thu 07/08/2025

Veronica Lee

Bio
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

Danny Baker, Touring review - boy, can he talk

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Friday Night Dinner, Channel 4 review - predictable but fun

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Shazia Mirza, Touring review - race and politics examined

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Flo and Joan, Soho Theatre review - sisters in satirical harmony

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Ed Byrne, Touring review - the perils of modern fatherhood

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Home From Home, BBC One review - Johnny Vegas as everyman hero

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Funny Cow review - Maxine Peake is stellar

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Angela Barnes, Soho Theatre review - history with great gags

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Daliso Chaponda, Touring review - uneven but entertaining

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Quiz, Noël Coward Theatre, review - entertaining confection

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Isle of Dogs review - canine caper with a message

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Simon Evans, Soho Theatre review - intellect examined

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Craig Hill, Glasgow International Comedy Festival review - sweary and filthy fun

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Mom and Dad review - daft and dark zombie thriller

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Fern Brady, Soho Theatre review - opinions with raw edge

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Rose Matafeo, Soho Theatre review - sassy and she knows it

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BBC Proms: Láng, Cser, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fis...

“Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night,” quoth Blake. Beethoven and Bartók knew both...

Album: Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love...

This is a weird one: I do try and stay on top of pop culture, but for several years, Ethel Cain completely passed me by. You’d think I would have...

Weilerstein, NYO2, Payare / Dueñas, Malofeev, Edinburgh Inte...

NYO2 is a group of dazzlingly talented (and terrifyingly young-looking) 14-17 year olds from the USA, one of Carnegie Hall’s three national youth...

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Monstering the Rocketman by...

Monstering the Rocketman by Henry Naylor, Pleasance Dome ★...

theartsdesk Q&A: filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud on sex, lo...

"First love is always both terrible and wonderful at the same time", says the 60-year-Norwegian dramatist-novelist-director...

Oslo Stories Trilogy: Dreams review - love lessons

Rising temperatures, prickling skin, longing’s all-consuming ache: first love’s swooning symptoms overtake 17-year-old Johanne (Ella Øverbye) in...

Album: Black Honey - Soak

The default setting for Brighton indie quartet Black Honey...

Káťa Kabanová, Glyndebourne review - emotional concentration...

Even more perhaps than straight theatre, opera seems to draw attention to the meaning behind what may on the face of it appear a simple story....

The Count of Monte Cristo, U&Drama review - silly telly...

Alexandre Dumas’ novel has been filmed an immeasurable number of times (there was a new French version only last year) and...