Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Review: Musical Comedy Awards Final
David Elms had such an intimate low-key style it looked as if he was about to suck the energy out of the room as he shuffled on with his guitar. But Elms is a confident, assured performer with a nicely twisted, unpredictable sense of humour and he handled the cool welcome brilliantly, soon getting everyone onside.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th April 2014News: Frankie Boyle pulls out of London shows
It was a surprise earlier this year to hear that Frankie Boyle would be returning to the stage, but this time taking second billing.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th April 2014Preview: Is it comedy or art or both?
I've always been partial to a bit of art, I've always been partial to a bit of comedy and I've always been partial to a freebie, so Fancy Meeting You Here is right up my street. This is a free roving comedy show, hosted by Americans Dave Hill (not the one from Slade) and Carl Arnheiter, which takes audiences on idiosyncratic tours of cultural landmarks.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th April 2014Katherine Ryan, Soho Theatre
In her latest show, Glam Role Model, Katherine Ryan skilfully tackles a number of hot potatoes, from celebrity obsession to the over-sexualisation of society.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 24th April 2014Simon Munnery opens Fylm School
Maverick comedian Simon Munnery is expanding his Fylm project from next week, hosting screen-based comedy nights in which other performers will also try out his innovative technique of sitting in the audience and having his performance projected onto an onstage screen.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd April 2014News: Further Daniel Kitson finds
When I wrote my story about uncovering some early Daniel Kitson footage recently I was contacted by Karel Beer, who has been putting on comedy nights in Paris at his Laughing Matters club for nearly twenty years. "We have hours of Daniel on video performing here in Paris," he told me. And so yesterday I headed over to Paris and met up with Karel in a bar just off the Bastille before retiring to his flat to enjoy some prime cuts of Kitson.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th April 2014Russell Kane, Queen Elizabeth Hall - comedy review
There may be three Russells but there is definitely only one Russell Kane.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 17th April 2014Tommy Cooper - Flawed Genius
Thomas Frederick Cooper, born on 19 March 1921 in Caerphilly, Wales, was not born big. In fact the midwife said he was a weakling.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th April 2014Interview: Jason Manford on Tommy Cooper
It's become a cliche that the audience are laughing before he spoke, but they actually were.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th April 2014Controversy as Girff Rhys Jones made uni chancellor
Comedian Griff Rhys Jones has become unwittingly embroiled in a row at Cardiff University over his appointment as the University's new Chancellor.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th April 2014