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Bruce Dessau
Bruce Dessau

Bruce Dessau

  • Journalist and reviewer

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TV review: Am I Being Unreasonable, Episode 3, BBC One

While all of the cast are very watchable in Am I Being Unreasonable? they might as well rename this series The Lenny Rush Show.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2022

TV Review: Jon Richardson - Take My Mother-In-Law, C4

If TV hasn't already eaten itself it has now.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2022

TV review: Taskmaster Series 14, Episode 2, C4

The pace is hotting up in the current series of Taskmaster with the relative competitive edges of the contestants - Fern Brady, Dara O Briain, John Kearns, Sarah Millican and Munya Chawawa - starting to show.A

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2022

Debut UK tour for Alisdair Beckett-King

With viral hits and appearances on Mock The Week under his (vegan leather) belt, Alasdair Beckett-King is thrilled to return to his first love - stand-up comedy, as he takes his hit show The Interdimensional ABK on the road.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th October 2022

Maisie Adam extends debut tour due to demand

After selling out the first leg of her debut tour and enjoying a highly acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Maisie Adam is adding new dates to her current show Buzzed.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th October 2022

Fantasy Football League, Sky - review

If it ain't broke don't fix it. That seems to have been the mantra when it came to remaking Fantasy Football League for the 21st Century.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022

Live review: Funny Women Final 2022, Bloomsbury Theatre, WC1

This year's So You Think You're Funny? final in Edinburgh in August had an international flavour to it and so did the latest Funny Women Stage Award final. As comedy continues to thrive it is becoming more cosmopilitan, more multi-cultural. And the standard keeps getting stronger too.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022

Live Review: Hannah Einbinder, Soho Theatre

Hannah Einbinder's run at the Soho Theatre pretty much sold out before she had uttered a single word. Presumably on the basis of her fame as co-star of Hacks.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022

Rob Beckett ends up as accidental activist after becoming caught up in protest

Rob Beckett ended up on the news looking as if he was leading a protest march by accident.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022

Off Menu and Guilty Feminist podcasts go live this Christmas

The Southbank Centre has announces two popular podcasts to be performed live this Christmas, bringing merriness and mirth out of the headphones and onto the stage.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022

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