Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Review: Laughing Point benefit for Centrepoint
Comedy stars raise laughs, and money, for the homeless helpline.
Bruce Dessau, The Independent, 24th January 2017Laughing Point, comedy review
The sharpest wits in showbusiness deliver knockout punchlines.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 24th January 2017Omid Djalili, comedy review
Djalili straddles both entertainment and satire, sometimes uncomfortably, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 23rd January 2017Review, Uncle, BBC3, Episode 4
I have a confession to make. I'd slightly gone off Uncle this time round, which is why my reviews have been running late. Watching it - previously so much fun - had started to feel like a chore and I wondered where the plot as going. But I take it all back. I was rather blown away by this latest episode.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd January 2017Victor Lewis-Smith to make Peter Sellers documentary
Comedian and film-maker Victor Lewis-Smith is to make a TV documentary about Peter Sellers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd January 2017Edinburgh Fringe run for Tape Face
Tape Face, the artist formerly known as The Boy With Tape On His Face, is to return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th January 2017New Netflix special for Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan's most recent live stand-up show is to air exclusively on Netflix next month.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th January 2017Brennan Reece, comedy review
An engaging autobiographical piece about family and masculinity.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 17th January 2017TV review: Chewing Gum, E4
It's good to have Chewing Gum back. It's very different to any other series I've seen recently, while at the same time it has echoes of the BBC hit Fleabag, which it preceded. If that programme was all Phoebe Waller-Bridge's idea about contemporary attitudes to sex, then Chewing Gum is very much Michaela Coel's view of modern romance.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th January 2017Brendon Burns outrage with Anti-Australia Day comments
Edinburgh Comedy Award winning comedian Brendon Burns has caused a controversy following his remarks on television criticising Australia Day, which falls on Thursday, January 26. Being interviewed on Sky News in Australia the outspoken stand-up argued that Australians shouldn't celebrate Australia Day. He suggested that the day when fireworks events take place across the country is inappropriate and disregards the treatment of native Australians in the past. "It's not like Germans have an Auschwitz anniversary," he told the programme, before going on to say the Australians successfully committed genocide. "Probably best not to rub it in..."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th January 2017