Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Bath Comedy Festival launches
Bath Comedy Festival has launched its official programme.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 2019New boutique comedy festival For Brighton
The first ever Brighton Comedy Garden will take place this summer with five nights of stand-up comedy presented in a boutique festival in the glorious surroundings of Preston Park from 19 - 23 June.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 2019Review: After Life, Netflix
What is the new six-part Netflix series from Ricky Gervais? After Life is certainly funny but it is no sitcom. There is too much going on here that isn't funny to file it snugly under that genre. It's not that safety net catch-all "comedy drama" either though. It's something totally unique. And it deserves a category of its own.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th March 2019Felicity Ward on comedy and mental health
"I'd just have dark thoughts and wouldn't want to see anyone. When it's dark it feels like it'll never be light again."
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th March 2019John Shuttleworth's National Portrait Gallery gig
John Shuttleworth will be appearing at the National Portrait Gallery in London on May 24 for an hour of music, chat and clips from the acclaimed movie It's Nice Up North filmed by Martin Parr.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th March 2019Adam Kay review
Painfully funny tales of life on the ward.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 6th March 2019Mark Thomas to compose new national anthem
On March 11 he will be joined by satirists Jonny and the Baptists and the fifty members of the Commoners Choir for a special recording of his new podcast, Brit-ish.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th March 2019TV preview: White Gold, BBC2
The year is 1985. Eight months have passed since Vincent Swan (Ed Westwick) - Essex's premier and most amoral double glazing salesman - teamed up with gangster Ronnie (Lee Ross) and forced his boss Walshy (Nigel Lindsay) to sell Cachet Windows to them for a measly pound coin.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th March 2019Whose Line Is It Anyway? returns to Edinburgh Fringe
Classic improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe featuring Marcus Brigstocke and Phill Jupitus alongside original improv legends.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th March 2019TV review: Home
Home boasts snappy dialogue and some great jokes, but most of all it oozes humanity, Sami, of course, is just like us.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th March 2019