Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Film 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: Basic Lee review
It's a reviewers' cliché to call something a masterclass of comedy, but Stewart Lee's latest show is almost literally that, as he gives what can loosely be described as a lecture in the artform: talking about writing material in part one, performing it in part two.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th September 2022Stewart Lee review - underpowered show still stronger than most
Less richly structured than his best work, this looser-limbed evening has given the comic wing-spreading room to experiment.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th September 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 2022Stewart Lee: Liz Truss and her team are taking us for a ride
From fracking happy Jacob Rees-Mogg to Nadhim Zahawi and his warm horses, the Tory top table is beyond parody.
Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 25th September 2022'We need an intervention': five ways to fix the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Too pricy, too elitist, just too big? After the criticisms of this year's event, a panel of festival regulars consider the way forward for Edinburgh's summer spectacular.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 22nd September 2022Stewart Lee: The BBC axing my show was in very poor taste
The broadcaster would rather screen seven sex scenes than my finely honed jokes. It's a national disgrace.
Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 18th September 2022BBC postpones Stewart Lee's Tornado AGAIN
The BBC has postponed Stewart Lee's stand-up special, Tornado, for a second time.
Chortle, 14th September 2022