Sajeela Kershi
Sal Stevens
Sally-Anne Hayward
Sam Avery
Sam Gore
Sam Harland
Sam Veale
Sandi Toksvig
Sandy Nelson
Sara Pascoe
Sarah Campbell
Sarah Kendall
Sarah Ledger
Sarah Millican
Sarah Silverman
Scooby
Scott Agnew
Scott Capurro
Sean Collins
Sean Grant
Sean Hughes
Sean Lock
Sean McLoughlin
Sean Meo
Sean Moran
Sean Percival
Seann Walsh
Seymour Mace
Shappi Khorsandi
Sharon Mahoney
Sharon Mannion
Shaun Paczkowski
Shaun Pye
Shazia Mirza
Shelagh Martin
Silky
Simon Amstell
Simon B Cotter
Simon Bird
Simon Bligh
Simon Donald
Simon Evans
Simon Farnaby
Simon Feilder
Simon Fox
Simon Gunnell
Simon Munnery
Smug Roberts
Snorri Hergill Kristjansson
Sody Funjabi
Sol Bernstein
Sophie Black
Special guest who cannot be named
Spencer Brown
Spike Milligan
Spiky Mike
Stan Stanley
Stanley Baxter
Stanley McHale
Stefano Paolini
Steph Davies
Stephen Carlin
Stephen Grant
Stephen Hill
Stephen K Amos
Stephen Lynch
Stephen Merchant
Steve Best
Steve Coogan
Steve Day
Steve Furst
Steve Gribbin
Steve Hall
Steve Harris
Steve Hughes
Steve Jameson
Steve McGrew
Steve N Allen
Steve Pemberton
Steve Rawlings
Steve Shanyaski
Steve Weiner
Steve Williams
Steven Young
Stewart Francis
Stewart Lee
Stewart Spaull
Stu Who?
Stuart Black
Stuart Goldsmith
Stuart Hudson
Sue Perkins
Sully O'Sullivan
Susan Calman
Susan Hanks
Susan Morrison
Susan Murray
Susan Vale
Suzy Bennett
Sy Thomas

Stewart Lee: How I Escaped My Certain Fate
DVD (2009):
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
DVD (2008):
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever
Recorded at the Stand, Glasgow
DVD (2006):
Stewart Lee: 90s Comedian
DVD (2005):
Jerry Springer: The Opera
DVD (2005):
Stewart Lee: Stand-Up Comedian
Book (2002):
The Perfect Fool
Novel
Book (1995):
Fist Of Fun
Stewart Lee's Badly Mapped World
Edinburgh Fringe 2002
Stewart Lee: Pea Green Boat
Edinburgh Fringe 2004
Stewart Lee
Edinburgh Fringe 2005
How To Write An Opera About Jerry Springer
Stewart Lee: 90s Comedian
Edinburgh Fringe 2007
Johnson and Boswell: Late But Live
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever
Edinburgh Fringe 2008
Stewart Lee: Scrambled Egg
Edinburgh Fringe 2009
Stewart Lee: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One
Misc live shows
A Seriously Funny Attempt To Get The SFO in The Dock
Ha Ha Hammersmith II
Malcolm Hardee tribute show
Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Stewart Lee: What Would Judas Do?
