Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 208
Miles Jupp, comedy review
Miles Jupp proves he's still an extremely effective stand-up as he brings the house down with middle class minutiae.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 27th February 2017Rarely Asked Questions - Rachel Parris
Rachel Parris is a comedian on the cusp. In the last few years she has started cropping up regularly on television and I expect she will be cropping up even more in the future.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th February 2017Review: This Country, Episode 3, BBC Three
It's a lovely script, with echoes of Victoria Wood, written by the stars, Charlie Cooper and Daisy May Cooper. It does tread a very thin line between sympathy for these marginalised kids and comic piss-take at their stupidity, but it just about gets the balance right.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd February 2017Live Review: John Shuttleworth
Never let it be said that John Shuttleworth does not respond to global events. His latest show, My Last Will And Tasty Mint, is his response to the catalogue of music business deaths in the last year.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd February 2017Alfie Brown, comedy review
Alfie Brown's jokes are easily digestible, despite their heavyweight subtext.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 21st February 2017Preview: Inside No 9 - The Bill
In some ways, maybe because of the mundane contemporary setting, this feels like quite a low-key opener for the series proper. But despite the ordinary surroundings The Bill pings off in all sorts of extraordinary directions when you least expect it. But of course I'm not going to say which directions here. You'll just have to watch.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st February 2017This Country, Episode 2 review
If you haven't seen This Country yet have a look. It might have well-used stylistic elements of both The Office and People Just Do Nothing about it, but it is sharply-written (by its stars Charlie Cooper and Daisy May Cooper) and deftly performed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th February 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Nick Mohammed
Nick Mohammed is always busy, but he is particularly busy at the moment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th February 2017Live Review, UK Pun Championships Final
This year's UK Pun Championships Final went the full WWF. Barpaga was duly crowned Pun Champion 2017 and he certainly deserved it - though not necessarily for his final joke.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th February 2017Jack Whitehall, comedy review
Posh manchild saddles up for a sensational show.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 13th February 2017