Stewart Lee will tour to Dublin, Drogheda, Derry, Wexford, Cork, and Waterford in June 2026, his first tour to Ireland in 14 years.
In this brand new show, Lee shares his stage with a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of North America who hates humanity. The Man-Wulf lays down a ferocious comedy challenge to the culturally irrelevant and physically enfeebled Lee. Can the beast inside us all be silenced with the silver bullet of Lee's unprecedentedly critically acclaimed style of stand-up?
Stewart said today: ‘It's fourteen years since I last toured Ireland. COVID, economics, personal issues, and the sheer size of some of my impossible stage sets got in the way. Since 2012, the UK and EIRE have parted ways on Europe, and a new cruelty and callousness have infected politics on a global stage, as we drift towards autocratic unaccountability. In Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf I wring bitter laughs out of exactly this problem, the show just gets funnier as the world worsens.
During the same period away from Ireland, I've discovered slapstick, dressing up, and musical parody, which feature in this show alongside my usual dour social commentary and self-loathing. I am absolutely delighted to bring my new show back to the land my ancestors fled from two hundred years ago, knowing that 1980s London would one day offer their ambitious descendant greater opportunities to develop a stand-up set than the black-pudding strewn streets of Clonakilty. Thanks to all the Irish fans who have travelled to see me in the UK in the intervening years. I apologise and I will not let you down again.”
Stewart Lee ("the world's greatest living stand-up comedian", The Times) is in danger of being left behind. He's approaching sixty with debilitating health conditions, his TV profile has diminished, and his once BAFTA award-winning style of stand-up seems obsolete in the face of a wave of callous Netflix-endorsed comedy of anger, monetising the denigration of minorities for millions of dollars. But can Lee unleash his inner Man-Wulf to position himself alongside comedy legends like Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and Jordan Peterson at the forefront of side-splitting stadium-stuffing shit-posting?
Stewart Lee is a stand-up comedian, writer, director, and filmmaker. He is the winner of an Olivier Award for Jerry Springer's The Opera and numerous BAFTAS, British Comedy Awards, and Chortle awards for his stand-up. The documentary film he wrote, King Rocker, about Birmingham punk and Birmingham public art, is an ongoing sleeper success.
Stewart had a No.1 single in January 2021 in collaboration with the Asian Dub Foundation and has a wrestling move named after one of his routines by the Xtreme Wrestling Champion Zack Sabre Junior. He is also a columnist and music reviewer. His last stand-up show BASIC LEE, is currently available on NOW TV, and his stand-up back catalogue is available to buy or rent ‘on demand’ from www.mediagarageproductions.com
Cartoon artwork by Mark Reynolds.
JUNE 2026
MON 1, 8PM, DUBLIN, Olympia Theatre, 3olympia.ie
WED 3, 8PM, DROGHEDA, The Tommy Leddy Theatre, +353 (0)41 987 8560, thetlt.ie
THU 4, 8PM, DERRY, Millennium Forum, +44 (0)28 7126 4455 , millenniumforum.co.uk
FRI 5, 7.30PM, WEXFORD, National Opera House, +353 (0)53 912 2144, nationaloperahouse.ie
SUN 7, CORK, Opera House, +353 (0)21 427 0022, corkoperahouse.ie
WED 10, 8PM, WATERFORD, Theatre Royal, +353 (0)51 874 402, theatreroyal.ie
For tour schedule please visit www.stewartlee.co.uk/live-dates
