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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

Christine and the Queens/Instagram review - musical missives during lockdown

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Michelle Wolf: Joke Show, Netflix review - edgy and original material

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Mister Winner, BBC2 review - gentle comedy about one of life's losers

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Shappi Khorsandi, Soho Theatre On Demand - enjoyable run-through of her career

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Steve Martin and Martin Short, SSE Hydro Glasgow review - old friends bring a touch of vaudeville

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Tom Rosenthal, The Hawth, Crawley review - circumcision made funny

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John Shuttleworth, Leicester Square Theatre review - reflections on life in the slow lane

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The Trouble With Maggie Cole, ITV review - Dawn French stars in new comedy drama

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United Queendom, Kensington Palace review - rollicking royal tale

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Lucy Porter, Quarterhouse, Folkestone review - confessions of an ex-Brownie

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Ahir Shah, West End Centre, Aldershot review - a millennial's existential angst

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Simon Brodkin, The Stables, Milton Keynes review - comics casts off his Lee Nelson character

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Alexei Sayle, Oxford Playhouse review - return of the political bruiser

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Upstart Crow, Gielgud Theatre review - terrific Shakespeare spoof

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Simon Evans, Blackheath Halls review - a big reveal worth waiting for

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Jen Brister, Soho Theatre review - parenting, privilege and porn under scrutiny

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Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story - compelling portrait...

“I was born with the ability and the demon to write. I have been punished for it constantly.” Written and directed by Sinéad O’Shea, this...

Album: Ronny Graupe's Szelest - Newfoundland Tristesse

In this new album, three top-flight musicians based in Berlin, guitarist Ronny Graupe, Lucia Cadotsch (voice) and Kit Downes (piano) work...

Donohoe, RPO, Brabbins, Cadogan Hall review - rarely heard B...

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Album: Gigspanner Big Band - Turnstone

For lovers of British folk from the 1970s on, Peter Knight is a potent force – renowned for his years with Steeleye Span, in their 1970s heyday...

All the Happy Things, Soho Theatre review - deep feelings, b...

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. Or words to that effect. This quote from Milton’s ...

London Choral Sinfonia, Waldron, Smith Square Hall review -...

The London Choral Sinfonia are a very impressive group, a professional choir who are churning out terrific recordings at a breakneck pace – I...

Album: Mark Morton - Without the Pain

Mark Morton is best known as a guitarist with US...