Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Stewart 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: 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 2022Stewart Lee: Pity poor Britons playing Liz Truss's lottery
The new prime minister's cabinet is comprised of people who were born to win, but for the rest of us, life is just a gamble.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 11th September 2022Ricky Gervais appears to respond after Stewart Lee trashes After Life
Ricky Gervais has appeared to respond to criticism from comedian Stewart Lee of his Netflix series After Life.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 11th September 2022