Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 183
Live review: Graeme Of Thrones, Charing Cross Theatre
There must be a word for it. The sub-genre of stage comedies that are send-ups of big hits. There was Potted Potter, and now there is this, which takes its inspiration from another smash. It feels to me as if they are shamelessly clinging to the coat-tails of the original work. But if they can avoid any lawsuits and raise some laughs why stand in their way?
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th October 2017Live review: Pizza Express Live
Reviews of Ivo Graham, Andrew Ryan, [pPhil Jerrod], Niamh Marron and Jamie Oliphant.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th October 2017Ricky Gervais interview
Ricky Gervais on cutting jokes, taking a knee and his new Netflix show about death.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 4th October 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Brett Goldstein
Brett Goldstein hasn't done a lot of stand-up lately, but then the sharp, funny comedian/writer/actor has an excuse. He has been busy appearing in lots and lots of TV and films on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2017Review: Josh, BBC3
It's one of those quirks of scheduling that the new series of flatshare comedy Josh has dropped on the same day that the new series of Curb Your Enthusiasm started on Sky Atlantic. There's definitely a touch of the Curbs in the way that Josh is plotted and also in the way that whatever can go wrong in the main characters' lives will go wrong.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2017Micky Flanagan DVD goes to number one before release
The live DVD of Micky Flanagan's latest show has gone to number one in the DVD charts - more than a month before it is released.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd October 2017TV review: Porridge, BBC1
Over the weekend I posted a small preview of this new series on Facebook and very quickly got an unusually large number of comments. Let's put it this way. The only person who said something nice about the reboot of the regularly repeated classic prison sitcom was a mate of one of the cast.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd October 2017Upstart Crow, Food Of Love, BBC2 review
This second series of Upstart Crow has felt a little under the radar. I'm not sure whether that is to do with the blink-and-you'll-miss-it 8.30pm scheduling or the fact that we are now not so delighted by Ben Elton's Blackadder-ish turns of phrase as we were first time round. It's been good but it has not really blown me away.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st October 2017Review: Travels With My Father, Episode 3
There are some nice moments here when Jack gets to show off his fancy footwork, playing soccer with a team who live on an island and don't even have a grass pitch.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th September 2017Ross Noble interview
Working with comedy legend Mel Brooks on the West End production of Young Frankenstein is a dream come true for Ross Noble.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 27th September 2017