Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 173
Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Ed Night
"I care less about dying on stage than I thought I would".
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st January 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Kwame Asante
There is a PhD to be written about the number of doctors who have also become successful comedians. From Jonathan Miller to Harry Hill, Adam Kay and Simon Brodkin, there is some kind of umbilical cord linking medicince to entertaining people onstage. Maybe it's the chance to hone your skills in hospital revues. Maybe there is some link between a bedside manner and stage presence. Maybe it's just that being a doctor is so demanding you have to evolve a sense of humour to get through it. Whatever the reason you can now add Kwame Asante to the list.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th January 2018Vic Reeves aka Jim Moir Settles Phone Hacking Case
Jim Moir - aka comedian Vic Reeves - has settled his case over phone-hacking allegations just before it went to court.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th January 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Stephen Bailey
Comedian Stephen Bailey is about to go on tour with his latest show Can't Think Straight.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th January 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Darren Harriott
I thought Darren Harriott had something special when I saw him at the Piccadilly Comedy Club New Comedian of the Year final in 2016.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th January 2018Inside No. 9 - Series 4, Episode 3, Once Removed, BBC2
Just as you, well I, might have been thinking that Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton were going soft in this series, along comes Once Removed like a punch in the gob.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th January 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Jessica Fostekew
Following a run in Edinburgh Jessica Fostekew is taking her latest show, The Silence of the Nans, on tour.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th January 2018Review: Witless, BBC Three
The third series of comedy thriller Witless has just come out on iPlayer in one big five-episode dollop. And if you think Leanne and Rhona are going to be able to go back to their boring, ordinary lives then you clearly haven't been paying attention. These two have about as much chance of avoiding scrapes as Eamonn Holmes has of winning the World Boxing Championships.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th January 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Lauren Pattison
It is no surprise that Lauren Pattison's name has popped up in Comedy Tips For 2018 articles.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th January 2018Rarely Asked Questions - James Meehan
Lancastrian James Meehan is something of a comedy all-rounder. But in a good way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th January 2018