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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

Peter Kay, O2 Arena review - comeback show is worth the wait

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Kate Berlant Is KATE, Soho Theatre review - glorious spoof of actory types

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 review: Ahir Shah

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Janine Harouni / Paddy Young / Ian Smith

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Olga Koch / Bill O'Neill / Mary O'Connell

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Darran Griffiths / Louise Atkinson / Louise Young

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Tennessee, Rose / The Ballad of Truman Capote

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Flat & the Curves / Shamilton! / I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Rob Auton / Laura Davis / Matt Forde

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Groomed / Let the Bodies Pile

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Amos Gill/ Lorna Rose Treen/ Crizards

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Krystal Evans / William Thompson / Alison Spittle

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Ania Magliano / Elliot Steel / Alexandra Haddow

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Ed Byrne / Fiona Allen / Kieran Hodgson

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Urooj Ashfaq, Soho Theatre review - assured UK debut by Mumbai stand-up

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Josh Pugh Live at Birmingham Town Hall review - observational gags with a touch of the surreal

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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...

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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...

Tosca, Clonter Opera review - beauty and integrity in miniat...

At first sight, it seemed that Clonter Opera’s decision to tackle Tosca this year might be a leap too far. Its once-a-year complete...

Album: Paul Weller - Find El Dorado

Paul Weller occupies a strange place in the cultural sphere. Especially since he was adopted as an elder statesman of Britpop in the mid 1990s, he...