Dominic Maxwell
- Journalist
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Fridays Unlocked review
A comedy gig where people brought their own brie.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 27th July 2020The Weekly Stand-up with Jason Manford review
Pubs are set to reopen; comedy clubs are not. So the comedian and club owner Jason Manford has taken matters into his own hands.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 27th June 2020W1A: Initial Lockdown Meeting review
"Every problem is a solution waiting to happen," Hugh Bonneville says as he reprises his role as the BBC's head of values, Ian Fletcher. And right now he tells four other characters from the satirical sitcom W1A in a mock-Zoom meeting to determine the corporation's lockdown strategy. "We are looking at one of the biggest solutions any of us have ever seen."
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 21st May 2020Charlie Brooker interview
The creator of Black Mirror is back with a lockdown version of satire show the Wipe, he tells Dominic Maxwell.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 14th May 2020Brassic review
Cartoonish capers give us a break from reality.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 8th May 2020Mark Watson interview
Dominic Maxwell talks to the comedian as he prepares for Watsonathon, his live show to lighten the lockdown.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 30th April 2020John Robins's show The Darkness Of Robins is new to Netflix, but in 2017 it won him top prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. The Darkness Of Robins is not a game-changer but it's a bold and winning hour, inspired by Robins's split from his unnamed girlfriend (actually fellow comedian Sara Pascoe).
Robins's ironic celebration of all his newfound freedoms -- unfettered access to power points at the home they used to share, say -- are a masterclass in stand-up comedy. The show flags when it moves too far away from the split, but it ends with tender wisdom as well as real laughs.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 16th April 2020New comedy shows to stream at home now
Lazy Susan: Forgive Me, Mother! (****)
Anna Mann: Sketch Show for Depressives (****)
Sandi Toksvig interview
Sandi Toksvig left The Great British Bake Off to pursue other projects, then lockdown put them on hold. Her response has been to start a daily YouTube show broadcast from her home.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 6th April 2020Alexei Sayle review - serrated yet genial comeback
Who is this old Liverpudlian gent with the white goatee, one moment raging with four-letter finesse against Tories and the mainstream media, the next doing milder material about cruise holidays and daytime television?
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 11th March 2020