Dominic Maxwell
- Journalist
Press clippings Page 23
Comedy review: Nick Helm at Winchester Discovery Centre
His story of painful sex acts with an old college friend is so hilariously grim and vivid, so exuberantly relayed, that you believe every awful word.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 11th October 2017Comedy review: Milton Jones at the Hawth, Crawley
His ruminative air can work against the build-up of momentum that would make for a great evening rather than great moments.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 9th October 2017Comedy review: Simon Amstell
Propelled in equal parts by real jokes and a real sense of emotional unburdening, this was an uplifting, effortlessly entertaining hour.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 25th September 2017Comedy review: John Kearns at the Soho Theatre, W1
His disguised face and ramped-up voice gives him licence to mix up comic vehemence and melancholy, yet the mask is often frustrating.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 19th September 2017The Edinburgh Comedy Awards: Sophie Willan
Nominee Sophie Willan makes serious, nuanced points, yet keeps the mood buoyant.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 26th August 2017Why Fringe comics don't care about May, Trump & Brexit
In a sweaty Edinburgh cellar a bearded young comedian is telling us about the joys of deciding to stop being left-wing for a while. It is, we assume,
a joke. After all, the comedian concerned, Fin Taylor, spent his previous Edinburgh hour, Whitey McWhiteface, lecturing us about the woes of white privilege, albeit while owning up to being one of its beneficiaries. This is just another ironic pose, right, the precursor to some dismissive material about the usual baddies - Brexit, May and Trump?
Craig Quartermaine and Brendon Burns interview
A unique pair of comics have picked the Fringe for a pioneering show, says Dominic Maxwell.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 29th July 2017Comedy review: Daniel Kitson at the Roundhouse, NW1
The bumblingly bearded comedian explores the limits of stand-up in a show that's playful, profound and at times overreaches itself.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 13th July 2017Review: Reginald D Hunter
Hunter is at his most user-friendly -- animated, verging on jumpy, and burning through idea after idea.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 8th May 2017Review: Spencer Jones at the Soho Theatre, W1
This show still feels like a work in progress -- good thing it's often a mighty entertaining one that involves a singing penis.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 3rd May 2017