Stewart Lee announces first Irish tour in 14 years

English comedian Stewart Lee has announced his first Irish tour in 14 years.

The Wellington-native will bring his new show Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf to venues across the country in June 2026, starting at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on June 1.

The tour will also stop in Drogheda' Tommy Leddy Theatre on June 3 – Derry's Millennium Forum on June 4 – Wexford's National Opera House on June 5 – Cork's Opera House on June 7 – and Waterford's Theatre Royal on June 10.

In his latest show, Lee shares the stage “with a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of North America who hates humanity.”

“It’s fourteen years since I last toured Ireland,” the stand-up comedian said.

“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.”

Lee is known as the co-writer and co-director of Jerry Springer: The Opera, which won four Laurence Olivier Awards in 2004, including Best New Musical.

He later won British Comedy Awards for Best Male Television Comic and Best Comedy Entertainment Programme in 2011 for his BBC series Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.

Speaking to Hot Press in 2012, Lee said he had been inspired by Irish stand-ups early in his career.

“When I was starting out, all the comics that I liked were Irish comics doing stories rather than gags. The best people at that were the Irish ones,” he said.

Tickets for Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf in Dublin's 3Olympia go on sale Wednesday, August 20 at 10 am via Ticketmaster.