Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 204
TV: Inside No 9, Episode 6, Private View
I've been a fan of Inside No. 9 since it started and it has maintained its high standards right through to this, the final show of the third series.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2017Interview: Steve Delaney (Count Arthur Strong)
Bruce Dessau takes tea with the man behind the trilby, Steve Delaney aka Count Arthur Strong.
Bruce Dessau, The Latest, 20th March 2017Ricky Gervais raises £160k with Beat The Touts tickets
In an effort to take action against ticket touts, Ricky Gervais allocated a limited number of Platinum Tickets across his worldwide Humanity tour. From the sales of these Platinum Tickets, nearly £160k has been raised across the UK and Europe for good causes to date, with the RSPCA and Macmillan Cancer Support in the UK receiving in excess of £65k each.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th March 2017Review: Carnage - Swallowing The Past
Carnage is definitely an interesting film and Simon Amstell is clearly interested in the subject - he has touched on it onstage. It is an odd hybrid though.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th March 2017Wendy Wason interview
Wendy Wason's latest show Tiny Me is about attempting to make the world a better place when we are such a small part of it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th March 2017Live Review: Iain Stirling
At times in his set - particularly when he does a cockney accent - he reminded me of Russell Kane, another comedian who has been in danger of being caught between stand-up and presenting stools. Kane seems to be negotiating a successful path through this tricky terrain at the moment. Let's hope Stirling can do the same.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th March 2017News: Jim Tavare - Latest Hospital Update
Good news about comedian/actor Jim Tavare, who was involved in a serious car accident earlier this month...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th March 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Tape Face
The Boy With Tape On His Face had done pretty well. Following his success at the Edinburgh Fringe, reaching the final of America's Got Talent and announcing a run on the Las Vegas Strip he is coming to London with his first West End residency starting on June 6. If you haven't seen Tape Face - as he is now known - before, you are in for a genuine treat. Leave all your preconceptions and prejudices about silent comedy at the door as New Zealander Sam Wills welcomes you into his magical world where everyday objects from toilet seats to balloons take on a whole new meaning. The West End season promises to be a bigger, brighter and more theatrically spectacular re-imagining of everything his fans have come to expect. In a rare break from tradition Tape Face spoke - well, wrote down the answers - to our Rarely Asked Questions.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th March 2017Review: Adam Kay, Cottiers, Glasgow Comedy Festival
Adam Kay used to be a full-time doctor but these days he doesn't have to worry about saving people's lives, he just has to worry about getting bad reviews. Not that he is going to get any for his current show, which he premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer and revived for a Glasgow Comedy Festival one-off this week.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th March 2017Live review: Simon Munnery, The Stand, Glasgow
One of the best shows at the Edinburgh Festival last summer was a special retrospective greatest hits gig by Simon Munnery marking his three decades in show business. In a way his current tour, Standing Still, which also premiered in Edinburgh in 2016, feels like a potted version of that show, harking back to his best bits.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th March 2017