Comedy was supposed to be the new rock ‘n’ roll in the 90s - August 2010 The Metro - By Andrew Williams - August 17th, 2010

Comedian Stewart Lee, 42, was one half of a successful 1990s double act with Richard Herring. He co-wrote Jerry Springer: The Opera before returning to stand-up in 2007 with a series of critically acclaimed shows. He has just written a new book. What’s your book about? It’s the transcripts of three stand-up shows I did…

Interview: Stewart Lee, comic - August 2010 The Scotsman - By Lee Randall - August 15th, 2010

Ever wonder how a comic constructs an act? How they layer and time riffs to generate laughs or howls of outrage? If so, you’re in luck. In How I Escaped My Certain Fate, Stewart Lee offers the ultimate insider’s guide to the process. Earlier this century Lee abandoned stand-up, disenchanted that comedy had lost its…

Comedy, controversy and more comedy - March 2010 Varsity Magazine - By Ed Kiely - March 5th, 2010

When I ask him about his status as an oft-cited inspiration for comedians, Stewart Lee is mystified. “I don’t understand it. My niece showed me in Russell Brand’s book where he cites me as an influence.” The cynicism towards critical plaudits is genuine. On his publicity, alongside quotes attesting to the genius of his stand-up…

Lee makes the most of second chance - February 2010 East Anglian Daily Times - By Wayne Savage - February 27th, 2010

“I’M sort of past the age at which people get discovered and yet I seem to have been given a second chance, so I’ve been very lucky,” says comedian, writer and director Stewart Lee. He’s performed stand-up since he was 20, contributed to various BBC radio comedy shows and directed the Mighty Boosh’s 1999 breakthrough…

Stewart Lee Interview – The List - February 2010 The List - By Brian Donaldson - February 25th, 2010

In his new show, Stewart Lee compares himself to a raft of personalities who appear to have let themselves go: Ray Liotta, Morrissey, KD Lang and Terry Christian among them. In the flesh, 41-year-old Lee might be barely recognisable from the comedic waif who, alongside stand-up mucka Richard Herring, snarled and sneered at life’s pomposities…

Interview: Stewart Lee, Leicester Square Theatre - December 2009 The Observer - By Sean O'Hagan - December 6th, 2009

A prolonged nervous hush has settled on the audience at the Yvonne Arnaud theatre in Guildford. It is broken only by scattered yelps of anxious laughter and the sound of Stewart Lee quietly, inexorably pushing the boundaries of what is comedically acceptable. He is halfway though a typically discursive and increasingly extreme routine about the…