Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 205
Live review: Stuart Goldsmith, The Stand, Glasgow
Marketing teams take note. It was interesting to discover how Stuart Goldsmith sold most tickets for his show at the Glasgow Comedy Festival. Not through PR. Not through advertising. Through his podcast. A mention of his excellent Comedian's Comedian interview series (200 guests and counting) got hands shooting up into the air as if he was giving away free shortbread.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th March 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Emma Sidi
Emma Sidi is a comedian on the way up. In the last couple of years she has been busy establishing herself as a formidable personality in all the right places. She has been in TV's Drunk History and online YouTuber satire Pls Like to name two excellent things. And she recently picked up a Chortle Award nomination for Best Character/Variety Act. Sidi currently has her own live show too, Telenovela, which comes to London this week. Think Mexican passion, soap operatic pain, transglobal heartache and dancing. Find out more about Emma Sidi below and go and see the show.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th March 2017Leicester Comedy Festival award nominees
The nominations have been announced for Leicester Comedy Festival 2017's awards.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th March 2017Preview: Inside No 9 - Diddle Diddle Dumpling, BBC2
A couple's world is changed forever by a seemingly chance find in a local street in the penultimate film of the series.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th March 2017Sarah Kendall, comedy review
Kendall turns from stand-up to storyteller and the results are extremely funny, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 13th March 2017Opinion: should Spitting Image return?
Every time Donald Trump is in the news you can be pretty sure that someone somewhere will post something on social media similar to the following: "Economic problems, loose cannon in the White House, female Prime Minister, Labour Party in disarray. It's the eighties all over again. What we really need is Spitting Image back."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th March 2017Russell Howard, comedy review: hilarious and heartfelt
Howard got his audience to laugh at the current absurdity of current affairs, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 10th March 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Anna Mann
Anna Mann is not really a comedian. She is a veritable artiste who has been in showbusiness for almost as long as Joan Collins. She has recently branched out while she waits for her next big acting job and is offering advice to anyone suffering from black dog in her latest soiree, A Sketch Show For Depressives. Mann is helped in her quest by chameleon character comic Colin Hoult, who you should know from Revolting and Murder In Successville. Have you twigged yet? What I'm saying is that Anna Mann is the creation/alter ego of the brilliant Colin Hoult and is bloody funny as well as a bit scary. Can I make myself any clearer?
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th March 2017TV: Gap Year, E4, Episode 3 - Vietnam
Once again though it is Tim Key's Greg who has the most distinctive plotline.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th March 2017David O'Doherty, comedy review
The comedian offered thoughtful politics as well as whimsical humour, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 9th March 2017