Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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7 five-star comedians to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
Can they be the 'Best of the Fest' again this year?
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 12th July 2022Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see
Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival's comedy, theatre and dance.
Brian Logan, Mark Fisher and Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian, 6th July 2022Arrest that joke! A history of gags so offensive that punters called the cops
Stand-up Joe Lycett has revealed that he was reported to police for one of his routines. From Sacha Baron Cohen to Jo Brand, Brian Logan looks at what happens when laughter and the law collide.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th June 2022Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado review
Stewart Lee is back. He's somewhat portlier - as many of us are - than he was before the pandemic struck and on typically excellent, sarcastically political form.
Mark Brown, The National (Scotland), 26th June 2022Stewart Lee interview
I start writing at home and then the show evolves in tandem with live try-outs.
On The Mic, 20th June 2022Barry Cryer: A Celebration review
Tears of a clown? Nobody, if the slew of comics and actors at this starry one-off celebration last night was anything to go by, had told Barry Cryer about it.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 14th June 2022Goodbye Baz: how stars celebrated the life of Barry Cryer
Friends, fans and family of Barry Cryer gathered in London's West End last night to remember the great gagsmith at a star-studded memorial gig.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th June 2022Stewart Lee brings woke grenades to the culture wars
Stewart Lee seems pretty relaxed for a man who finds himself on the frontline of a war. The much-vaunted "culture wars" are like that, you can take a break, set your laptop and your smartphone aside, and decide not to give a toss whether ProudBoy2022 wants to rip off your arm and hit you with the soggy end. In any case, says the "41st best stand-up" in history, the current war on "wokeness" being waged from various quarters - from the offices of the Daily Mail to 10 Downing Street - is a re-run of a conflict we've seen before.
Mark Brown, The National (Scotland), 12th June 2022The Stand announces final batch of Edinburgh Fringe shows
After a tempestuous couple of years resulting in one missed Fringe in 2020 and one barely recognisable one in 2021, The Stand release their final batch of shows for the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th May 2022Stewart Lee stand-up specials to air on BBC Two
BBC Two is to broadcast Snowflake and Tornado, two stand-up specials recorded by Stewart Lee.
British Comedy Guide, 4th May 2022