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Veronica Lee

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Veronica is an award-winning writer and critic who contributes on theatre and comedy to the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Observer and London Evening Standard.

Articles By Veronica Lee

Dara Ó Briain, Soho Theatre Walthamstow review - master storyteller spins a family yarn

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Mr Swallow: Show Pony, Richmond Theatre review - magic tricks and mayhem

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The Comedy About Spies, Noel Coward Theatre review - 'Goes Wrong' team hit the spot again

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Zoe Lyons, Touring - midlife, without the crisis

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Greg Davies, Brighton Dome review - chocolate bars and errant bumholes

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Marcus Brigstocke, Touring review - modern manhood laid bare

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Matt Forde, Touring review - politics, poo and Viagra

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Harry Hill, Wilton's Music Hall review - madcap comic on terrific form

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Amy Gledhill, Soho Theatre review - delightfully bawdy take on serious subjects

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Russell Howard Live at the Palladium review - feelgood philosophy with added smut

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Ben Elton, Duke of York's Theatre review - big subjects, big laughs

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Chris McCausland, Winchester Theatre Royal review - Strictly winner as cheerfully cynical as ever

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Gala Preview Show, De Montfort Hall review - Leicester Comedy Festival nicely teed up

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Best of 2024: Comedy

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Jamie Foxx, Netflix Special review - doctors and divine intervention

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Ricky Gervais, Touring review - new show, not-so new gags

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Album: Turnstile - NEVER ENOUGH

Turnstile’s NEVER ENOUGH is a vibrant, shape-shifting album that proves the Baltimore-based band is fully committed to evolution. Since...

Fiddler on the Roof, Barbican review - lean, muscular delive...

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Album: Little Simz - Lotus

Little Simz clearly believes in meeting situations head on. Her sixth full-length album kicks off, in every sense of the phrase, with “Thief”:...

Letters from Max, Hampstead Theatre review - inventively sta...

In 2012, the award-winning American writer Sarah Ruhl met a Yale playwriting student who became a special part of her life. Out of...

Bradford City of Culture 2025 review - new magic conjured fr...

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Album: Death In Vegas - Death Mask

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away called the late 1990s,...

La Straniera, Chelsea Opera Group, Barlow, Cadogan Hall revi...

Chelsea Opera Group has made its own luck in winning the devotion of two great bel canto exponents: Nelly Miricioiu between 1998 and 2010...

Dept. Q, Netflix review - Danish crime thriller finds a new...

Netflix’s new detective-noir is a somewhat cosmopolitan beast. It’s written and directed by an American, Scott Frank, derived from a novel, ...