Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Daniel Sloss show X to be shown in Australian cinemas
The screenings will take place on 25th March in six venues which are part of Palace Cinemas, Australia's leading independent cinema chain.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th March 2020Laugharne Weekend Festival saved
This year's Laugharne Weekend Festival will go ahead as planned. There was a risk that the future of the unique South Wales Festival was in jeopardy following the shock withdrawal of an annual £20,000 Arts Council grant, but a sucessful crowdfunding campaign and support from the Welsh Assembly has saved the day. The UK's quirkiest arts festival, running from 27 - 29 March, celebrates 13 years with leading artists, comedians, musicians, authors and poets.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th March 2020Live review: John Shuttleworth
John Shuttleworth's back. In every sense. This is the title of his current tour and it also refers to his latterday lumber problems that have been giving him a right bit of pain. It also, handily, refers to the fact that after looking for a while like he was settling into cosy old age and coasting a little this tour marks a Trebor Mint-strong return to form. Oof!
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th March 2020Mat Ewins and John Kearns launch podcast
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Mat Ewins (Harry Hill's Clubnite, Live from the BBC) has joined forces with double Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Kearns to launch brand new podcast called Microscope.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd March 2020TV preview: Inside No. 9 - Thinking Out Loud, BBC Two
It's another stylistic curveball for the fifth episode in the fifth series of Inside No. 9. I wondered if creators/stars Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton could sustain their high standard in this run, but if anything they have surpassed it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2020TV review: The Trip to Greece, Sky One
Perhaps I'm being too picky. Maybe this series has been overshadowed but the slightly stylistically similar much more more good-hearted Mortimer and Whitehouse fishing series. It is always fun to spend time in the company of the incredibly talents Coogan and Brydon but in this instalment they do not quite match their previous highs. Hopefully they will scale that Olympus later in this series.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2020Chris & Rosie Ramsey's podcast tour breaks world record
After selling out the pre-sale allocation in just 2 minutes on Thursday morning, tickets went on general sale on Friday morning and over 19,000 tickets were snapped up in just 60 minutes, including a staggering 9,028 at Newcastle's Utilita Arena, a new world record for a live podcast event. The smash hit podcast, which launched early last year, regularly hits No. 1 on the download charts and has reached a staggering 18 million downloads worldwide to date.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th February 2020Preview: Meet The Richardsons, Dave
No need to curb your enthusiasm here, there is plenty to be enthusiastic about.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th February 2020Mo Gilligan launches big YouTube channel
Mo Gilligan is to give his fans more of what they crave by putting never-before-seen cuts from his life, upcoming tour, and worldwide travels on his YouTube channel.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th February 2020New Edinburgh Fringe shows go on sale
A new batch of Fringe shows at the Pleasance, including Dane Baptiste, Paul Merton, NewsRevue and Wizard Presents, are now on sale.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th February 2020