Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 10
Stewart Lee: The government's Flickr photo-diary is a spoof unto itself
Michael Gove stands alone on a windswept pier. Grant Shapps laughs uproariously on a bench. The feed of Tory politicians doing things is a meme-maker's dream.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 20th February 2022Stewart Lee joins the Spotify exodus
Stewart Lee has followed Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in withdrawing his work from Spotify in protest at the Covid disinformation being spread on the platform. The comic joins a growing band of artists distancing themselves from the streaming giant over its support of Joe Rogan, who has used his Spotify podcast to give airtime to antivaxxers.
Chortle, 2nd February 2022Stewart Lee smashes audience member's phone
Stewart Lee angrily smashed an audience member's phone on the stage floor and put it between his bum cheeks. Stewart leapt from the stage and ordered the device to be handed over.
Richard Moriarty, The Sun, 19th January 2022I'm on Stewart Lee's 'pedal bin list'... yippee!
I bear Lee no ill will, but there do appear to have been some hurt feelings.
Martha Gill, Evening Standard, 6th January 2022The problem with Stewart Lee's hit list
Simon Evans asks: "For a comedian of such impeccably contrarian taste, why are his targets so utterly banal?"
Simon Evans, Spiked, 4th January 2022Tickets on sale for Basic Stewart Lee show
Tickets are now on sale for Stewart Lee's next show, Basic Lee, which is scheduled to run at the Leicester Square Theatre from 20th September - 17th December 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th December 2021Glasgow International Comedy Festival permanently axed
Organisers at the Scottish Comedy Agency say that after 18 years, they will no longer be staging the annual event after being hammered by Covid.
Chortle, 26th October 2021Review: Laugharne Weekend
It has regularly been said that the Laugharne Festival is a dream-like event. And this year's three-day arts reverie in the small town in South Wales where Dylan Thomas used to write was no exception.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th October 2021Cancel culture killing comedy? What a joke
Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that 'wokeness' is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsense.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 10th August 2021Stewart Lee: Tory values? Urination, urination...
Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen knows the real reason for empty shelves is working-class people going to university.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 8th August 2021