Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 241
Interview: rarely asked questions - Abi Roberts
Eddie Izzard and Dylan Moran have previously appeared in the Russian capital, but Abi Roberts claims to be the first English-speaking comic to gig there actually in Russian.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd January 2016Eddie Izzard, Force Majeure Reloaded, comedy review
If the first half was Simon Schama with added surrealism, the stronger, shorter second half was more personal and funnier as Izzard touched on his youth, dreaming of joining the SAS while shoplifting make-up from Bexhill Boots, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 21st January 2016Frankie Boyle 'censored' by The Guardian
Boyle's column yesterday about the possibility of a Jeremy Corbyn government ran on Tuesday but after a while a section in which he imagined Rupert Murdoch having sex disappeared from the article.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th January 2016Interview: rarely asked questions - Al Porter
Al Porter is definitely going places. Probably that primetime household name shiny-floored place. He certainly looks the part in his sharp suit and Leslie Crowther hairstyle.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th January 2016Interview: rarely asked questions - Nina Conti
Ventriloquism looks like it is having what you might call its rock and roll moment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th January 2016Live Review: Robert Newman, Soho Theatre
Last night's show, however, did seriously hit the buffers during a digression about David Bowie and how the late superstar didn't seem to feel any guilt about his flirtation with far right ideas in the 1970s.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th January 2016TV preview: Brian Pern: 45 Years Of Prog And Roll, BBC4
Last time we saw Brian Pern he had had a heart attack and it looked like he might be retiring. But you don't get rid of prog rockers like Pern - played by Simon Day - that easily. He is on TV again for a new series exploring the highways and byways of the rock world.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th January 2016Billy Connolly, comedy review
This was not quite vintage Connolly yet any suggestion of an artistic demise is far from accurate, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 8th January 2016Anne Edmonds, comedy review
Edmonds' tragi-comic portraits evoke both Victoria Wood and Barry Humphries and while there's not always belly laugh humour, her images linger, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th January 2016TV Review: Tracey Ullman's Show
It's easy to say this is hit and miss but it is more complex than that. In fact if you've got a broad, tolerant sense of humour this is much more hit than miss.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th January 2016