Stewart Lee to Bring Brand New Show CONTENT PROVIDER to Chester Storyhouse

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.

The show opened at Leicester Square Theatre in November 2016 to great acclaim and tours throughout the UK stopping of at Storyhouse - Chester's brand new £37million theatre, cinema and library complex on Tuesday 3rd October for one-night only.

Stewart Lee began stand-up in 1988 at the age of 20, and won the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 1990. In 2001 he co-wrote the libretto for Richard Thomas's Jerry Springer, The Opera, which went on to win four Olivier Awards. His most recent live shows have been Carpet Remnant World (2011), Much A Stew About Nothing (2013) and Room With a Stew (2015). He made four series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle for the BBC which won Best Male TV Comic and Best Comedy Entertainment Performance at the British Comedy Awards in 2011 and a BAFTA in 2012. His fourth and final BBC series of Comedy Vehicle is now available on DVD. Stewart is also an occasional newspaper columnist and has recently published a collection of his short prose, also entitled Content Provider.

Don't miss one of the UK's most popular comedians at Storyhouse this Autumn season.

IF YOU GO:

Stewart Lee - Content Provider

Storyhouse Chester

Tuesday 3 October 2017

Eves: 7.30pm

Tickets: £24.50*

Show suitable for aged 16+

*subject to booking fee

Book:

Online: Visit www.storyhouse.com

By Phone: Call 0844 815 7202

In person: Visit the Ticket Kiosks At Storyhouse, Hunter Street, Chester, CH1 2AR

Or Chester Visitor Information Centre.

Storyhouse is a new public attraction - a theatre, library and cinema, home to a year-round programme of home-made and touring theatre, film along with a host of activities across its considerable public spaces.

Designed by Bennetts Associates and featuring an 800/500 seat-theatre; a 100-seat cinema; a 150-seat flexible Studio Theatre; library spaces; digital production and broadcast facilities; a café bar and restaurant.

Storyhouse is carved from the Grade II Listed art deco 1936 Odeon cinema and a brand-new state of the art glass extension. Storyhouse is predicted to receive 600,000 visits per year, it brings cinema and theatre back to Chester city centre after a decade long absence.

Cheshire West and Chester council has committed an inspirational £32.5million to fund the creation of Storyhouse.

Photo Credit: Idil Sukan

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