Veronica Lee
- Journalist
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Barking in Essex review
What should be played as fast-moving farce feels much longer than its two-and-a-quarter hours, and even the swearing becomes tiresome after a while.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 17th September 2013Review: Ardal O'Hanlon tour
Laid-back anecdotal humour from the likeable Irishman.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 16th September 2013Corporate gigs: Which comedians take the funny money?
Many comics pay their way with corporate gigs, says Veronica Lee. But they're not for everyone...
Veronica Lee, The Independent, 25th August 2013Bridget Christie interview
"I was standing in a bookshop when I realised that this was a show I just had to do".
Veronica Lee, The Independent, 25th August 2013Phoebe Waller-Bridge on her Fringe First winner Fleabag (Link expired)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's sex-obsessed character in her Fringe First winner Fleabag is no Bridget Jones, writes Veronica Lee.
Veronica Lee, Edinburgh Festivals, 17th August 2013Rubberbandits, Soho Theatre
Irish hip-hop spoofsters give an energetic performance.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 24th July 2013Review: Family Tree, BBC Two
I wish I could say this opener was laugh-out-loud funny, but I can't.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 17th July 2013Review: Count Arthur Strong, BBC Two
Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan neatly set up the story, although the thing I loved about the radio show - Count Arthur's pomposity and irritation with life, in which an hilarious mix of malapropisms, Spoonerisms and downright idiocy would form a crescendo of confusion on his part - was noticeably absent here.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 9th July 2013Review: Quick Cuts, BBC Four
Poor debut for a hairdressing salon-based sitcom.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 20th June 2013Psychobitches, Sky Arts/ Up the Women, BBC One
Two new comedies with women front and centre.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 31st May 2013