Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Interview: rarely asked questions - Tom Allen
Smart stories? Check. Smart suit? Check. Household name? Why not? The eloquent, erudite Tom Allen has been on the cusp of breaking through for most of the decade and it finally looks as if he is having his moment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd February 2016Will Franken hosts mimicry workshop
Following the success of his satire workshop in January comedian Will Franken is hosting another workshop in February. This one will be called I'll Be Your Mirror: Using the Layering Craft of Mimicry to Enhance Linear Stand-Up.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st January 2016Review: The Actual One, by Isy Suttie
The only word that truly sums up this book is "lovely". "Cute" comes close, but sounds a little patronising.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th January 2016News: the funny side of Uber
Comedians Stephen Bailey, Lou Saunders, John Robertson, Grainne Maguire, Trevor Lock, Will Franken and more will be gigging for Uber passengers this Saturday.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th January 2016Interview: 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 2016