Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 317
Andy Gray - If only he was a comedian...
I have spent a number of years around comedians backstage at gigs and in cars and there are plenty who onstage portray a caring, sharing post-feminist image, but among their friends come out with the kind of unreconstructed sexism that makes Andy Gray resemble Germaine Greer.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 31st January 2011Alan Carr's Chatty Man is the right talkshow for now
Who needs the pretentious over-emoting of other chatshow hosts? It may be frivolous, but Alan Carr's innuendo-filled banter works for me.
Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 13th December 2010Mackenzie Taylor obituary
Comedian who helped to raise awareness of bipolar disorder.
Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 25th November 2010Jason Manford - Twitter Twit
Jason Manford was certainly mad if he thought that he could send flirty tweets to female fans and never be found out.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 19th November 2010Have you heard the one about vicar's son Miles Jupp?
Forget Frankie Boyle, Russell Brand and the comedy of shock. Stand-up is cleaning up its act and getting politer. A growing band of dissenting comedians out there do not tell smutty stories and crude gags - and the leading light of this new wave of niceness is Miles Jupp, a divinity graduate and son of a United Reform minister.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 9th November 2010Peter Kay live review
There are no truly classic moments until the unashamedly spectacular musical finale in which Kay lives out his rock fantasies. This was undoubtedly a hugely entertaining event, but for sheer mainstream wall-to-wall laughs Michael McIntyre has the edge for a London audience.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 5th November 2010Harry Hill's single is blood-curdlingly bad
Harry Hill's TV Burp is a brilliant programme. But with this blood-curdlingly bad single the comedian risks losing his mainstream fans.
Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 20th October 2010Ben Elton's standup comeback
Was Ben Elton's return to the stage on Dave's One Night Stand a case of great comic timing or just another bad joke?
Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 11th October 2010Norman Wisdom - Clown Prince of Knockabout Comedy
The death of Norman Wisdom means that we have lost another link with comedy history.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 5th October 2010Jonathan and Russell put a lid on lewd humour (almost)
Almost exactly two years after the storm over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's prank call to Andrew Sachs, it was finally deemed safe for the duo to appear onstage together last night.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 1st October 2010