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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

Natalie Palamides: Nate: A One Man Show, Netflix review - deep dive into toxic masculinity still has power

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Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine, Netflix review - star-studded special for Trump lip-syncer

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Dear Joan & Jericha review - glorious wrong advice from spoof agony aunts

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Adam Kay, Apollo Theatre review - former medic tells tales from NHS front line

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Live From the Grand Hall, BAC review - strong mixed bill to start autumn season

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Taskmaster, Channel 4 review - comedy show makes seamless transfer

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The Cheeky Chappie, The Warren Outdoors review - entertaining drama about risqué comic Max Miller

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Picnic at the Castle review - entertaining mixed bill

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One Enchanted Evening, Glastonbury Abbey review - concert of West End show tunes

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Mixed bill, 21Soho review - opening of new club is cause for celebration

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The Warren Outdoor Season, Brighton review - creatives take to the beach

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Mandy, BBC2 review - Diane Morgan's new creation

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The New Normal, Royal Victoria Patriotic Building review - strong mixed bill

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John Cleese, livestream from Cadogan Hall review - abandon all hope, says the former Python

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Comedy in the Courtyard, BAC review - al fresco gags

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Mark Watson's Carpool Comedy Club, Hever Castle review - mixed bill with gags and gourmet food

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Album: Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts - Talkin' to...

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Album: Mary Halvorson - About Ghosts

Although Mary Halvorson leads the sextet Amaryllis on About Ghosts, instrumentally, she does not place her guitar to the fore. The first...

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bridge Theatre review - Nick...

It’s a sign of the inroads that the term “immersive” has made in theatreland that it now gets jokily namedropped at the...