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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

Leicester Comedy Festival Gala Preview Show, De Montfort Hall review - mixed bag in mixed bill

Monday, 13 January 2020 Read more...

Magic Goes Wrong, Vaudeville Theatre review - entertaining spoof

Friday, 10 January 2020 Read more...

White House Farm, ITV review - gripping opener of true crime drama

Thursday, 09 January 2020 Read more...

Best of 2019: Comedy

Saturday, 28 December 2019 Read more...

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special, BBC One - a big cwtch from Barry

Thursday, 26 December 2019 Read more...

Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Alexandra Palace Theatre review - JM Barrie's classic as you have never seen it before

Thursday, 19 December 2019 Read more...

Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar, Channel 5 review - a diverting melding of fact and fiction

Monday, 16 December 2019 Read more...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, London Palladium review - joyously filthy fun

Thursday, 12 December 2019 Read more...

Adam Kay, Bloomsbury Theatre review - festive tales from the NHS coalface

Monday, 09 December 2019 Read more...

ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition, O2 - one for the supergroup's completists

Friday, 06 December 2019 Read more...

Andy Parsons, Stamford Corn Exchange review - politics and the art of persuasion

Monday, 02 December 2019 Read more...

Jack Whitehall, O2 Arena - a mix of posh and puerile

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 Read more...

Ivo Graham: The Game of Life, Soho Theatre review - privilege and parenting

Thursday, 21 November 2019 Read more...

Stewart Lee: Tornado/Snowflake, Leicester Square Theatre review - snark to Sharknado

Tuesday, 19 November 2019 Read more...

Jack Dee, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage review - now he really is a grumpy old man

Monday, 11 November 2019 Read more...

Jonathan Pie, Eventim Apollo review - spoof reporter in coruscating form

Tuesday, 05 November 2019 Read more...

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Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Lost Lear / Consumed

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Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Alison Spittle / Christopher...

Alison Spittle, Monkey Barrel ★★★

Alison Spittle is fat, she tells us at the top of the show. But not as...

Blu-ray: Two Way Stretch / Heavens Above

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You could distinctly hear the murmurs of recognition from the Edinburgh audience – responding to knowing mentions of the city’s Leith and...

Folkestone Triennial 2025 - landscape, seascape, art lovers...

A rare cloud form envelopes the headland and to the east and the west Folkestone is cut off from the known world. This mist shortens...