Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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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 2022Live 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 2022Fantasy 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 2022Gold launches 2022 Christmas cracker joke competition
TV channel Gold has announced the return of its annual Christmas cracker joke competition, which challenges people to write their best festive gags inspired by the events of the last 12 months.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd October 2022Live Review: Sh!t Theatre - Evita Too
Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit, aka Sh!t Theatre, always create funny, quirky, punky theatre.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022Live 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 2022TV review: Am I Being Unreasonable, Episode 2, BBC One
This is an episode that offers a few answers thanks mainly to an extended flashback, and provides a lot more intrigue. You definitely get the sense that, like the economy, things are very much going to get worse before they get better. If they get better at all.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th September 2022TV review: Ghosts, Series 4, Episode 2, Speak As Ye Choose
For a series featuring a lot of historical characters Ghosts doesn't half have a lot of topical references. Particularly this week. I'd barely settled down to watch it when there was a discussion about rising energy prices and the cost of heating Button Hall.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th September 2022TV review: Taskmaster Series 14, C4
I just hope Fern Brady, in a very tight one piece superhero suit, manages to get to the loo when she needs it. And I don't mean the unplumbed one in the Gatwick south terminal.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th September 2022Zoe Lyons announces Bald Ambition tour
Zoe Lyons has announced an extensive UK tour for 2023. The Bald Ambition tour takes in 39 dates and starts on Thursday 2nd February at Edinburgh's The Stand and culminates on Sunday 30th April at Plymouth's Quad Theatre.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th September 2022