In an old-skool schedulers’ move, I’ve just been made aware that my last stand-up show BASIC LEE will air on July 20th, in just two weeks, and then hang around on Now TV for ages.
The tiny window of time means it’s down to word of mouth, the internet and sheer chance to promote it.
I am uncharacteristically proud of the finished product, recorded at the end of April, which includes seven minutes of the last jokes I will ever write about a Tory government.
There’s a link where you can share viral content on line, so please do, if you understand what that means.
I don’t. Help me out. I need this!
There are links to six video clips below.
BRAND NEW STAND-UP SPECIAL
Airs 20th July at 9pm on Sky Comedy and streaming service NOW
Stewart Lee performs his latest tour show Basic Lee filmed in April at The Lowry in Salford.
Superficially an uncharacteristically simple Stewart Lee show, in which the gnomic fifty-six-year-old veteran attempts to define by example what stand-up comedy is, Basic Lee slowly reveals a subtext about staying sane by re-structuring reality. But Lee’s most personal show is also his funniest, as he rewards the post-pandemic audience with a barrel load of big laughs as well as a bucketful of post-modern comedy deconstruction.
Probably the finest live recording to date of “the world’s greatest living stand-up comedian” (The Times, 2018) or “the world’s second best living stand-up comedian after Bo Burnham” (Daily Telegraph, 2023).
Stewart Lee, Basic Lee: Live at the Lowry is produced by Drum Studios in association with Awkward Films. The Producer Director is Colin Dench. The Executive Producers are Danny Carvalho and Andy Holland. The Commissioning Editor for Sky is Dwayne Eaton.
Stewart Lee, Basic Lee: Live at the Lowry airs 20th July at 9pm on Sky Comedy and streaming service NOW
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