Stewart Lee News

Chester's new Storyhouse is thrilled to announce a further four new shows to its already impressive line-up for the inaugural Autumn 2017 season.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has teamed with the University of Wolverhampton, the Arena Theatre and other arts organisations within the city to celebrate Artsfest - a festival of arts and culture within Wolverhampton and surrounding areas from Thursday 8 - Sunday 30 June 2017.

After four years of writing and performing half hour episodes of stand up for his TV show, Content Provider is Stewart Lee's first brand new, long-form, full length show since the award-winning Carpet Remnant World. 

A stellar line-up of comedians will join forces in benefit show FUNNY BROKEN BONES at the Lyric Theatre on 12 June to raise funds for colleague Jim Tavare, who was involved in a serious car crash in Los Angeles. 

The inaugural touring season has been announced for Storyhouse - the brand new £37m theatre, cinema and library in Chester.

King of the Edinburgh Fringe Richard Herring will be royally entertaining audiences at The Epstein Theatre next week.

ComposersCollaborative's legendary Solo Flights series returns to the New York concert scene, marking the organization's 30th year with a rare opportunity to experience Morton Feldman's last piano pieces as a cycle over three Sundays in March, performed by three of new music's most respected composer/pianists: Jed Distler, Tania Chen and Nils Vigeland.

Casting announced for The Fitzrovia Radio Hour's unique take on Charles Dickens' classic tale at The Vaults, Waterloo.

Multi award-winning British comedian JOSIE LONG returns to New York following her New York Times and Time Out New York Critics' Pick show 'Cara Josephine' with a brand new stand-up show, 'Something Better,' running from November 19th until December 3rd at The Barrow Street Theatre.

Today Wolverhampton Grand Theatre announced a brand new season, including the touring production of sell-out West End musical FUNNY GIRL.

Multi award-winning British comedian JOSIE LONG returns to New York following her New York Times and Time Out New York Critics' Pick show 'Cara Josephine' with a brand new stand-up show, 'Something Better,' running from November 19th until December 3rd at The Barrow Street Theatre.

This Christmas, The Fitzrovia Radio Hour take over The Vaults Theatre in Waterloo for a strictly limited four-week run with their unique take on Charles Dickens' timeless tale.

For a limited time only we are offering fellow Gingers free tickets to James Wilson-Taylor: Ginger Is The New Black when they bring a friend. As James says; 'In Edinburgh if I had only given free tickets to gingers for a couple of days I'd go bankrupt. But in London we're still an endangered species so it should be fine. Plus if any famous gingers show up I'll buy them a beer too. Except Ed Sheeran, he can get his own round'.

Following its sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 2016, musical comedian James Wilson-Taylor is back at the Leicester Square Theatre with his brand new show GINGER IS THE NEW BLACK - a one man musical comedy that takes a hilarious, sideways look at the history of redheads, and how stereotyping has affected them, and society, through the ages.

BWW speaks to Tim Bell about 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show Dame Nature: The Magnificent Bearded Lady.

BWW speaks to comedian Jenny Collier about her 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show Jen-Hur.

Jon Brittain and Matt Tedford's MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO, which gives the Iron Lady a Soho awakening on the eve of the Section 28 vote, has had a remarkable evolution over the past few years. From 10-minute short at Theatre503 to fully-fledged cabaret-cum-theatre show, it's enjoyed runs at the Edinburgh Festival, Brighton Comedy Festival and Leicester Square Theatre, and now has three dates at the Udderbelly Festival on the South Bank as part of a national tour. Jon talks mixing styles, gay rights and the ongoing process of development.

A brand new season of West End musicals, gripping dramas, dynamic dance and one night concerts with LESLEY JOSEPH, DERREN BROWN, RUSSELL WATSON, JOE McELDERRY, BRENDAN COLE, PASHA KOVALEV, DES O'CONNOR, JODIE PRENGER, JIM DAVIDSON and BILLY OCEAN.

Camden's Invisible Dot Club brings its irreverent mix of stand-up and sketch comedy to the Manchester International Festival's central hub for the Invisible Dot Club Cabaret. But despite strong hosting from Mae Martin, it could not live up to high expectations set by The Invisible Dot Club.

Often referred to as the beating heart of the Festival, the Pleasance once again presents a programme for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe this is both entertaining and thought-provoking.