Comedian Stewart Lee at Derby Assembly Rooms: why the old jokers are still the best - January 2014 Derby Telegraph - By Lynne Brighouse - January 26th, 2014

Stewart Lee explains to Lynne Brighouse why he believes that older comedians are the best and improve with age. COMEDIAN Stewart Lee is renowned for not shying away from controversial subjects or statements. His CV includes co-writing and co-directing the mock Broadway hit Jerry Springer: The Opera, which famously sparked off numerous protest demonstrations by…

Bristol Interview - January 2014 Intermission, Bristol - By Rob Sims & James Walmsley - January 13th, 2014

As an old scholar of Solihull School I was interested to find out that both you and Richard Hammond are alumni. Is the ‘hatred’ that you express towards him in your Top Gear skit based on any schoolyard feuds? I never knew R Hammond at school, as I explain in the piece. I thought about…

Radio Derby Interview - January 2014 January 6th, 2014

Speaking to Andy Potter on Radio Derby

Stewart Lee returns to Brighton with a new show - September 2013 The Brighton Argus - By Dominic Smith - September 16th, 2013

Deadpan, unfazed, poker-face comic Stewart Lee is exactly the same in interviews as on stage. He talks slowly, rarely changes pitch and delivers long answers, usually with a sardonic payoff. When he laughs, you take a deep breath: a small part of him, far below the surface, might actually be enjoying himself. “I think it’s…

Why Shrewsbury is great for Stewart - September 2013 NativeMonster - By Stephen Taylor - September 13th, 2013

Life on tour for a successful comedian can be a bit of a slog, but for Stewart Lee, Shrewsbury left its mark when he performed in the county town last year. “We walked past a pub where an acoustic guitarist was playing covers of John Martyn songs, and they were selling a nice local bitter—and…

The elite have ‘stitched up’ comedy - July 2013 Chortle - By Jay Richardson - July 8th, 2013

British comedy has undergone an elitist ‘stitch-up’, with poorer performers being ‘priced out’ of success, Stewart Lee has claimed. The respected comic also railed against the BBC for allowing its forthcoming Edinburgh Fringe coverage to be dominated by one of the industry’s most powerful agents… and vowed to try to use Comedy Central’s Alternative Comedy…