Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Stewart Lee: The Clangers are truly British
Our panicked political rulers struggle for a definition of Britishness. Look to Bagpuss and The Clangers, says comedian Stewart Lee...
Stewart Lee, The Big Issue, 13th October 2014This new series sees the team take to the US seeking some fresh satirical meat. Dale Maily salutes the NRA's quest to put guns in youthful hands, political poltroon James seeks a special relationship with Sarah Palin, while his coalition cohort cosies up to Bill Clinton. Back home, there's an addition to the Saatchi gallery in London and a look at Nando's chickening out of tax obligations. To paraphrase Stewart Lee, you might not laugh much but you'll agree the hell out of it.
Mark Jones, The Guardian, 7th October 2014Review: Daniel Kitson, Stewart Lee & more
It is hard to believe but there have been mutterings of a Daniel Kitson backlash. His latest theatre piece, Analog.Ue was not greeted by the usual ecstatic reviews. Maybe - though I fully expect he would deny it - that is why he has been getting back to his first love of stand-up recently, compering a number of benefits with a few more in the pipeline. This really is what he does best. As he jokily boasted onstage at the Palace Theatre last night, he is, after all, the finest comedian of his generation.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2014Greenwich Comedy Festival, National Maritime Museum
The Greenwich Comedy Festival opened with an amusingly offensive set from Stewart Lee and Josie Long delivered a poetically pithy excerpt from her recent show about heartbreak.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th September 2014Stewart Lee interview
Known for his acerbic wit, 46-year-old writer, comedian, director, producer and musician Stewart Lee lives in London with his wife, fellow comedian Bridget Christie, and their two children.
Belfast Telegraph, 21st August 2014News: Daniel Kitson plays major benefit gig
Daniel Kitson is to compere a major London benefit gig in aid of a charity fighting homelessness among young people. The gig will take place at the Palace Theatre on October 6. Also appearing are Stewart Lee, Katherine Ryan and Josh Widdicombe. The charity they are suppprting is Laughing Point, a fundraiser in aid of leading youth homelessness charity Centrepoint.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th August 2014Stewart Lee & Richard Herring: how we made Fist of Fun
Richard Herring: 'We got a lot of saucy letters. And someone even sent in a Brian May made out of liquorice'.
Laura Barnett, The Guardian, 5th August 2014Review: Stewart Lee on Kevin Eldon's new book
'An opinionated, ignorant, and largely talentless intellectual snob'
Stewart Lee, Chortle, 5th August 2014Stewart Lee: I'm finding it very, very hard to be funny
"Don't those responsible for atrocities understand I have deadlines to meet?" Stewart Lee on why stand-up is the world's hardest job.
Stewart Lee, The Big Issue, 5th August 2014Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience offers 25 minutes of understated joy over on Comedy Central. Now three episodes into its second series, it's a grottier, grimier Live At The Apollo, without the necessary blockbuster blandness of John Bishop or Michael McIntyre.
Lee talks to comedians about their comedy - more interesting than it sounds, because of the calibre of people involved - which is then interspersed with short excerpts from stand-up sets, filmed at Edinburgh's tiny pub-like venue The Stand, giving it a brilliantly raucous, ramshackle feel.
Tuesday's episode saw Susan Calman, Josie Long, Kevin Eldon and David O'Doherty performing, with O'Doherty - a particular delight. If you've ever wondered how someone can do witty nostalgia about long-dead technology without sounding like a Buzzfeed list, then track O'Doherty's set down as a matter of urgency.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 30th July 2014