Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Roll over Fleabag, Mrs Brown got the priest first
Stewart Lee asks why do we view the experimentation of Mrs Brown's Boys as naive and the same techniques used by Phoebe Waller-Bridge in The Flea Bag (as he calls it) as genius?
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 2nd February 2020Ricky Gervais & Jeremy Clarkson are no laughing matter
The two sayers of the unsayable have had a busy week. But can the Golden Globes host survive Sarah Vine's praise, asks Stewart Lee.
Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 12th January 2020The best comedy of 2019
Another year has past and once again it's been a pretty amazing one for comedy across the board, and it's been hard to whittle each category down to a top 10. But here are our suggestions for the best tv, film and live comedy of the year, along with a couple of other lists as well.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 31st December 2019Best of 2019: comedy
It was a year in which we welcomed some big, big names back on stage, including Ben Elton, Clive Anderson and Jack Dee.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 28th December 2019Opinion: top comedy gigs of 2019
Here are my top comedy gigs of 2019 very much in no particular order. Impossible to pick one out, but hopefully if you've been reading beyond the joke over the last twelve months some of these are favourites of yours too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th December 2019The decade in culture
The Times's critics select their preferred cultural moments and institutions of the 2010s.
The Times, 19th December 2019March of the Lemmings by Stewart Lee review
Entertainment and abusive despair ... the comedian and columnist dissects his own work in this merciless look at the past three years.
Steven Poole, The Guardian, 18th December 2019Top 10 comedy shows of 2019
A double dose of Stewart Lee, Hannah Gadsby's follow-up to Nanette and London Hughes' uproarious blue humour tickled the comedy circuit this year
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th December 2019London comedy 2019: The best comedy shows of the year
Good lord, haven't we all needed a laugh this year? Shout out to all the comedians who have kept us on the right side of despair.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 16th December 2019Interview: Stewart Lee free to do what he wants
Since his radio work with Richard Herring in early 90s and writing much of the initial material for Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge character, Stewart Lee has been making people laugh in unpredictable ways. Now he is trying to answer the difficult question: "How do you make people laugh in such unstable, unpredictable times?"
Hugh Finzel, Brighton Argus, 15th December 2019