Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Major Peter Sellers celebration announced
A special event is to take place on September 8 to mark what would have been Peter Sellers' ninetieth birthday.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd September 2015Event news: Tribute to comedy writers Marks & Gran
The British Comedy Society is to honour the TV comedy scriptwriters Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who this year celebrate 35 years as professional TV comedy writers, with their prestigious Living Legend Award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st September 2015An Evening with Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse review
Now this was an odd programme. There's having your cake and eating it and then there is this. A tribute hosted by the tributees that put the boot into the tributees at the same time, while finally concluding that they are almost godlike.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st September 2015The year the free show ceiling was truly smashed
Some of the free venues I went to, though not all, had better facilities, sight-lines and stages than paid shows, so the idea that the venues are rubbish and that all the chic venues have been snapped up for ticketed-only shows is nonsense.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st September 2015Sam Simmons - my part in his Foster's victory?
When Sam Simmons won this year's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award on Saturday I was delighted for him. Simmons had been nominated twice before, which meant that to persuade the judges to vote for him he had to improve on previous shows. And he clearly did it with Spaghetti For Breakfast, a veritable maelstrom of zany thoughts, madcap ideas and zippy observations.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 31st August 2015Stephen Carlin "ex-communicated" from Free Fringe
Comedian Stephen Carlin says that he has been "fired" from PBH's Free Fringe and has had to find a new home for his show. He posted the following on his Facebook page last night.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th August 2015Katie Hopkins to appear at Edinburgh Fringe
Katie Hopkins is to appear at the Edinburgh Fringe to take Dr Philip 'Dr Death' Nitschke's euthanasia machine for a test drive.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th August 2015Freddie Flintoff to present Foster's Comedy Award
Cricketer Freddie Flintoff is to present the 2015 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards alongside the 2014 Award winner, John Kearns.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th August 2015Russell Brand quits Twitter
Russell Brand has announced that he is going to give up Twitter for a while and also stop doing his Trews broadcasts.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th August 2015Interview: rarely asked questions - Holly Burn/Kirsty K
Holly Burn is not appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Instead she has generously given her spot to a Geordie lass called Kirsty K who is using it to celebrate her dead nan's life. In this exclusive interview Kirsty K tells us about herself and her ambition to own a giant Chuppa Chup. Please excuse any unusual spellings, they are Kirsty K's not BTJ's.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th August 2015