Tedstock
Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit 2007
Ten Best Stand-ups In The World Ever. Gig 1
Montreal 2006
Britcom 2006
TV
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Theatre
Jerry Springer The Opera, Cambridge Theatre
Jerry Springer: The Opera, National Theatre
Stewart Lee
Date Of Birth: 05/04/1968
Being ScottishAt the Glasgow Comedy Festival London preview show 2010 |
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| Being Scottish |
| Global Financial Crisis |
| Political Cup of Tea |
| Gambling |
| Stewart Lee Talks to Armando Iannucci - Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, Episode 2 |
| Stewart Lee Talks to Armando Iannucci |
| Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand Up Ever |
| Edinburgh & Beyond 2007 |
| Stewart Lee: 90s Comedian |
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| Books: 2001: Debut novel The Perfect Fool. Review. Buy Review |
| Books: 2001: Debut novel The Perfect Fool. Review. Buy Buy |
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| Radio: 1993-95: Four series of Radio One show Fist Of Fun, later renamed Lee and Herring |
| Radio: 1992: Radio 4 show Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World, which transfered to Radio 1 for its second series |
| Radio: 1991-2: Co-writer of On The Hour, which won him a Writers Guild Award and a Radio Times Comedy Award |
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| TV: 2001: Script editor on Sky One sitcom Time Gentlemen Please with Al Murray. Al Murray. |
| TV: 2001: Director of Simon Munnery's BBC2 show Attention Scum. Simon Munnery |
| TV: 1998-9: Two series of BBC2's This Morning With Richard Not Judy with Richard Herring Richard Herring |
| TV: 1997-2000: Script editor on Harry Hill's Channel 4 show Harry Hill |
| TV: 1995-6: Two series of Fist of Fun on BBC2. |
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| Video: 2005: Stand-Up Comedian. Buy on DVD Buy on DVD |
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| Theatre: 2000-2003: Co-writer of Jerry Springer: The Opera, which went from the Battersea Arts Centre to the West End via the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe (review) and the National Theatre (review). Click here for its full history. review |
| Theatre: 2000-2003: Co-writer of Jerry Springer: The Opera, which went from the Battersea Arts Centre to the West End via the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe (review) and the National Theatre (review). Click here for its full history. review |
| Theatre: 2000-2003: Co-writer of Jerry Springer: The Opera, which went from the Battersea Arts Centre to the West End via the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe (review) and the National Theatre (review). Click here for its full history. Click here |
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| Stand Up: 2005: Nominated for a Barry Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival |
| Stand Up: 2004: Edinburgh show and follow-up tour: 90s Comedian 90s Comedian |
| Stand Up: 2004: Edinburgh show and follow-up tour: Stand-Up Comedian. Click to buy on DVD Stand-Up Comedian. |
| Stand Up: 2004: Edinburgh show and follow-up tour: Stand-Up Comedian. Click to buy on DVD Click to buy on DVD |
| Stand Up: 2002: Edinburgh show Pea Green Boat Pea Green Boat |
| Stand Up: 2000: Edinburgh show Badly Mapped World Badly Mapped World |
| Stand Up: 1998: Toured UK with live version of This Morning With Richard Not Judy. Edinburgh show: Stewart Lee's Stand-Up Show, |
| Stand Up: 1997: Edinburgh Show This Morning With Richard Not Judy II with Richard Herring and solo show King Dong vs Moby Dick Richard Herring |
| Stand Up: 1996: Performed Lee and Herring Live at the Edinburgh fringe. |
| Stand Up: 1993: Co-founded Cluub Zarathustra with Simon Munnery Simon Munnery |
| Stand Up: 1991: Part of the original Comedy Zone line-up at Edinburgh, with Simon Munnery, Mark Lamarr and Chris and George Simon Munnery |
| Stand Up: 1990: Winner, Hackney Empire new act competition |
| Stand Up: 1988: Wrote for Edinburgh Fringe Oxford Review show |
| Stand Up: 1987: Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, as a student, with Richard Herring, Emma Kennedy and others in The Seven Raymonds |
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Stewart Lee: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One, London run |
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![]() Stewart Lee is past it. Ensconced in comfortable middle-age, the essential anger of comedy has deserted him. It’s time for him, at 41, to retire gracefully. Or so Frankie Boyle would have you believe. The Mock The Week star’s comments that no stand-up over 40 is funny was the spark that ignited these 90 unforgiving minutes of perfectly-measured sarcasm, using deconstruction, repetition and moral superiority as the sharpened tools with which to slay the very idea. Boyle’s proposition is conclusively refuted, while he becomes the object of Lee’s scorn, his supposedly controversial line about the Queen’s vagina being meticulously picked apart, revealed as ridiculous under the scrutiny. This is Lee’s usual MO, and it’s as effective today as it has ever been. The show’s title, as well as serving as a warning for those who like their humour lass challenging to stay away, comes from the sign behind every Caffe Nero counter. It was there that Lee was embarrassed when his loyalty card was refused because of an irregularity in the accumulated stamps. The incident is typical of the sort of minor irritant that middle-class comics of a certain age – the very people Boyle was presumably thinking about – often build