Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Will Self meets Stewart Lee
As his TV series returns to our screens, comedian Stewart Lee talks to Will Self about his prickly stage persona, how social media is changing comedy and why you won't see him on Mock the Week.
Will Self, The Guardian, 26th February 2016Baconface returns with Global Globules music show
Legendary comedian Baconface is to return to the UK to front a radio show.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th February 2016Ian Cognito: a life in comedy fighting the good fight
Ian Cognito is the most unpredictable member of the 1980's alternative comedy scene. If Stewart Lee had been more iconoclastic, and decided to live on a boat, he would be Cogs.
Jo Duncan, The Bristol Post, 12th February 2016Comedy gigs of the year 2015
Featuring Rob Delaney, Tommy Tiernan, Frankie Boyle, Daniel Kitson, Sam Simmons, Bill Bailey, Stewart Lee, Weird Al Yankovic, Richard Gadd and Spencer Jones.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2015Stewart Lee: The Sun gets a rise out of me
As I walked home past a decorated war memorial, the stirring began again, and I realised to my horror that accidentally viewing the image of the semi-naked woman on the Sun cover alongside their story on Corbyn and the Cenotaph had caused me to associate subconsciously Remembrance Day with mild sexual arousal.
Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 15th November 2015Will Self: I just want to be Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee is perhaps the most intelligent comedian ever to tread British boards.
Will Self, The New Statesman, 19th October 2015Stewart Lee: so Cameron can lie, but comics can't...
My comedy routines are held accountable to higher legal standards of truth and decency than a prime minister's conference speech.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 18th October 2015Review - Stewart Lee: Room With A Stew
Even in this putative stage, these are routines that are unafraid to fail, sometimes on purpose, in the cause of taking the audiences to places they could never expect. And that's what great art - including great comedic art - should surely be striving for.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th September 2015Stewart Lee: not easy getting jokes from migrant crisis
I wish Isis, Tony Blair and President Assad would think of the hidden costs of their actions. I'm trying to make a living here.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 13th September 2015Fist of Fun, season 1 review
In 1995, comedy writing duo Stewart Lee and Richard Herring created this bizarre sketch show that was both of its era and eerily revolutionary.
Anglonerd, 9th September 2015