Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 44
Preview: Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, BBC Two
Let's hope this series picks up some new fans as well as his usual followers who watch him with religious devotion. Well, I say religious devotion, but, of course, as I said, god doesn't exist.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th February 2014Chris Morris: the comeback starts here
After a rare stage appearance at Stewart Lee's recent stand-up gig, the Brass Eye comedian is returning to TV. Now, more than ever, we need a satirist with his fearlessness.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th February 2014Chris Morris joins Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 3
Stewart Lee will be interviewed by Chris Morris during the third series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, starting next week.
British Comedy Guide, 19th February 2014It seems safe to say the short-lived glory days of the series are already behind us, seemingly in favour of the producers tilting the Hoxton branch of Toni & Guy and employing whoever tumbles out. For those comedy fans who wouldn't know Stewart Lee from Kristen Stewart, Russell Kane discovers that people from different regions of the UK are different, Marcel launches his smut-drenched autobiog and half of Totally Tom embraces his Scottish side in a typically overblown manner. Live at the Appalling, more like.
Mark Jones, The Guardian, 14th February 2014Review: Stewart Lee, Much A-Stew About Nothing
It would, of course, be delusional to conclude he'd taken on board what I said but I found it interesting that he had moved the most audience-testing section to the end of the evening and didn't refer to the crowd using four-letter words.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 20th November 2013Giving Stewart Lee way to an acquired taste in comedy
Well, well, if I ever thought I was in Stewart Lee's comedy 'bad books', I think Dominic Cavendish of The Telegraph may well have topped me.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 15th November 2013Review: Stewart Lee, Much A-Stew About Nothing
Faultless entertainment from a comic at the top of his game.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 14th November 2013Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing - review
The self-pity act requires a fine balance because it can teeter on the edge of depressing. The comedy comes from the air of baffled anger and resignation in the delivery, and the fact that even his oldest fans can never be quite sure how much of it is put on. Fortunately, Lee is a master of the form.
Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian, 10th November 2013Opinion: Has Stewart Lee gone too meta this time?
The trouble with Lee is that these days his comedy is so "meta" it is hard to know on what level to take his material.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th November 2013Why I walked out of a Stewart Lee gig
Stewart Lee's contempt for his audience is becoming a grimly unedifying spectacle.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 9th November 2013