Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Stewart Lee Live in Leicester Square review
All in all a great show, even for first timers or those who may not think Stewart Lee is their cup of tea, my advice is give it a try, you might just be surprised.
Total Ntertainment, 9th December 2022A funny old year: 2022 in comedy
The Skinny's Comedy Team share their highlights of the year featuring big gigs, sitcoms and hidden gems.
Polly Glynn, Laurie Presswood, Emma Sullivan and Yasmin Hackett, The Skinny, 5th December 2022Was Stewart Lee's first ever joke on Tiswas in 1981?
A clip has surfaced of an episode of the show from September 19, 1981, in which presenter Sally James reads out jokes sent in from viewers as part of a competition and one of them is from a "Stewart Lee from Solihull". According to Wikipedia Lee grew up in Solihull and went to school there.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th November 2022'You're a mentalist!': what happened when Alan Partridge met his number one fan
In Alan's finest half-hour, he offended the Irish, sold a few tie-and-blazer badge combinations and made a new friend. But what inspired it?
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 3rd November 2022Tony Slattery, Jo Brand and Stewart Lee among new patrons of Leicester Comedy Festival
The 30th Anniversary of Leicester Comedy Festival launches today with a huge line up of comedians performing across Leicester from 8th - 26th February 2023. The Festival is also announcing Eshaan Akbar, Jo Brand, Sikisa and Stewart Lee joining Tony Slattery, as new Patrons. Rosie Jones and Michael Rosen are announced as new patrons of The UK Kids' Comedy Festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th October 2022These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares
Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022Film to chart the history of Britain's oldest comedy club
Seann Walsh, Stewart Lee and others to hail Downstairs at the King's Head.
Chortle, 6th October 2022Stewart Lee, review: even basic Lee is basically still better than most
The famously aloof stand-up is thrilled to be back on stage, and, if his last show was a fraction sharper, this new one is a treat even so.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 28th September 2022Stewart Lee: Basic Lee review
Sarcastic, satirical and very funny.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 28th September 2022Stewart Lee: Basic Lee at the Leicester Square Theatre review
Classic Lee, sometimes too classic.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 28th September 2022