Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 295
Katherine Ryan interview
Katherine Ryan has been on the UK comedy circuit for a few years now but she is currently having a well-deserved surge in popularity.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th March 2014Interview: I Can't Sing co-writer Steve Brown
I Can't Sing opens at the Palladium later this week. Beyond The Joke spoke to co-writer Steve Brown while the show was previewing. Brown has been a regular musical collaborator with Harry Hill over the years - he was in Harry's Band The Caterers on their last tour.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2014Review: Rev, BBC2
Best of all in this episode is the aforementioned Kayvan Novak as Yussef. Novak has come a long way since Fonejacker and really is a very versatile comic actor.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2014Review: The Pin, Soho Theatre, W1
I've seen so many shows at the Edinburgh Fringe over the years that a show must have something good about it if I can still remember bits of it two years later.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2014Ben Van Der Velde joins Camden busking protest
Comedian Ben Van Der Velde will be leading an 'illegal choir' in a mass busking protest this weekend (Sunday March 23) in response to Camden Council's draconian new anti-busking legislation. The protest is organised by Camden's Green Party. Van Der Velde is standing as the party's candidate in the May local elections.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st March 2014Review: Miles Jupp, Ambassadors Theatre, WC2
A show that is not totally revolutionary in various senses, perhaps, but all exquisitely delivered.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st March 2014News: Jack Dee - Agony Aunt
Jack Dee is developing a new show in which he offers to solve the problems of his fans.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st March 2014The Pin, Soho Theatre - comedy review
The sketch duo of Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden have lost none of the heady inventiveness that initially got them noticed.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 20th March 2014Review - Parkinson: Masterclass, Eddie Izzard, Sky Arts
As the title suggests, it is a masterclass in chat. And it helps when Parkinson has a guest as open as Eddie Izzard, who is as happy to talk about running for London Mayor as he is about being an action transvestite and going out for the first time in leg warmers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th March 2014Simon Munnery, Leicester Square Theatre - comedy review
While other comedians tend to settle into a groove once they have found their voice, it is heartwarming that Munnery is still finding new avenues to amble down.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 18th March 2014