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Bruce Dessau
Bruce Dessau

Bruce Dessau

  • Journalist and reviewer

Press clippings Page 245

Jewish comedian of the year results

Philip Simon has been crowned Jewish Comedian of the Year.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th December 2015

Nish Kumar, Soho theatre, comedy review

This angry yet amiable show contains much to enjoy and also think about, says Bruce Dessau.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 4th December 2015

Will Adamsdale, comedy review

Will Adamsdale's return in the guise of deluded life coach Chris John Jackson is brilliantly conceived, debunking the hokum of self-help by hilariously swallowing his own gobbledegook, says Bruce Dessau.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 3rd December 2015

Rarely Asked Questions - John Robertson

When I was thirteen, I got lost in the Australian outback with my high school cadet instructor.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd December 2015

Comedian's 'porn site' blocked

Comic and ex-doctor Adam Kay was surprised to discover that his website www.amateurtransplants.com, where people buy tickets from, has been classified by the NHS as pornography and blocked.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd December 2015

Interview: rarely asked questions - Justin Moorhouse

Justin Moorhouse is a very funny bloke who makes something very hard look very easy.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th November 2015

Nath Valvo, comedy review

Engagingly candid, enjoyably filthy.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 30th November 2015

Interview: rarely asked questions - Boothby Graffoe

Every couple of years I sit down at my laptop and write the words "why isn't Boothby Graffoe a household name?". It's that time again.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th November 2015

Interview: rarely asked questions - Lewis Schaffer

I'm sure I was not the first person to say that Nunhead-based American Lewis Schaffer is like a real-life Rupert 'King of Comedy' Pupkin and I doubt if I will be the last.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th November 2015

Joe Lycett, comedy review

Despite a love of painful puns, this Birmingham comic has a sharp tongue and a number of hilarious anecdotes, says Bruce Dessau.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th November 2015

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