Stewart Lee at the Millennium Forum tomorrow - September 2017 Derry Journal - September 26th, 2017

 One of the UK’s most famous comedians, Lee recalled a previous trip to Derry in an interview with the Derry Journal this week. “I have been to Derry before a number of times but I always arrived and left in darkness and never got to see it really. I am afraid I have no memory…

‘I think that Oxford and Cambridge are to blame for a lot of this’ - July 2017 Varsity - By Peter Chappell - July 25th, 2017

“Stewart Lee is not funny and has nothing to say” states one Telegraph review for Stewart Lee’s previous tour. Perhaps that critic was irritated by Lee’s ‘metropolitan elite’ reputation, or distinctively abrasive comic delivery. The quote now sits proudly on the promotional material for Lee’s current show, Content Provider. On stage, Lee plays a character…

Stewart Lee talks ahead of Birmingham show - March 2017 Express & Star - March 25th, 2017

Former Telford man Stewart Lee spent four years writing his latest works – a TV show called Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle and a new tour called Content Provider. The tour is the comedian’s first new full-length show since the award-winning Carpet Remnant World. He’ll bring it to Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on Monday and Tuesday. And…

Idler Interview - March 2017 The Idler - By Tom Hodgkinson - March 9th, 2017

Tom Hodgkinson meets the hard-working stand-up, still fighting for punk values. Through a mutual friend I booked an interview with Stewart Lee. I’d suggested a daytime slot, but he said, via email, that he wrote all day, then picked up his kids, then did his show in the evening. He is in the middle of…

Stewart Lee reignites his love of Oxford with a week-long residency at the Playhouse - January 2017 Oxford Times - By Marc Evans - January 27th, 2017

IT’S 30 years since he was a student in the city, but Oxford is still very much home territory for Stewart Lee. Lee, whose comedy divides audiences like few others, is reigniting his love affair with the Dreaming Spires when he plays a week of his latest show, Content Provider, at the Playhouse – the…

Stewart Lee: ‘I don’t care if people don’t agree with me’ - January 2017 The Times - By Dominic Maxwell - January 7th, 2017

The most extraordinary revelation that Stewart Lee makes in his latest show — probably the flat-out funniest in a 28-year career that has made him one of the most lauded comedians of his generation — is when he tells us what he gets up to at home after the spotlights have faded. With most comics,…