Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 310
Review: Nina Conti, Soho Theatre
Nina Conti's show is called Dolly Mixtures but a better title might have been Baggage. The vivacious ventriloquist is surrounded onstage by holdalls in which her supporting cast lurk. One-by-one they emerge during a performance peppered with comic thrills and surprises.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th May 2013Review: Nina Conti, Soho Theatre
Despite the existential themes, however, the emphasis is on giggly fun rather than anything really heavy. At barely an hour, there's certainly no excess baggage.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th May 2013Review: Eddie Izzard, Wembley Arena
Eddie Izzard's Force Majeure show was an intelligent, brash, confident affair.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 13th May 2013Review - Jack Dee, Hammersmith Apollo
Jack Dee played it safe but scored every time with his Meldrewish moans and withering sarcasm.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 13th May 2013Opinion: The Wright Way - A very, very slight defence
Let's get one thing straight. I'm certainly not backtracking on my opinion of Ben Elton's pitiful sitcom. But at the same time I've found some of the objections to The Wright Way particularly interesting. Maybe it's the rise of Twitter and Facebook, maybe it's just my friends being too choosy, but what it has highlighted in a way I've never noticed to this extent before, is the snobbery about British sitcoms.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th May 2013Review: Terry Alderton, Bloomsbury Theatre
Terry Alderton used to be a goalkeeper, but as a comedian he is anything but a safe pair of hands. Having made it as a mainstream comic, he flipped his conventional act upside down and now specialises in a risky, unique brand of highly physical screwball clowning. Not always hilarious, but often excitingly unpredictable.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2013Opinion: Lee Mack & Catherine Tate love Raymond
I can't predict if the UK version, relocated to Cheshire, will be a hit, but it sounds well cast.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th May 2013Review: Eddie Pepitone, Soho Theatre
There are clearly a few routines here that he has been doing for a while, but they work very well. At just under an hour this is a short, but impressive set.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th May 2013Review: Omid Djalili, Leicester Square Theatre
When I reviewed Omid Djalili's current show at the Leicester Square Theatre in the Evening Standard I gave it three stars, which might have suggested that I did not enjoy it a great deal. But I certainly enjoyed his high voltage performance more than I enjoyed the man next to me giving his girlfriend a virtual full-body massage during the interval.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th May 2013Billy Connolly in trouble, can we avoid press hounding?
Here we go again. I guess this will kick off another round of kneejerk Connolly-bashing.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th May 2013