Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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The Covid Arms gig breaks world record
Online comedy club and pub The Covid Arms has broken the World Record for the most visitors to a virtual pub.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd May 2020Media falls for fake news about Palin's house fire
Michael Palin has been the unwitting victim of fake news. It has transpired that the wide-reported story that he accidentally set his north London kitchen on fire and had to be rescued by an octogenarian neighbour was actually a joke in a lighthearted article that Palin wrote for the latest edition of The Idler.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd May 2020Just The Tonic Comedy Club goes online
One of the most esteemed comedy clubs across the UK, Just the Tonic is attempting to bring back the comedy club experience to millions of people currently doing the right thing by staying at home with new LIVE comedy night via the newly launched Just the Tonic TV.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd May 2020Review: Trying, Apple TV+
Apple TV+'s first British original comedy is an interesting one. It both plays it very safe, with its cosy thirtysomething Camden Town environment and also goes into some unusual territory as it deals with a young couple going through the difficult process of adopting.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st May 2020Code 404 review
The comedy is pretty broad at times, but what Code 404 lacks in subtlety it makes up for in laughs.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th April 2020Comedians play Dungeons & Dragons for Comic Relief
Nish Kumar, Sue Perkins, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe will take part in a Dungeons & Dragons live stream on the 8th May to benefit vulnerable people affected by Covid-19.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th April 2020Mo Gilligan to do show with free tickets for NHS staff
Mo Gilligan has announced a special, free show for all NHS and Key Workers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th April 2020Comedy club stages gig to raise funds for comedians
Dulwich Hamlet Comedy Club is staging another Comics' Relief gig to raise money for comedians hit in the pocket by the pandemic.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th April 2020Kai Humphries writes book about Daniel Sloss
Humphries has now spilt the beans in a new ebook, Inside Daniel Sloss: Psychoanalysis of Daniel Sloss: Tour Journal 2014.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th April 2020Did Ricky Gervais predict Trump's bleach comments?
In a tweet posted on 6th March, 2016, Gervais not only guessed that Donald Trump would become President but also mentioned something that has recently been in the news in America: "The fact that there are warnings like "Do not drink" on bottles of bleach makes me realise that Donald Trump can become President."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th April 2020