Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 257
Review: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Podcast
Richard Herring's latest podcast comes complete with an elephant in the room. Unless I missed it his interview with Bridget Christie doesn't contain any mention of her "fictional husband", aka Herring's comedy partner Stewart Lee.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th September 2015David Walliams previews new sketch show
David Walliams tried out material for his new sketch show last night.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd September 2015Major 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 2015Sarah Millican to host special Deal Or No Deal
Deal Or No Deal is to celebrate its tenth birthday on Channel 4 with a surprise twist for host Noel Edmonds - he will be playing the game while Sarah Millican is to be the guest host.
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 2015