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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

Coming 2 America review - Eddie Murphy returns as African Prince Akeem

Friday, 05 March 2021 Read more...

Stand Up and Deliver, Channel 4 review - how to make a comic

Friday, 26 February 2021 Read more...

Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke's Tuesday Night Club review - daft and good-hearted

Wednesday, 24 February 2021 Read more...

First Night Funnies, Leicester Comedy Festival review - uneven start to 2021's online gathering

Monday, 08 February 2021 Read more...

Comedy podcasts round-up 3: from home and abroad

Wednesday, 03 February 2021 Read more...

Back, Channel 4 review - return of sibling-rivalry comedy with Mitchell and Webb

Friday, 22 January 2021 Read more...

Dick Whittington, National Theatre at Home review - colourful and amiable entertainment

Monday, 11 January 2021 Read more...

Comedy podcasts round-up 2: from home and abroad

Wednesday, 06 January 2021 Read more...

Best of 2020: Comedy

Wednesday, 30 December 2020 Read more...

Pantomimes 2020 round-up: what's available online

Monday, 21 December 2020 Read more...

The Comeback, Noël Coward Theatre review - frantic farce with touches of vaudeville

Monday, 14 December 2020 Read more...

Comedy podcasts round-up 1: from home and abroad

Monday, 07 December 2020 Read more...

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

Thursday, 03 December 2020 Read more...

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

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 Read more...

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

Wednesday, 04 November 2020 Read more...

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

Friday, 23 October 2020 Read more...

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You can't explain stage presence like Anoushka Shankar’s. It just "is". When she steps out in front of a completely packed Royal Albert Hall, and...

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Leonard Elschenbroich and Alexei Grynyuk crafted a fine programme for their EIF recital, centring around Brahms’ relationship with the Schumanns....

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: The Fit Prince / Undersigned

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The Canadian-Korean director Celine Song burst onto the scene with her debut feature, Past Lives, two years ago, a bittersweet...

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“I will fly around the world just to forget you” are the opening words of “It Hits Harder,” the first track on New Radiations. The song...

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The German actor Leonie Benesch has an issue with...