Dominic Cavendish
- Reviewer
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Talent, Sheffield Crucible review
A fitfully funny flashback to when Victoria Wood was a new face.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 4th July 2021Geoff Norcott book review
Who is Geoff Norcott? You'd be forgiven for replying: I'm sorry, I haven't a clue. He has written for this paper and pops up on TV. But compared to the leviathans he swims alongside in the comedy pool - your Michael McIntyres, your Frankie Boyles - he's a minnow; on the rise, for sure, but not the sort of star whose memoir you'd race to buy at the hour of its publication. "What" is Geoff Norcott, however, is a more interesting question.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 16th May 2021Eddie Izzard: "Call me she or he"
Every day this month, the unstoppable comedian is running a marathon - then doing stand-up. His goal? To 'make humanity great again'.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 1st January 2021Meet Dominic Frisby, Nigel Farage's favourite comic
'The BBC has a diversity of everything except opinion'.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 2nd December 2020Kieran Hodgson on his viral The Crown spoof
Kieran Hodgson's brilliant parody of the Netflix drama has had more than three million views.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 27th November 2020Jimmy Carr: A timeless blast of toxicity
Carr's resistance to political correctness has never been more robust, though he also allows himself a surprising moment of jauntiness.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 29th September 2020The 70s would have been unbearable without The Goodies
In a decade of power-cuts, industrial unrest and societal gloom, The Goodies were a seldom-dimming beacon of welcome frivolity. And gleaming and grinning most brightly at the heart of that daft trio was Tim Brooke-Taylor, who has died aged 79.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 12th April 2020Dominic Frisby, Museum of Comedy, review
Pro-Brexit stand-up gets my vote.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 2nd November 2019Ben Elton Live: unexpected pining for Margaret Thatcher
No longer wearing the spivvy suits of yore but casual dark jeans and stripy top (and glasses, as per usual), he declares his theme early on at his first UK stop-off. "I don't understand anymore," he wails. "My confusion isn't just increasing going forward, it's increasing retrospectively. I do not even get what I got."
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 1st October 2019Fleabag review
Hotter than Potter - the Waller-Bridge stage play that became a televisual masterpiece.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 28th August 2019