routines around, getting laughs from their impotent fury. Lee proves he can easily fit into this category, though it soon becomes apparent his heart is not in it. He berates us for chuckling at the ‘wrong’ places and subtly highlights the artifice of the supposed rage behind the genre. Never mind the free coffee, he’s certainly having his Danish raisin swirl and eating it…. This show of extended set pieces then moves on to the life expected of a fortysomething parent, skewering the bucolic idea of moving to the country with its cultural malnourishment before moving on to an attack on the unedifying ‘politically incorrect’ ideology as espoused by Top Gear that culminates in a daring piece about Richard Hammond’s near-fatal crash. Here, Lee moves the audience between discomfort and laughter with deceptive ease. Because they are so distinctive, it’s easy to focus on Lee’s techniques; the deadpan delivery, the constant reiteration of his themes, the aloof demeanour. But there’s also a playfulness that imitators often miss, while the intelligent but unpretentious writing builds skilfully to make punchlines out of the most unexpected places. Only in his final routine, based on the artistic bankruptcy of advertising executives, is in danger of becoming a parody of his own methodology – but the payoffs are certainly well worth it, and you’ll never watch Mark Watson’s Magners cider ads in quite the same way again. Comedy in-jokes are, of course, an integral part of the show’s fabric. As well as Boyle, Lee takes pot-shots at the easy target of Michael McIntyre and creates a whole new genus of stand-up: the ‘Russell comedian’. But such asides hit a wider audience, not just the comedy cognoscenti. In what will come as a surprise to long-term fans – though it’s entirely in keeping with his compulsion to keep the audience out of their comfort zone – Lee ends with a sincere song. It’s a cover version of a Steve Earle track, not a schmaltzy Lee Evans-style number; but it’s enough to show that he still has the capacity to surprise – even at a positively geriatric 41 |
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He kind of took the kind of chat comics have in green rooms and dressing rooms at comedy clubs - often funnier than anything that makes it onstage - and shoved these jokes, in-jokes and barbed observations up front, to hilarious effect. The other effect is of a personal, considered monologue a friend might deliver as commentary to rifling through another friend's record collection. A master of the form. Mandy Allan, January 2010 |
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Saw SL at his early Lowry gig this Sunday. He'd sold out the original evening gig and the afternoon one was also packed which is good for him. Sadly, a couple of inebriated chaps started messing about from almost the moment he hit the stage and one of them, who must've had a serious screw loose, and was the antithesis of the "ideal fan" as set out in Ally's earlier review further down. SL made the gig worthwhile but admitted that the interruptions affected his flow and meant certain routines had to be cut short. On the plus side, maybe it'll provide interesting anecdotal material for next year. Some of the crowd were almost feral in their hatred of the spoiler. Ben, November 2009 |
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Saw Stewart Lee last night in Swansea and he was awesome. He also followed a below par Tony Law who didnt really rock the place. Not that someone of Lee's quality needs a good warm up. The venue (all be it very large) was not full. That is a crying shame and i hope that doesnt prevent him from coming back in the future. James, October 2009 |
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I've seen Stewart Lee a bunch of times over many years, and I find him hysterically funny. That said, he requires, really, a couple of things from his audience; Intelligence (sorry, but if you're not literate and fairly free-thinking, you're not going to like him); Familiarity with the general structure of comedy, and preferably his previous work; and total contempt for religion, right-wing politics and mainstream comedy. If this doesn't sound like you, you wont like him. Ally, September 2008 |
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***** truely brilliant, saw him at The Stand on Monday. His timing is perfect and his material is witty, the total comedian, if there was any justice in the world he would be selling out arena tours! Ben Mumford, August 2008 |
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Slee is consistently amazing. I'm just not sure why he persists in starting most shows with the 'If Jesus is the answer...' routine. Is there anybody with even a passing interest in comedy who hasn't seen it already on numerous occasions? To me it doesn't seem even close to his best material. It was a bit disappointing that he opened with it again at the first Bloomsbury Ten Best Stand-Ups Show when it was a fair bet that lots of people had gone on the back of seeing him before. Simon, April 2008 |
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Saw Stew in Burnley to an almost full theatre thingy I have to say loved him to bits, totally engaging and intelligent as we know but full of fun. I especially loved the sefl-conscious comment on the whole process. He will never be everyone's cup of tea but for me he is a genius! great value. Dave, April 2008 |
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Utterly brilliant. If you don't get him you are missing out on a genuine talent. Ian, March 2008 |
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Where can I see Stewart Lee next?
