Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 264
Edinburgh preview: James Acaster
When it comes to recommending Edinburgh shows James Acaster is pretty much the ultimate no-brainer.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th June 2015Edinburgh preview: Matthew Crosby
Pappy's in split shock?! Not as far as I know, but if it gets you reading this preview I'm not complaining. Matthew Crosby's solo show is actually his third show without the rest of Pappy's.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th June 2015Interview: Luisa Omielan
Luisa Omielan is the most successful comedian you have never heard of.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th June 2015Edinburgh preview: Andrew Watts
The title might have a nod to Caitlin Moran, the middle class attitudes might have a whiff of early Miles Jupp, but Watts is growing into a comedian of some stature in his own right.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th June 2015Preview: Bennett Arron Goes Jewelsh
Described as "A Welsh Seinfeld" by the Guardian and "Genuinely Original and Funny" by The Times, Bennett Arron's unique comical perspective will have you laughing in a way only a Welsh Jew can do.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th June 2015Ed Byrne and others comedy review
Stephen K Amos, Daniel Sloss, Gina Yashere and Jimeoin supported Ed Byrne for an afternoon of plentiful laughs.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th June 2015Edinburgh preview: Phil Wang
Andrew Lawrence has been at it again. This time the controversial comic has been having a pop at the quality of the guests on The John Bishop Show, suggesting that a diversity policy has meant that comedians who aren't necessarily that good are getting edited to look good on television. I don't think that Lawrence named names, but maybe one of the people he was referring to was Phil Wang, who has a Chinese father and an English mother. In which case Lawrence is wrong. Wang doesn't need to be edited to look good because he is good.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th June 2015Edinburgh preview: Nish Kumar
Nish Kumar is making a name for himself. Not just as a smart, stand-up comedian but as someone who comes up with titles that get his shows talked about.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th June 2015Podcast review: Comedian's Comedian with Dara O Briain
I regularly listen to Stuart Goldsmith's Comedian's Comedian podcasts but I don't usually review them. The latest one is so good, however, that I have made an exception.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st June 2015Edinburgh Preview: Holly Burn
The gig is billed as Kirsty "performing the first leg of her recently dead nan's memorial tour", which pretty much says it all. Brace yourselves for lashings of comedic anarchy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th June 2015