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Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee

  • 56 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

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Stewart Lee interview

As the comic straddles the line between 'has-been and legend', Lee's new two-part show Snowflake/Tornado is set to split audiences yet further.

Claire Sawers, The List, 5th March 2020

Stewart Lee review

Falling sharks, bashing Ricky Gervais and sticking up for snowflakes...

Marc Evans, Bicester Advertiser, 28th February 2020

Review: Stewart Lee, Oxford Playhouse/Touring

'World's number one stand-up comedian' lives up to some of the hype.

Morning Star, 27th February 2020

Chortle Awards 2020 nominees

Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies, Katherine Ryan, Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Allen are amongst the nominees for the Chortle Awards 2020. Jonny Pelham, Jessica Fostekew and Catherine Cohen have two nods.

British Comedy Guide, 27th February 2020

Streaming with laughter: 50 best stand-up comedy shows

From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long - here are 50 specials you can watch right now.

Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Ellen E Jones, Brian Logan and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 22nd February 2020

Review: Stewart Lee - Snowflake/Tornado

The rumbling juggernaut of expressive grumpiness that is Stewart Lee rolls slowly, yet relentlessly, into town; stopping off, briefly, at The Brighton Dome to delight a packed out audience.

The Reviews Hub, 22nd February 2020

Horrible Histories? We're living through one right now

The supposed "lack of patriotism" in the CBBC show is another poor excuse from those who would dismantle public broadcasting, says Stewart Lee.

Stewart Lee, The Observer, 9th February 2020

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 2020

Ricky 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 2020

The 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 2019

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