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Lee Evans

October 2020

  • Dora Bryan (Meg) in The Birthday Party, 1994

    Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
    Pause for the camera: the best of Harold Pinter – in pictures

    Revisit the work of one of Britain’s greatest playwrights in the month that he would have turned 90

September 2020

  • Lee Evans

    Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
    A funny thing happened: stunning portraits of stellar standups – in pictures

    From Ken Dodd and his tickling stick to Nina Conti and her monkey, Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton has snapped a host of superb comedians on stage

November 2018

  • Lee Evans in Monologue and Tamsin Greig in Landscape in Pinter Three.

    Pinter Three and Four review – terror from Tamsin Greig, and a hilarious Lee Evans

    Greig shows nothing is now beyond her range while Evans’s physical comedy is a delight as this short-drama season highlights Pinter’s fascination with marital solitude

August 2018

  • Jason Isaacs and Lee Evans

    Lee Evans to step out of retirement for homage to Harold Pinter

    Comedian joins all-star cast to perform British playwright’s work at eponymous theatre

April 2018

  • Standup films, clockwise from bottom left: Man on the Moon, Obvious Child, The King of Comedy, Festival, Funny Bones.

    The best films about standup: from King of Comedy to Funny Bones

    As Maxine Peake takes the mic to play a club comic in Funny Cow, here are five movies that capture the lacerating, soul-baring world of live comedy

September 2017

  • There’s comedy and there’s acting, but there’s no ‘comedy acting’ … Jerry Lewis, snapped by Peter Chelsom at St Anne’s pier.

    'He embraced the fish, the chips – all of it': my time with Jerry Lewis in Blackpool

    The late comedy star came to the seaside town in the 90s to star in my film Funny Bones. Working with him was a masterclass in comic acting – and in charm

August 2017

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    Standups on why they quit comedy: 'I have nightmares about having to do it again'

    She may be one of the favourites for this year’s Edinburgh Comedy awards, but Hannah Gadsby is about to call time on her career. Here, Gadsby, Patrick Marber, Natalie Haynes and Simon Fanshawe explain why they hung up their microphones

November 2014

  • Stephanie Merritt

    Lee Evans: sweaty, knotty tour de force

    Stephanie Merritt
    He defined the modern comedy industry and broke records with his huge audiences. I suspect rumours of his retirement will prove greatly exaggerated, writes Stephanie Merritt
  • Brian Logan

    Open mic
    Lee Evans steps down from standup – who else can do what he does?

    Brian Logan
    The expressive, elastic, inimitable comedian is retiring. I wish he’d consider a Lenny Henry-style reinvention instead, writes Brian Logan
  • Lee Evans performs at O2 in London in September 2014

    Lee Evans to retire from comedy circuit to spend more time with family

    Comedian says death of manager at 53 also influenced decision, and that last date on Monsters tour will be final performance

October 2014

  • Lee Evans at the O2 in London

    Open mic
    Never mind the broadcasts: TV doesn’t make or break a standup

    It’s heartening news that half of comedy-goers would be happy to watch a comedian they haven’t previously seen on telly, writes Brian Logan

September 2014

  • Lee Evans live at the O2 in London

    Lee Evans review – when he starts talking he stops being funny

    The physical foolery is fine, but some of Evans’ jokes are not very nice at all, writes Brian Logan

September 2013

  • ricky gervais

    Laughing stock: the week in comedy
    David Brent to support Coldplay live

    Ricky Gervais's Office character will strut his stuff on stage with the big boys, Lee Evans just wants to sit and paint, and we enjoy some scientific one-liners from our readers

September 2011

  • Lee Evans – review

    Evans's cartoonish physicality is endlessly amusing, but it's a shame he presents himself as an agglomeration of populist cliches, writes Brian Logan

October 2010

  • Norman Wisdom

    Wisdom's longevity was incredible. He even made Barry Cryer seem young

    In today's comedy scene, Norman Wisdom's influence is felt most keenly in the performances of Lee Evans

January 2009

  • Jonathan Ross

    Stephen Fry and Lee Evans to guest on Jonathan Ross's BBC1 comeback

    The presenter's BBC1 show will be back later this month after his three-month suspension following the 'Sachsgate' row. By Leigh Holmwood

September 2008

  • Lee Evans

    Nottingham Arena
    Every gag is elevated by the gurning standup's physicality and gusto, says Brian Logan

August 2008

  • Comedy preview: Lee Evans, On tour

    Plymouth Pavilions, Sat 30; Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, Tue 2 to Sep 6

February 2007

  • Just fine and dandy

    Theatre: Rory Kinnear flourishes as Sir Fopling Flutter in Nicholas Hytner's Restoration revival, Eve Best remakes Rosalind and Lee Evans takes on Pinter, says Susannah Clapp.

January 2007

  • Theatre blog
    Are the old jokes the best?

    From Shakespearean puns to Victorian gags, from Laurel and Hardy to Lee Evans, has what makes us laugh changed that much?

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