Recommended| 19:30 - Monday 29th Mar, '10 | |
| Venue: | Bloomsbury Theatre |
| Prices: | £18.50 (£15 concs) |
| Comics: | Bridget Christie, Joanna Neary, Kevin Eldon, Stewart Lee, Robin Ince (MC) |
| Info: | Robin Ince's School for Gifted Children Holiday Special |
| 20:00 - Monday 12th Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Comedy Store |
| Prices: | £18 |
| Comics: | Ahir Shah, Andi Osho, Cole Parker, Norman Lovett, Paul Sinha, Rufus Hound, Stewart Lee, Geoff Whiting (MC) |
| Info: | The Laugh's On Us |
Recommended| 20:00 - Sunday 18th Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Upstairs At The Masons |
| Prices: | £10 |
| Comics: | Adam Bloom, Henry Ginsberg, Robin Ince, Special guest who cannot be named, Stewart Lee, Tom Craine, James Mullinger (MC) |
| Info: | Fifth birthday show |
Recommended| Wednesday 21st Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Nottingham Royal Centre |
| Prices: | Call for prices |
| Show: | Stewart Lee: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One |
Recommended| 20:00 - Friday 30th Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Norwich Playhouse |
| Prices: | £16 (£14 concs) |
| Show: | Stewart Lee: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One |
| 19:30 - Thursday 6th May, '10 | |
| Venue: | Bloomsbury Theatre |
| Prices: | £16 (£14 concs) |
| Comics: | Adam Buxton, Alistair Barrie, Stewart Lee, Tim Key |
| Info: | Benefit in aid of peacebuilding charity International Alert |
Recommended| 20:00 - Tuesday 18th May, '10 | |
| Venue: | Upstairs At The Masons |
| Prices: | £10 |
| Comics: | Adam Bloom, Henry Ginsberg, Robin Ince, Special guest who cannot be named, Stewart Lee, Tom Craine, James Mullinger (MC) |
| Info: | Fifth birthday show |
Recommended| 20:00 - Sunday 23rd May, '10 | |
| Venue: | Lyric Theatre Hammersmith |
| Prices: | £10 and £15 |
| Comics: | Stewart Lee |
Recommended| 20:30 - Friday 18th Jun, '10 | |
| Venue: | Bush Hall |
| Prices: | £15 |
| Comics: | Kevin Eldon, Shappi Khorsandi, Stewart Lee, Andrew Maxwell (MC) |
| 20:30 - Thursday 15th Jul, '10 | |
| Venue: | Old Kings Head |
| Prices: | £8 (£6 concs) |
| Comics: | Paul Ricketts, Stewart Lee |
| Info: | Up The Arts. Edinburgh previews |
Recommended| 20:30 - Friday 16th Jul, '10 | |
| Venue: | Bush Hall |
| Prices: | £15 |
| Comics: | Josie Long, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee, Edward Aczel (MC) |






