Andrew Maxwell

Maxwell brings a conversational manner to political and social material, using the people in the room to open new routes into a story. His Soho Theatre performances offer a useful example of audience backgrounds prompting riffs about travel and differing perspectives. Watch how he lets a response broaden the subject rather than treating it only as a cue for an insult. The trade-off is a willingness to meander, but that looseness can make the show feel responsive to the particular company assembled that night.