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Max Olesker

Max Olesker

  • Actor and writer

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Max & Ivan on their new wrestling comedy Deep Heat

Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez tell Dominic Maxwell the true story behind their new ITV2 series.

Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 23rd March 2022

Deep Heat wrestling sitcom coming to ITV2

Deep Heat, a sitcom focused on the world of wrestling, is coming to ITV2.

British Comedy Guide, 3rd February 2022

Max & Ivan writing sport comedy for ITV2

Max & Ivan are making a sport-based comedy. The narrative sketch duo are writing six 30-minute episodes for ITV2.

British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021

Chortle Awards 2020 nominees

Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies, Katherine Ryan, Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Allen are amongst the nominees for the Chortle Awards 2020. Jonny Pelham, Jessica Fostekew and Catherine Cohen have two nods.

British Comedy Guide, 27th February 2020

Max & Ivan interview

The comedy writers, radio presenters and standup double act on the things that make them laugh the most.

Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 24th January 2020

Max and Ivan interview

Comedy duo Max and Ivan can't wait to bring their critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show back north of the border.

Ross Crae, The Sunday Post, 22nd January 2020

The most memorable comedy gigs of the 2010s

Here Chortle editor Steve Bennett recalls the shows that had the biggest personal impact since 2010.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st December 2019

The top ten comedy gigs of 2019

As is tradition, here's my look back at the ten most memorable comedy gigs of the last 12 months. There are bound to be omissions - the 300 or so shows I see each year are but a scratch on the volume of work the UK's industrious comedy scene produce - and the emphasis is on the 'memorable' not necessarily the funniest or the most game-changing, even if these qualities are so often interlinked.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2019

Top 10 comedy shows of 2019

A double dose of Stewart Lee, Hannah Gadsby's follow-up to Nanette and London Hughes' uproarious blue humour tickled the comedy circuit this year

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th December 2019

How two blokes & a bar became the Fringe's biggest act

Think you can hang on a chin-up bar for two minutes? Max Olesker takes on Edinburgh's hit challenge.

Max Olesker, i Newspaper, 15th August 2019

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