Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Mark Watson axes Comedywealth Games
Mark Watson has announced this morning that his planned Comedywealth Games gigs at the Pleasance Theatre in London from next Monday will now not be going ahead.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th March 2015Seann Walsh gets the drinks in at Hertford
Seann Walsh will be buying every ticket-holder a drink at the Hertford Theatre this Saturday. This follows his mix-up last September when he had to postpone his gig at the venue because he went to Hereford by mistake.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th March 2015Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Tom Stade
Some unusual questions to UK-based Canadian comic Tom Stade.
Bruce Dessau, Giggle Beats, 6th March 2015Ruby Wax, Sane New World, St James Theatre - review
Wax's new show is as much self-help lecture as it comedy, but her razor-sharp humour hasn't dulled.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 5th March 2015Interview - Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho
Like the real-life person that inspired this fictional version, Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is something of a phenomenon.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th March 2015Nina Conti's latest comedy project about clowning
Nina Conti's new documentary, Clowning Around, is to be broadcast on BBC Four on March 15. This follows her directorial debut, Her Master's Voice, which won a Grierson Award and a BAFTA nomination. In this new film Conti tells the story of her two year stint as a hospital clown.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd March 2015Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Stephen K Amos
Stephen K Amos says in our Rarely Asked Questions feature below that he doesn't like adjectives before his name so I won't give him one.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd March 2015Henning Wehn, Leicester Square Theatre - comedy review
The London-based German comic may be defiantly uncool, but his show runs as smoothly as a pristine BMW.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 3rd March 2015Exclusive: Latitude festival comedy line-up announced
Latitude's full line-up is announced tomorrow but we can exclusively reveal the star comedy names today. Stand-ups include Jason Manford, Alan Davies, Jack Dee and, most excitingly, America's Rob Delaney, who has just made a splash in the UK as co-star of painfully realistic C4 romcom Catastrophe. There is also a strong selection of female comics, with pithy feminist Sara Pascoe, storyteller Sarah Kendall, frighteningly frank Shappi Khorsandi and ventriloquist Nina Conti.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 2nd March 2015Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer to announce UK tour
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are about to announce their first UK tour for well over a decade. The Poignant Moments Tour will mark 25 years of R&M and will be a mixc of classic characters and new material.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2015