Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 186
Live review: English Comedian of the Year Final 2017
This year's final of the English Comedian of the Year proved one thing. You don't actually have to be English to be eligible, but maybe it helps. It also helps, of course, if you are funny, and the standard of this year's final confirmed that regardless of nationality, stand-up comedy is in pretty good health.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th September 2017English comedian of the year 2017 result
Nick Page has been crowned English Comedian Of The Year 2017 at the final in London.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th September 2017Comedy club blue plaque stolen
The Blue Plaque on the wall outside the Frog & Bucket Comedy Club in Manchester has been stolen. The plaque commemorates the club's opening in 1994 and has a very distinctive dedication: "In memory of all the comedians who died onstage."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th September 2017Doug Anthony All Stars, comedy review
This Australian comedy trio offering a funny, moving and profound evening of songs and jokes, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 4th September 2017TV preview: Back, C4
Let's be crystal clear about this. Back is not Peep Show - What Happened Next? David Mitchell plays a feckless, inept man-child and Robert Webb plays a hopeless charmer who can't help cocking up and landing on his feet, but that's where the similarity ends. Almost.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th September 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Nathan Caton
Following the success of last year's Straight Outta Middlesex tour Nathan Caton is back. He's keeping it real and keeping it funny, dissecting all things from the personal to the political in his brand new show The Pursuit Of Happiness.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st August 2017Baba Brinkman, comedy review
Comedy, hip hop and neuroscience will make your brain buzz.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 31st August 2017Tom Ballard, comedy review
Not everything in Tom Ballard's jam-packed show lands but the Australian comic still has plenty of skill, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 30th August 2017TV preview: Tim Vine Travels Through Time, BBC1
You can always bank on Tim Vine when you want something light and fluffy and fun and he has certainly done that with Tim Vine Travels Through Time, the first sitcom in a new series of Comedy Playhouse pilots.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th August 2017Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe winners announced
Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe Winners have been announced today.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th August 2017