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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

Russell Howard, Netflix special review - joyous return to live performance

Thursday, 20 January 2022 Read more...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Birmingham Hippodrome review - Jason Donovan makes his panto debut

Monday, 17 January 2022 Read more...

One-Woman Show review - Liz Kingsman's spot-on spoof

Wednesday, 12 January 2022 Read more...

The Apprentice, Series 16, BBC One review - will they never learn?

Friday, 07 January 2022 Read more...

Pantomime 2021 round-up 2: TV stars in the spotlight

Friday, 31 December 2021 Read more...

Best of 2021: Comedy

Wednesday, 29 December 2021 Read more...

Pantomime 2021 round-up 1: a great Dame and two debuts

Tuesday, 14 December 2021 Read more...

Shagged. Married. Annoyed. Live, O2 Arena review - popular podcast lost in translation

Tuesday, 07 December 2021 Read more...

Alfie Brown, Soho Theatre review - a contrarian on great form

Friday, 19 November 2021 Read more...

King Richard review - Will Smith gives an affecting performance as Richard Williams

Thursday, 18 November 2021 Read more...

Ahir Shah, Soho Theatre review - lockdown laid bare

Friday, 12 November 2021 Read more...

Iliza Shlesinger, Eventim Apollo review - feminism, the internet - and bras

Friday, 05 November 2021 Read more...

Dave Chappelle: The Closer, Netflix review - race and class examined

Wednesday, 20 October 2021 Read more...

Jason Manford, London Palladium review - lockdown laughs and feelgood fun

Monday, 11 October 2021 Read more...

Anuvab Pal, Soho Theatre review - Empire and Bollywood collide

Monday, 20 September 2021 Read more...

Olga Koch, Soho Theatre review - personal, political and playful

Monday, 13 September 2021 Read more...

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