Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 246
Interview: rarely asked questions - Kieran Hodgson
Kieran Hodgson's 2015 Edinburgh show Lance was staged in the same room as 2014's Foster's Award winner, John Kearns. And for a while it looked as if Hodgson might be picking up the Foster's Award too. In the end he had to make do with only a nomination for his brilliant piece, which explored one man's obsession with cycling in general and Lance Armstrong in particular.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th November 2015Comedian and magician Kyle Wallace injured
After the interval he came on and did the classic trick of slamming down his hand on a table where some six inch nails are concealed. The idea is to miss the spikes but on this occasion Wallace found himself with a nail piercing his right hand.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th November 2015Rarely asked questions: Sarah Franken
Comedian Sarah Franken used to be comedian Will Franken, so he used to check his flies but now checks in case Sarah's knickers are sticking out.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th November 2015Alfie Brown, comedy review: a new spin on dad jokes
Brown's new show is inspired by turbulent recent events in his world, and he proves himself eloquent and a skilful mimic, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 5th November 2015Richard Gadd, comedy review: an anarchic farce
Gadd's show skewers so many comedy clichés it will particularly appeal to humour nerds, but it bristles with enough playfulness to deserve a wider audience, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, The Daily Express, 2nd November 2015TV review, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Dave
It's a fiendishly simple format. Get a bunch of motormouth, attention-craving comics round a table, light the blue touch paper and stand back. It is no surprise that this series, in which the title of each episode is chosen from the stories, is back for a third run.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd November 2015Daniel Sloss on the tampon tax
As Sloss says in his show, "As a man I can walk into an SDI clinic and get condoms for free on the off chance that I'm going to make a mess...yet women have to pay for something to control something that is absolutely definitely going to happen..."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th October 2015Should babies and live comedy mix?
I was amused to hear that Doug Stanhope was cheesed off about a baby being in his audience at one of his European gigs recently. According to reports Stanhope wanted the infant ejected, but the parents managed to move to more discreet balcony seats and enjoy the rest of Stanhope's show. We don't know what their baby thought of it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th October 2015TV review, Bull, Gold
Bull might be set in an antique shop but the most priceless relics can be found lurking in the script. This three-part series, written by Gareth Gwynne and John-Luke Roberts, is not afraid to fall back on a clichéd gag but does it with such cheesy relish that you can't help but laugh.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th October 2015Was Ed Miliband nearly pranked by Glitchy?
Ed Miliband has revealed that he thinks a TV production company attempted to trick him into appearing on a fictional show.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th October 2015