Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Some comedy festivals announce they will happen in 2021
The producers of Leicester Comedy Festival and The UK Kids' Comedy Festival have announced that they are going to go ahead with the 2021 events, with support from a significant number of friends and special guests.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th July 2020Slapstick Festival online events during August
Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of silent and classic comedy is adding a choice of celebrity-led live online events to the series of archive treasures it has been sharing via its YouTube channel since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020Katie Pritchard launches clothes range
Award-winning comedian Katie Pritchard has discovered a new career in art during lockdown. Initially offering to create her trademark "Crap Art Portraits" of your photos from just £5 (which you can still purchase via her Ko-Fi page). And now Katie has decided to go ahead and ruin T-Shirts and Jumpers too with her fun artwork under the title "Katie PritchArt", which launches this week.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020Review: The Young Offenders, Episode 3.2
If nothing else good comes out of the pandemic at least there is a chance that more people will see The Young Offenders.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020Film review: How To Build A Girl, Amazon Prime
Channel 4 decided to stop making Caitlin Moran's semi-autobiographical sitcom Raised By Wolves after two series, but maybe if they had carried on it might have turned out something like this.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th July 2020Live review: Lauderdale House, N6
Review of Hal Cruttenden, Ivo Graham, Helen Bauer and Matt Richardson.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2020TV review: Frankie Boyle Live
Has Frankie Boyle got more mellow or has everybody else got more furious?
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th July 2020Pioneering musician and comedy historian CP Lee dies
Musician, comedy historian, legendary Manchester figure and much more CP Lee has died.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th July 2020Second comedy club to pilot indoor show
Just the Tonic in Nottingham is to stage a live indoor show on Thursday July 30 - the day after the Frog And Bucket in Manchester puts on a comedy gig. Tickets are available for both shows. The Nottingham show will feature Ed Byrne, Daisy Earl, Scott Bennett and Quincy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th July 2020Tim Minchin & Tom Allen working on the TV BAFTAs
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that Tim Minchin will be opening and closing this year's star-studded Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2020 with a special musical performance.
Ahead of the BBC One show, comedian Tom Allen is also announced today as host of the Virgin Media BAFTA TV Pre-Show, which will stream live on BAFTA's social channels (YouTube, Twitter and Facebook) from 18:00 BST, leading up to the main event.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th July 2020