Dominic Maxwell
- Journalist
Press clippings
Can Mitchell & Webb revive the sketch show?
As David Mitchell and Robert Webb begin shooting a new comedy show for Channel 4, Dominic Maxwell finds out why sketch shows fell out of fashion in the first place.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 6th March 2025Harry Hill review
From Beyoncé to the Beatles, from puppets to ventriloquist dolls, the comedian kicked off his huge UK tour with a relentlessly zany energy.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 23rd February 2025Stewart Lee review
In his high-concept new show, the comedian dons three personae - a liberal lefty, an American shock comic and a liberal shock-comic - and a £6,000 werewolf costume.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 7th February 2025Geoff Norcott: "I like football and curry. In comedy, that's radical"
The stand-up on voting Conservative, his working-class roots and launching a new show on Times Radio.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 5th February 2025Rob Copland review
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards winner has real star power.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 7th January 2025Josh Widdicombe: "It took me ages to realise I had a drink problem"
The comedian talks about going sober, having a breakdown, his first stand-up tour in six years - and why he's agreed to appear on the Strictly Christmas special.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 18th December 2024Adam Riches and John Kearns review - a five-star spoof of Ball and Boe
At the Soho Theatre in London two Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning oddballs form a hilarious new double act pretending to be Michael Ball and Alfie Boe.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 16th December 2024Jazz Emu announces visual concept album Ego Death
Comedy musician Jazz Emu is releasing a "hubristic" visual concept album, a "self-indulgent" 30-minute music film featuring a host of comic talent, including Harry Enfield, Alex Horne, Al Roberts, Charly Clive, Ellen Robertson, Phil Dunning, Ed Jones and Will Hislop.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2024Sandi Toksvig and the QI Elves review
This QI onstage experiment is worth repeating.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 14th November 2024Steve Coogan's West End gamble - can he rival Peter Sellers?
Taking on Captain Mandrake and co in Dr Strangelove was always going to be a risk. There's no doubting the energy. Yet the uneven new lines and old favourites alike play too much in the same heightened register.
Dominic Maxwell, The Sunday Times, 3rd November 2024