Sixsmith, The Critic, 30th December 2024Stewart Lee: Farage, Musk and Candy say 'cheese' - now British democracy's toast
Last week's photo op with the Reform leader and X owner was further evidence of the UK's inevitable march towards the far right. Merry Christmas!
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 22nd December 2024Stewart Lee teams up with The Primevals
Stewart Lee has commissioned Glasgow's garage punk veterans The Primevals to write a suitably haunting song for his new touring stand-up show Stewart Lee Vs The Man Wulf, which opened in London this week.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th December 2024Stewart Lee: 'I reluctantly accept that I've been very influential'
Comedians like Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Carr present themselves as edgy free speech warriors - but they're actually very mainstream, says Lee.
Graeme Green, Prospect Magazine, 10th September 2024Oasis: a guilty pleasure without fringe benefits
The comeback could be a coup or a crash, but it has already obliterated accommodation for the 2025 Edinburgh fringe.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 1st September 2024Why can't incredibly successful entertainers like Ricky Gervais ever take criticism?
As the comedian and writer seemingly reacts to an old Stewart Lee takedown by showing off his streaming numbers, Roisin O'Connor wonders why he's so desperate to prove his worth.
Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 24th August 2024