Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 286
Edinburgh Fringe preview: The Pin
Sometimes a sketch combo is simply not very funny from first sketch to last sketch. Not The Pin though. Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen are unashamedly smart cookies who have refined the process with forensic precision and have a consistently high hit level.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2014Edinburgh Fringe preview: David Trent
Multi-media comedy had been done before, but when David Trent appeared on the scene a couple of years ago he turned heads with his angry combination of clips and quips.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th July 2014Latitude Review: Mark Watson
Watson decided that he liked being in the middle of the floor surrounded by discarded pizza boxes and plastic glasses so much he would do the whole gig there.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th July 2014Review: Rhys Darby comedy review
Flight of the Conchords man Rhys Darby's onstage anecdotes are vivid and energetically delivered but he still runs into a few too many dead ends.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 24th July 2014Edinburgh Fringe preview: Angela Barnes
Angela Barnes is the best mainstream female comedian I've seen since Sarah Millican.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd July 2014Latitude Review: Pappy's
There was an end-of-school, pressure-off, demob happy feel to their nonsense. They didn't seem to have a care in the world.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd July 2014Latitude Review: Simon Amstell
Amstell's set was a shortened version of the show he will be touring in the autumn. It’s painfully funny, but, boy, does he plough a furrow to death.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd July 2014Edinburgh Fringe preview: Tony Law
Putting the right show together for the Edinburgh Fringe is no walk in the park. Ask Tony Law.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st July 2014Edinburgh Fringe preview: Nish Kumar
Nish Kumar is one of those crafty comedians who has been getting better by stealth.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th July 2014Opinion: comedians & UKIP
I was intrigued, surprised and generally horrified to read that John Sessions is a UKIP supporter.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th July 2014