Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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TV review: Mister Winner, BBC Two
Comedy fans who have seen Jones onstage or enjoyed Clunkerdunk may be surprised by this. There is no laugh track or studio laughter giving it a slightly flat feel. But Jones is great and is always watchable, even when you can see the punchlines coming a miles off. It just seems like an odd fit for someone who is so imaginative, creative and talented.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th March 2020New album from Ben Norris
He has done something more about scratching that musical itch, releasing the album Moral Vacuum, 12 songs which combine appealingly infectious melodies with wryly comic lyrics.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2020Review: Stay At Home Festival
When the coronavirus hit home last week there was a lot of talk about comedians setting up online gigs as their touring workload dropped off a cliff.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2020Review: This Country - final episode
And so the third and final series of This Country bows out in style.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2020Dane Baptiste podcast signs to Acast
Fresh from the launch of his brand new live show The Chocolate Chip, Dane Baptiste's hit podcast - Dane Baptiste Questions Everything - has been snapped up by the world's biggest podcast company Acast.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2020Review: 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 2020