Lee Kyle
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
'Why would you not want to be woke?' Inside the TV comedy workshops infuriating the right-wing press
They've been called 'a disaster for the arts' and lambasted for 'pursuing a heavily woke agenda'. So what actually happens at a comedy workshop? Our writer joins 30 working-class standups determined to break into TV.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 29th February 2024Malcolm Hardee Awards 2023 winners
Phil Ellis, John Fleming and Julia Masli have won the 2023 Malcolm Hardee Award trophies.
British Comedy Guide, 27th August 2023Lee Kyle will carry on camping to cut Edinburgh Festival costs
Accommodation shortages in Edinburgh push festival performers further out of the city, a comedian who has booked almost a month on a campsite has said.
Rachel Grant, BBC, 18th May 202350 £2k awards announced from the £100k 'Keep It Fringe Fund'
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 'Keep it Fringe' fund, a new initiative to support Fringe artists, led by Fringe Society President Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2023Lee Kyle releases stand-up special on YouTube
Lee Kyle has released his stand-up show Disco Twix as a special on YouTube.
British Comedy Guide, 21st March 2023Lee Kyle piloting Steve! sitcom with Game Of Thrones star Ben Crompton
Game Of Thrones star Ben Crompton and fellow comic Sammy Dobson star in Steve!, a new sitcom pilot from stand-up Lee Kyle, who also voices the show's self-destructive narrator.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd February 2023My inspiration: Lee Kyle - Disco Twix
The prolific North-East funny man tells us what inspired his latest comedy show.
Narc Magazine, 15th November 2022Feature: Save live comedy
Stand-up comedy has been my life for over seven years as a performer, writer and promoter. My best friends are comics or work in comedy clubs, spending time at shows was my social life and I've loved embracing everything comedy has had to offer, even taxi drivers telling me 'you can have that one' on the journey home from gigs.
Si Beckwith, Narc Magazine, 5th August 2020Interview: Lee Kyle
North-East comedian, Lee Kyle, has had his fair share of job roles, from Spice Girls tribute act, professional wrestler, stand up comedian, sketch performer, podcaster, comedy writer and kids comedian. Lee can now add 'online sensation' to the list as he adapts to the COVID-19 pandemic to bring us, Precedented: An hour of stand up about 'all this', his online show recorded at home and broadcast from his Facebook/Youtube page on 19th May. Eager to find out more we contacted him to answer a few questions.
Narc Magazine, 13th May 2020