Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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The new comedy establishment?
I couldn't help noticing recently that a lot of comedians are intertwined. In a fiercely competitve business a lot of solo stand-ups seem to be forming temporary double acts for podcasts and programmes. And the same people keep cropping up, creating what you might want to call, if you were so inclined, the new Comedy Establishment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th June 2022Theatre review: Tony [The Tony Blair Rock Opera], Park Theatre
I had misgivings about how they were going to make Blair into a comic figure given that he is best remembered by many for taking the UK into the Iraq war, but Hill and Brown successfully find the balance between being as stupid as a panto and as seriously poiltical as Brecht or Dario Fo.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th June 2022James Acaster, Aisling Bea, Dylan Moran play new Manchester comedy festival
Laughterama, presented by heycar, is Manchester's all-new comedy festival, landing in Castlefield Bowl from 21-25th September 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th June 2022Edinburgh run and UK tour for Olga Koch
Tickets are now on sale for Olga Koch's new show Just Friends, which will tour the UK after an Edinburgh Fringe run.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th June 2022Helen Bauer and Huge Davies to record stand-up specials
Helen Bauer and Huge Davies are recording specials of their 2019 shows with comedy producers 800 Pound Gorilla.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th June 2022Frank Skinner to be profiled on South Bank Show
The South Bank Show, one of the UK's most loved and longest standing arts and culture programmes, returns on Wednesday 20th July on Sky Arts with three brand new episodes, including one on comedian Frank Skinner.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th June 2022Film review: All My Friends Hate Me
What makes All My Friends Hate Me both good and bad is you never quite know what genre it wants to be.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th June 2022TV review: Avoidance, BBC One
It's no what you might expect from a BBC One sitcom but this is a bittersweet gem well worth catching. No need to avoid it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th June 2022New Daniel Sloss tour announced
Daniel Sloss: Can't s the all-new, 12th solo show by Scotland's global comedy superstar.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th June 2022Live review: 99 Club's Bursary For Female & Non-Binary Comedians, Arboretum
Watch out for this soon-to-be-famous five.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th June 2022