Dominic Maxwell

Theatre and comedy critic and feature writer, The Times and The Sunday Times

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"We're not just putting lipstick on Mamet." Rosa Salazar, Indira Varma and Patrick Marber on their all-female Glengarry Glen Ross at the Old Vic in London https://t.co/LpsXnARwzL

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New tickets to Tim Key's Loganberry tour for the autumn https://t.co/Gz3dkUi2I4

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War Horse is back at the National Theatre and remains remarkable. Yeessss - don't whip me for saying this - it's a bitttt slow, but the puppetry remains simply staggering, the emotional payoff is huge https://t.co/KFrGYjrU7q

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Harry Shearer on the end of Spinal Tap, the everlasting The Simpsons, and the belated stage premiere of his J Edgar Hoover musical in London https://t.co/ANWXUiyUN0

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The Harder They Come is back in very fine fettle - if the story doesn't get you the bass surely will https://t.co/wPFWiiY5Zw

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There's never enough really funny theatre around, and there is plenty to enjoy in the Orange Tree's revival of Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy https://t.co/u1BU5u0SrE

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I really like some of what Rosie Holt does online, but all of her live shows to date have felt half-baked. This new one, Churchill's Urinal, is more theatrical but still comes across as a first draft https://t.co/5SUxvjTOHb

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Lenny Henry makes a careful but very consumable return to live comedy with this mix of standup and retrospective https://t.co/q3z4IzVPUd

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Ava Pickett's playful but painful 1536 moves to the West End in style https://t.co/6GtzjgFhzC

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for John Kearns's latest (and best) standup show https://t.co/dy1PYPU032

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How a new Jonathan Larson musical is finally making its way to London, 30 years after the Rent creator's death https://t.co/knAGzhYsz7

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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher review: Hilary Mantel's slight short story feels padded out rather than deepened in this enterprising production at Liverpool Everyman https://t.co/HYRqC7fVGP

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Malory Towers: Emma Rice works her magic again on her unspoofy, not-very-posh, yet musical, tender, inspiring Enid Blyton adaptation. My Sunday review, online scandalously early https://t.co/6HK1h9Irl6

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The Psychic: Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman follow up Ghost Stories with a jaunty chiller à la Sleuth. It's not yet as good as either of the above, but it's never dull and Frances Barber is a joy https://t.co/0LISn6ym0d

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"I direct opera like it's theatre and theatre like it's opera." Dracula and Dorian Gray director Kip Williams on his "cinetheatre" one-woman hits, and his experimental ENO debut Angel's Bone https://t.co/bJUeRLPO3d

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Monica Dolan in Mass (and beyond): "What she says is always good. What she doesn't say is truly great." https://t.co/LQahnA8r14

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The comic enchantment is laid on thick... but pretty much works! My second Midsummer Night's Dream in as many days https://t.co/F7MYFqv42J

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A Midsummer Night's Eve at Birmingham Rep: panto season starts early in an enchanting mix of old and new https://t.co/WbJsN9yrje