Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 111
Review: The Trip The Greece - Sky One
I'm going to do a thing that I don't think I've ever seen a critic do before. I'm going to say that my review was wrong. When I reviewed the first episode of the latest series of The Trip, set in Turkey and Greece, I wrote how I was disappointed by it. Having watched the first episode I felt that the tone had changed. There had always been a running theme about the rivalry between Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon but here I thought there was too much needle and nastiness. The joke wasn't all that funny any more. But that review was only based on the opening episode.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2020Live review: Scott Bennett, Scott Bennett's Shed
I've seen Bennett in Edinburgh and I've never understood why he has not become a bigger name. He's a totally mainstream comedian, but in a good way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th March 2020Mark Thomas releases NHS show to support food banks
Mark Thomas has made his acclaimed show Check Up - Our NHS @ 70 available to raise money for the Trussell Trust.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th March 2020TV review: Feel Good, C4
If I've made Feel Good sound a bit serious for a comedy I should emphasise that there are lots of nice comic touches.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th March 2020Live review: Sketch Off final 2020
It wasn't a great surprise that the Leicester Square Theatre was not quite full for this year's Sketch Off Final. What was more of a surprise was that the line-up for the final was not full of sketch acts.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th March 2020Angela Barnes to marry
Comedian Angela Barnes is to marry her boyfriend Matt.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th March 2020Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2020 cancelled
This year's Machynlleth Comedy Festival has been cancelled.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th March 2020Ahir Shah interview
"Making a room full of people experience happiness makes you happy".
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 16th March 2020Alex Edelman & Tom Rosenthal postpone their tours
Alex Edelman has postponed the rest of his Just For Us UK tour. Tom Rosenthal has also postponed his tour with immediate effect.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th March 2020Laura Lexx's Jurgen Klopp fantasy goes viral
Brighton-based stand-up Laura Lexx tweeted the following: "If I ever met Jurgen Klopp I'd say omg if we have a baby we should call it Klipp, just so he'd raise an eyebrow at me and tell me I'm a moron and I'd be so naked by the time he'd finished doing that." And sure enough it went viral. In less than a day the tweet has received nearly a thousand retweets and nearly 30,000 likes.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th March 2020