Dominic Cavendish
- Reviewer
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Dead Funny is a perfectly crafted
Assisted by sundry skeletons tumbling out of closets, this deft anatomy of marriage and mirth climaxes in a melee of uproarious slapstick (no dramatist worth his salt introduces a large bowl of trifle without putting it to good use). Recommended, then, even if couples should approach with caution: there will be moments when titter ye will not; and there may even be tears before taxi-time.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 3rd November 2016How Brexit gave comedy the shot in the arm it needed
"I woke up on June 24, and thought 'Cor blimey, I didn't see that one coming!' " exclaims Henning Wehn, self-styled "German Comedy Ambassador in London", near the start of his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Westphalia is Not an Option.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 15th August 2016The Comedy About a Bank Robbery: best West End show
If it doesn't run for yonks, call me The Critic That Goes Wrong.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 22nd April 2016Olivier Awards: Is the great West End comedy dead?
I can't see anyone getting that fussed about the [Best New Comedy] winner this year. It's not that Nell Gwynn, A Christmas Carol, Hand to God or Peter Pan Goes Wrong weren't all, in their own ways, admirable, but will any go on to be regarded as a classic?
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 3rd April 2016Is there a comic fit to inherit Eddie Izzard's crown?
Dominic Cavendish struggles to see where our next great surrealist stand-up will come from.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 22nd January 2016How Shakespeare invented sketch comedy
As the RSC puts on a new Midsummer Night's Dream, Dominic Cavendish salutes a defining moment in British comedy.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 18th January 2016Bill Bailey: Limboland, Vaudeville Theatre, review
'The brainiest comedian of his generation'
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 11th December 2015Frankie Boyle, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, review
What are we? Only a handful of shell-shocked hours from the Paris attacks. That's soon enough, apparently, for Frankie Boyle to make light-hearted reference to the deadliest acts of terrorism France has seen in decades. "UKIP must have felt conflicted..." he observes, as the audience at the Warwick Arts Centre shift uncomfortably in their seats. "'We hate Muslims but on the other hand, they're killing French people.'" It gets a laugh.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 16th November 2015Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse: Legends, review
'A welcome silliness in an age of sour disdain'.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 24th October 2015Bill Bailey interview
'I wish social media had never happened'.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 29th September 2015