Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Tall stories: performers on their wildest Edinburgh moments
Stand-up in a swimming pool, naked tractor driving, heart attacks, heckles, walkouts, rain and an onstage marriage proposal - as the fringe turns 75, this year's performers on the memories that make the festival unique.
Tim Key, Sindhu Vee, Jayde Adams, Flo & Joan, Arthur Smith, Reginald D Hunter, Paul Foot, Tim Crouch, Nina Conti, Simon Munnery, Bilal Zafar, Lou Sanders, Matt Forde, Fascinating Aïda, La Clique, The Guardian, 6th August 2022The Q&A with Stewart Lee
A household name in UK comedy takes his place in our regular Q&A hot seat to tell us about punchlines, impersonating Ed Gamble and his love of otters.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 5th August 2022Ten Edinburgh comics who were at the Fringe 20 years ago
The Fringe may often focus on the bright new things - but there are also stalwarts who return time and again to present a new show to an attentive audience. We've dug out our dog-eared - and notably thin - 2002 Edinburgh Fringe programme to spotlight some comics still here 20 years on.
Chortle, 27th July 2022Edinburgh Fringe 2022: The comedy lineup so far
Here's a small fraction of some of the comedy coming up at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Jamie Dunn, The Skinny, 24th July 2022National tour dates for Stewart Lee's Basic Lee show
Stewart Lee has announced the first batch of national dates of his new show Basic Lee in 2023 following a run at the Leicester Square Theatre in London from September to December 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st July 20227 five-star comedians to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
Can they be the 'Best of the Fest' again this year?
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 12th July 2022Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see
Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival's comedy, theatre and dance.
Brian Logan, Mark Fisher and Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian, 6th July 2022Arrest that joke! A history of gags so offensive that punters called the cops
Stand-up Joe Lycett has revealed that he was reported to police for one of his routines. From Sacha Baron Cohen to Jo Brand, Brian Logan looks at what happens when laughter and the law collide.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th June 2022Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado review
Stewart Lee is back. He's somewhat portlier - as many of us are - than he was before the pandemic struck and on typically excellent, sarcastically political form.
Mark Brown, The National (Scotland), 26th June 2022Stewart Lee interview
I start writing at home and then the show evolves in tandem with live try-outs.
On The Mic, 20th June 2022