Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Nina 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 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 2015Peter Kay launches new online series in Blackpool
Peter Kay will be launching his new BBC series Car Share with a fundraiser at the Blackpool Opera House on Saturday 28th March. Money raised will go to the Derian House Children's Hospice.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th February 2015Sarah Kendall, Touchdown, Soho Theatre - comedy review
'A funny, heartwarming tale for anyone who has endured heartache growing up -- which is probably everyone,' says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 26th February 2015Review: Funny Valentines - Russ Abbot: Last Chance
In a selection of nine short films you would expect there to be one dud and I'd have put my money on Last Chance. While most of the BBC's Funny Valentines feature names from the cutting edge of comedy this features Russ Abbot and is written by Roy Last of the Summer Wine Clarke, two people more from the wrinkling edge of TV comedy. But actually this is not so bad after all.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th February 2015Review: Funny Valentines - Katy Wix: Dear Jean-Pierre
Katy Wix]s romantic short film is a tear-stained Dear John letter, or rather a Dear Jean-Pierre letter, as her ex-lover she is breaking the news to is a French man who doesn't speak any English.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th February 2015Review: Matt Forde, Soho Theatre
In General Election year it is more important than ever to have comedians engaging with politics. There are plenty who drop a soupcon of satire into their shows, but not many who deliver an hour of solid humour about the people who either are governing the country or want to govern the country. This is precisely what Forde delivers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th February 2015Review: Funny Valentines - Matt Berry: Wild Love
I don't know if Matt Berry has ever done the voiceover for a real wildlife documentary but, boy would it liven them up if he was given free reign by the nature department's Clem Fandangos.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th February 2015