Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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TV preview: Derry Girls, C4
This is a show that rarely hits a bum note.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th March 2019Review: Fleabag, Series Two, BBC Three/BBC One
So follow that. After the seismic success of the first series of Fleabag the action picks up 371 days and some hours later, with the family gathered for an important celebratory dinner. But this is Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag, it's never going to be an uneventful meal is it, as an early scene in which a bloody nose is wiped makes abundantly clear.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th March 2019Mark Thomas creates Museum of Stolen Things for 1 night
Join Mark Thomas for one night only in the Museum of Stolen Things, the first ever pop-up museum of the nicked, at the Musuem of Comedy in Bloomsbury on March 17.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd March 2019Comic Relief Spectacular review
You cannot keep politics out of comedy, but most of the stand-ups at last night's Spectacular tried. Until Sir Lenny Henry commented on the current Stacey Dooley "white saviour" controversy.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 1st March 2019Review: Jerk, BBC Three
BBC Three has come up with a pocket-sized gem in Jerk. Following a one-off pilot in 2016, this is only a four-part series but there's a surprisingly pleasing arc to it as we go from squirming at the main character Tim's behaviour to cheering him on at the end. As they say, we laugh and we learn.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2019Myq Kaplan review
All Killing Aside delivers flights of fancy at breakneck speed.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 28th February 2019Stars return to Frog & Bucket to mark 25th birthday
Comedy stars appeared at the Frog & Bucket on Sunday night to mark the Manchester club's 25th birthday.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th February 2019New show for Stewart Lee announced
Stewart Lee is returning to full-length stand-up performance with two new sets - performed back-to-back.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th February 2019Rob Brydon to interview Barry Humphries at Palladium
Comedy legend Barry Humphries is returning to London to be interviewed by Rob Brydon live on stage.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th February 2019TV preview: Warren, BBC One
Somehow though this seems to be catering for an older generation of viewers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd February 2019