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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

Hannah Gadsby, Netflix special review - shaggy dog story of marital bliss

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Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, Touring review - Bogies, bottoms and other childish fun

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Emmanuel Sonubi, ArtsDepot review - confessions of a former bouncer

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Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, Ambassadors Theatre review - courtroom drama hits the back of the net

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Chris Rock, Netflix special review - no holds barred on the Oscars slap

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Crybabies, Soho Theatre review - sharp sci-fi spoof

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Bridget Christie, The Haymarket, Basingstoke review - making the menopause funny

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Ricky Gervais, BIC review - nudging the boundaries again

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What's Love Got to Do With It? review - Jemima Khan's feelgood romcom

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'Weird Al' Yankovic, London Palladium review - deep dive into his original songs

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Catherine Cohen, Brighton Komedia review - songs and New York sass

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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish review - thrilling adventure with Antonio Banderas

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Lucy Porter, Cambridge Junction review - making light of a midlife crisis

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Best of 2022: Comedy

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Christmas shows 2022 round-up - panto is properly back

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Mother Goose, Duke of York's Theatre review - Ian McKellen returns as the Dame

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Is there only one Taylor Sheridan? His output is so prolific you’d think there must be half a dozen of them. Although little acknowledged in the...

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All We Imagine as Light review - tender portrait of three wo...

Documentary maker Payal Kapadia scored this year’s Cannes Grand Prix with her debut feature film, All We Imagine as Light, ...

Album: Hibernacula - Three Cane Whale

Since their eponymous 2011 debut, Three Cane Whale have kept it small without losing scale. A trio of Spiro’s Alex Vann, Get The Blessing’s Pete...

Jeff Young: Wild Twin review - a box of tricks

The writer, performer, and lecturer Jeff Young’s latest, Wild Twin, tells – ostensibly – the story of his barefoot, Beat-imitative...

Album: The Innocence Mission - Midwinter Swimmers

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Witches review - beyond the broomstick, the cat, and the po...

From James I’s campaign to wipe out witchery to the feuding sister sorceresses of The Wizard of Oz and the new film musical ...

EFG London Jazz Festival round-up review - youth, age, and t...

Jazz music crosses, mixes and unites generations, and the 10 concerts I’ve seen at this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival (out of more than 300 in...

First Person: singer-songwriter Sam Amidon on working in Din...

Walking in the morning from my Airbnb along the road in West Kerry...