Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 274
Review: 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 2015Review: Malcolm Hardee 10 Years On, Up The Creek
As I walked in it seemed that Malcolm had been reincarnated.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd February 2015Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Charmian Hughes
Charmian Hughes is a south London comedian who worked in advertising before going into comedy. Her latest show Raj Rage tells the story of Hughes' recent trip to India in search of some family history, neatly weaving together present and past into one comical whole.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st January 2015Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Fin Taylor
Comedy Fin Taylor has decided to release his last stand-up show as a free download. He chose to do this in preference to a potential bank balance-breaking London run, but, who knows, maybe he will get a London run out of it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th January 2015Major comic stars appear for Organ Care Systems gig
A cast including Rowan Atkinson, Clive Anderson, Harry Enfield, Angus Deayton, Rob Brydon and many others will appear in '100 Hearts' at LSO St Luke's, London on February 10 to raise money for pre-transplant Organ Care Systems. John Lloyd of QI and The Museum of Curiosity will then hold a conversation with Andre Simon, Harefield's charismatic Director of Transplants, who will demonstrate the "heart in a box" Organ Care System in situ.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th January 2015Work-in-progress - what is it worth?
I personally don't have a problem with comedians taking every opportunity they can to do warm-ups. In fact there is actually something particularly enjoyable about seeing shows in their embryonic form. You might, for instance, see Stewart Lee doing a routine that is destined to evolve into a TV classic, or, even better, get the Daily Mail's knickers in a twist.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th January 2015