Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 209
Rarely Asked Questions - Larry Dean
OK, confession time. When I ask question 8 - "I think you are very good at what you do" - I don't always mean it. It's there to make comics feel good. But in the case of Larry Dean I really do mean it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2017TV preview: Catastrophe, Series 3
Delaney and Horgan have such fantastic chemistry in every scene they share I'm surprised they haven't run away together in real life. But if nothing else writing this series is a constant reminder that love affairs are never, ever simple.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th February 2017Inside No 9 - The Riddle of the Sphinx preview
Is The Riddle of the Sphinx the best-ever Inside No. 9? It is certainly the cleverest.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th February 2017Miles 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 2017Interview: Count Arthur Strong
It is hard to believe that the smiling, casually-dressed man in front of me with an extravagant greying quiff is also Count Arthur Strong, the deluded trilby-hatted variety performer from Doncaster. Yet Steve Delaney has been playing Strong for over three decades. In recent years he has gone from cult to the mainstream with two acclaimed BBC series under his belt and a third due this Spring. He is also about to embark on a huge UK tour.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th February 2017Michael McIntyre performs after fracturing bone
Michael McIntyre had to perform onstage yesterday evening with one leg in a special support boot due to a fractured bone.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th February 2017TV Review: The Nightly Show
ITV1's much-trailed attempt at a topical comedy and chat show five nights a week started with a plodding episode that was equal parts unoriginal and uninspiring.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 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 2017