Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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New arrangements for Daniel Kitson tickets
New timings have been set up for the sale of tickets for Daniel Kitson's forthcoming online shows following issues when the tickets went on sale on Friday.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2020Stewart Lee column causes controversy
A column written by Stewart Lee and published in The Observer on Sunday has prompted members of the UK Jewish community to respond.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2020Comedy Store Players improvised show to stream online
The Comedy Store Players, the UK's longest-running improvisation team, will be putting a show online for the very first time since they started in 1985.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2020Daniel Kitson sets up new ticketing for gigs
Daniel Kitson is to rearrange the sale of tickets for his upcoming online gigs after the ticketing system could not handle the spike in traffic when tickets went on sale on Friday.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th May 2020Myra Dubois gets thumbs up from Britain's Got Talent
The quickfire club regular scored four yeses after a mix of stand-up - comparing Simon Cowell's teeth to a newly fitted kitchen - and a distinctive rendition of the Annie Lennox hit Why.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th May 2020Sh**ged Married Annoyed hits 25 million downloads
Despite - or maybe because of - the current lockdown, Chris and Rosie Ramsey's award-winning hit podcast Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed. produced by Avalon, has continued to entertain its loyal fanbase and attract a growth of 700,000 listens week on week as it hits the staggering 25 million downloads mark, as well as consistently topping the charts since launching in February 2019.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th May 2020TV review: Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, BBC Two
Well at least one good thing has come out of this bloody pandemic. We've got another Wipe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th May 2020DLT Entertainment launches new podcast division
Award-winning production and distribution company DLT Entertainment has launched its new podcast division alongside two new comedy podcast series, When No One's Watching and National Treasures with Laura Lexx & Will Duggan.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th May 2020Review: Jordan Brookes - Bleed, Soho Theatre on demand
Jordan Brookes won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2019 for I've Got Nothing, a show that was substantially improvised. But this show, Bleed, from 2018, is the show that should have won him the award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th May 2020Funeral takes place of UK's first comedy critic
The funeral has taken place of Carol Sarler, who was the first regular newspaper comedy critic in the UK.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th May 2020