Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Opinion: Russell Howard 1 Stewart Lee 0
An article about how Stewart Lee's attempts on televising more alternative comedy on Comedy Central are losing out to more mainstream comics like Russell Howard.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2015Bridget Christie and Stewart Lee to headline fundraiser
Married comedians Bridget Christie and Stewart Lee are to headline a fundraising event for Battersea Arts Centre.
Matthew Hemley, The Stage, 25th March 2015Stewart Lee axed: The demise of real stand-up
For stand-up, things are not looking so jolly. Last week Stewart Lee's The Alternative Comedy Experience was axed by Comedy Central. It is the only show I have seen that captures what club comedy really feels like - risky, sweaty, too intimate, teetering between hilarity and despair.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 19th March 2015A Room With A Stew, Festival Theatre Edinburgh, review
Stewart Lee is a comedy magician and long after this lonesome cowboy has skipped your particular town, you'll still be trying to figure out what exactly it was that you were laughing at and how the hell he made you do it.
Justine Blundell, Edinburgh Guide, 17th March 2015Review - Stewart Lee: A Room With A Stew
The Comedy Vehicle comedian continues to intrigue, influence and irritate in wonderful measure.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 16th March 2015Stewart Lee: privatising BBC3 would be pernicious
If BBC Three is sold to the free-market fundamentalists we'll lose the very idea of public broadcasting within a decade.
Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 15th March 2015Stewart Lee discusses Alternative Comedy Experience axe
Stewart Lee has discussed various subjects in a wide-ranging new interview, including the axing of his Comedy Central show The Alternative Comedy Experience.
British Comedy Guide, 12th March 2015Alternative Comedy Experience axed
The Alternative Comedy Experience has been cancelled says Stewart Lee.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 9th March 2015Review: Richard Herring @ The Lowry, Salford
Since splitting from Stewart Lee in 2000 Herring has perfected his rambling yet poignant comedy splutter with tour after tour and award after award.
Dan O'Donoghue, Manchester Evening News, 28th February 2015Stewart Lee: Leicester Comedy Festival review
For a few seconds, I genuinely thought he was having a breakdown.
Ian Griffin, Leicester Mercury, 16th February 2015