Alexei Sayle
- 71 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and producer
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Amnesty Secret Comedy Podcast, episode 11
Julian Clary is in the hot seat once more, having an explicitly adult talk with Reginald D Hunter (all in the name of comedy). Alexei Sayle reminisces about both having starred in Carry on Columbus. And there's a sketch from i][Jigsaw[/i] and a song from Brian Kennedy to top it all off
The Guardian, 24th August 2013Alfie Brown brings The Revolting Youth to 2013 Fringe
Upcoming comedian on writing ambitious material, anger and Alexei Sayle.
The List, 29th July 2013Interview: Alexei Sayle
The alternative comedy pioneer in why he's happier now that he can just be himself.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 16th July 2013Alexei Sayle on his return to stand-up comedy
After a 17-year break from stand-up, Alexei Sayle is back. Age may have seen off the tight suits but it hasn't blunted his edge.
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 25th June 2013Alexei Sayle: I couldn't understand my father's illness
Writer and comedian Alexei Sayle reflects on losing his father at a young age to Alzheimer's, and the dangers of success.
Andrew Burns, The Big Issue, 24th April 2013The Stand announce Fringe programme
The Stand has unveiled its 2013 Edinburgh Fringe programme, with Stewart Lee, Richard Herring and Alexei Sayle among the big names playing the club.
Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 1st April 2013Is it the recession? The Tories? The procession of fresh-faced ob-coms filling the O2 with their jaunty musings on social-media etiquette and supermarket self-service checkouts? Who knows. But there's little doubt that what older readers will recognise as alternative comedy is undergoing a mini-renaissance. Alexei Sayle has returned to stand-up and this new series sees Stewart Lee, who has flown the flag through alt.com's fallow years, introducing comedy from The Stand in Edinburgh. It's simultaneously refreshing and frustrating.
Tonight's opener features Isy Suttie, David Kay, Boothby Graffoe, Henning Wehn, Glenn Wool and David O'Doherty. But not for very long: at half an hour, and with ads and six comedians per show, it means approximately one and a half gags each - although the same half-dozen will be returning for more across the 12-part series, which showcases a total of 20 stand-ups. It's great to see more marginal comic turns getting exposure, but frustrating that we aren't allowed to see them in full flow, at least tonight.
Phil Harrison, Time Out, 5th February 2013Alexei Sayle - review
Are we about to witness the dilution of a great legacy? Mercifully, no.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 24th January 2013Alexei Sayle, Soho Theatre, review
Grizzled Scouser Alexei Sayle sometimes struggles to fill the allotted hour of his show at Soho Theatre, writes Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 24th January 2013Alexei Sayle, Soho Theatre, London
When the early wobbles subsided, Sayle remarked that "a lot has changed since I invented alternative comedy" and set about making sense of it - to himself, as much as to us.
Julian Hall, The Independent, 24th January 2013