sat 26/07/2025

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

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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Hannah Gadsby, Soho Theatre review - misogyny explored

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Andrew Maxwell, Soho Theatre - insightful political comedy

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Chris Rock, SSE Wembley Arena review - energetic and fast-moving performance

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Eddie Pepitone, Special review - return of the curmudgeon

There aren’t many comics like Eddie Pepitone any more – the veteran comic’s shtick harks to back an earlier age, pre-suitable for TV...

Album: Indigo de Souza - Precipice

Indigo de Souza, a singer from North Carolina, has established some reputation, mostly in the States, for combining...

Dying review - they fuck you up, your mum and dad

Despite the title of Matthias Glasner’s award-winning drama, and the death that swirls around its characters, dying isn’t really its subject, but...

Album: Mádé Kuti - Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From...

There can be few musicians on the planet from a more storied musical dynasty than Mádé Kuti. He is the son of Femi, the grandson of Fela. He grew...

theartsdesk Q&A: director Athina Rachel Tsangari on her...

Over a decade ago, a handful of Greek filmmakers set out to reinvent the national cinema amid the country's social and economic decline...

The Human League/Marc Almond/Toyah, Brighton Beach review -...

Today gradually blossoms from unpromising beginnings. LouderUK’s On The Beach event series takes place throughout the summer and runs the gamut...

A Moon for the Misbegotten, Almeida Theatre review - Michael...

Michael Shannon's long legs reach to the stars – or perhaps one should say the moon – in the Almeida's...

Album: Alice Cooper - The Revenge of Alice Cooper

Great (and not so great) bands reforming, either in the studio or in the live arena, is something of a trend at the moment. However, who would...

Burlesque, Savoy Theatre review - exhaustingly vapid

"It all starts with a snap," or so we're told early in the decidedly un-snappy Burlesque, which spends three hours borrowing shamelessly...