Stewart Lee played his show The Man-Wulf, in which he shares the stage with a werewolf comedian, over two weekends at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank.
Stewart Lee, who co-wrote Jerry Springer: The Opera, played The Man-Wulf at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank from Saturday 5 to Sunday 13 July 2025.
Lee was born in Wellington, Shropshire, in 1968, adopted as a child and raised in Solihull. He read English at the University of Oxford, where he wrote comedy with Richard Herring.
After moving to London he won the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 1990. With Herring he wrote early material for Alan Partridge on BBC Radio 4’s On the Hour. He stepped away from stand-up in 2000, and returned with Stand Up Comedian, released on DVD in 2005.
Jerry Springer: The Opera, written with Richard Thomas, reached BBC Two in 2005. His series Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle won the BAFTA for best comedy programme in 2012.
In The Man-Wulf he shared the stage with a werewolf comedian who hates humanity. The South Bank dates fell over two weekends, with a matinee on each Sunday.