Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Review: Funny Valentines - Sara Pascoe: Music Lovers
Well worth 7 minutes and 58 seconds of your time.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th February 2015Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Sarah Kendall
I don't know whether it is because she is busy bringing up a family or spending too much time in her native Australia but we don't see enough of Sarah Kendall onstage in the UK these days.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th February 2015Daniel Kitson joins Stewart Lee against ticket touts
Daniel Kitson has shown support for Iron Maiden's campaign to outlaw secondary ticketing. This follows Stewart Lee's support for the fight against inflated pricing last week.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th February 2015Interview: "This Comedian" photographer Idil Sukan
One of the most interesting gigs this year - OK, I know it's only February - was This Comedian at the Duchess Theatre last month. It was part of an ongoing multi-faceted documentary project by photographer Idil Sukan, who has a major retrospective exhibition opening soon.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th February 2015Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Helen Lederer
Helen Lederer is a bit of a comedy legend. She was part of the early 1980s new wave and went on to appear regularly on TV, most famously playing dippy Catriona in Absolutely Fabulous. More recently she has appeared in programmes as diverse as Splash, Old Jack's Boat and Hollyoaks.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th February 2015Review: Backchat Live with Jack & Michael Whitehall
It was a short but enjoyable evening. Jack Whitehall was happy to cue up his chums and then sit back as they nattered and his father shamelessly upstaged everyone.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th February 2015Review: Susan Calman Lady Like, Soho Theatre
A monologue that certainly packs a punch, even if it is not quite a knockout.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 5th February 2015Bill Bailey & Sean Lock top Altitude 2015 line-up
Bill Bailey and Sean Lock have just been announced as the headliners at this year's Altitude Festival. The annual festival, which combines stand-up with skiing and snowboarding, takes place in Mayrhofen, Austria, from March 23 - 27.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th February 2015Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Ellie Taylor
She is currently shooting Comedy Central's new sitcom Mummy's Boys. She did her first full-length show in Edinburgh last summer and now takes the show on tour, starting in Leicester at the Firebug on February 7.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th February 2015TV preview: Asylum, BBC4
Is Asylum about Julian Assange? Co-writer Peter Bowden doesn't think so, tweeting: "You may see Assange. You're free to see Assange....But that's not what I wrote and you'd be wrong."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th February 2015