Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Luisa Omielan goes viral
Luisa Omielan's empowering "Thigh Gap" routine at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has gone viral. Since posting the clip on her Facebook page earlier this week the powerhouse performance has notched up over 8 million views.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th April 2015Online review: Matt Berry Does...The Boat Race
It's one of those things where you go "this is so brilliant why didn't they do it earlier?".
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th April 2015TV Preview: Inside No. 9 - The Twelve Days Of Christine
I can't speak highly enough of this episode. If you've loved the first series and last week's opener you will love this.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st April 2015Second posthumous Rik Mayall project in pipeline
Following our story yesterday that Rik Mayall's last film performance in The Escape is to get a release in Holland in April, it has emerged that there is a second unreleased film featuring Mayall, entitled One By One, which claims to be his last British feature film and has a confirmed UK release date. It will be screened from this June.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th March 2015Rik Mayall's final performance to be released
The film featuring Rik Mayall's final performance is to feature a special dedication to him.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th March 2015Simon Amstell, Shepherd's Bush Empire - comedy review
Amstell's show is all about one skinny man's search for spiritual contentment - and it makes for a hilarious show, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 27th March 2015Opinion: Russell Howard 1 Stewart Lee 0
An article about how Stewart Lee's attempts on televising more alternative comedy on Comedy Central are losing out to more mainstream comics like Russell Howard.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2015Rarely Asked Questions - Tiernan Douieb
If anyone out there thinks comedians have an easy life, frittering away their days on Twitter and working for just an hour in the evening a few days a week, meet Tiernan Douieb.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th March 2015Teenage Cancer Trust: Kevin Bridges and Guests, review
Lean, keen and assured Bridges sets up a night of contrasting comedy in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th March 2015Michael Palin and Terry Jones reunite for podcast
Former Monty Python stars Michael Palin and Terry Jones will be reuniting to talk about their lengthy careers. They are being interviewed by comedy historian Robert Ross for his podcast Robert Ross Requests The Pleasure at the Museum of Comedy in London on March 29.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th March 2015