Dominic Cavendish
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Reviewer review: Dominic Cavendish (The Telegraph)
Dominic Cavendish is perhaps best known, among comedians anyway, as the man who walked out of a Stewart Lee gig. Appalled by Lee's apparent contempt for his audience, Cavendish asked why "the capacity crowd didn't mutiny at this sardonic onslaught". The reason, in the heads of most comedygoers, was that they understood the context of the contempt. To which Cavendish replied that he understood that his fans understood, but it was getting a bit tired. And anyone who has seen Stewart Lee's website will know that the appalled outbursts of reviewers are simply collected and put on display like little trophies. It's hard to win an argument with someone hellbent on self-deconstruction.
Mister Kipper, FringePig, 26th August 2015Any idiot can do what Michael McIntyre does right? No!
When it comes to the haters, there seems to be little reasoning with them.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 7th August 2015Reginald D Hunter, Warwick Arts Centre, review
Hunter's reflections on life, sex and race are refreshingly laid-back, says Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 26th June 2015The Vote, review: art meets life in real-time drama
Judi Dench, Catherine Tate and Mark Gatiss star in a brilliantly apt play about the last 90 minutes of polling day.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 7th May 2015Rules for Living, National's Dorfman Theatre, review
Rules for Living at times borders on being the funniest and truest comedy I've seen in ages, but it's also the strangest and most strained. It shouldn't really work at all. That it does, just about, is a testament to the talented array of actors that director Marianne Elliott has assembled - among them Deborah Findlay, Miles Jupp and Stephen Mangan - and the bravura bonkers nature of playwright Sam Holcroft's conceit, which boasts a hefty Big Idea even if it almost capsizes itself.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 26th March 2015Mrs. Brown's Boys: How Now Mrs Brown Cow, review
'I've seen a couple of these touring vehicles now and this is by far the lamest of the bunch, a case of milking the whole thing to within an inch of its life', says Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 24th March 2015Dylan Moran, New Theatre Oxford, review
The quotable Moran even managed to trump Shakespeare in his latest set, says Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 14th March 2015Ted Robbins collapse: I thought it was part of the show
When Ted Robbins collapsed on stage during the opening night of the Phoenix Nights live show, confusion reigned, says Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 1st February 2015Phoenix Nights live, Manchester Arena, review
Peter Kay's demented and delightful transfer from TV to stage deserves to bounce back after Ted Robbins's opening night collapse, says Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 1st February 2015Michael McIntyre's Christmas Charity Show review
Michael McIntyre's exuberant delight in the business of Crimbo proves wholly infectious.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 19th December 2014