Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Review: Death To 2021, Netflix
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe end-of-year reports for the BBC were essential viewing. Last year though he did a caustic commentary for Netflix, Death To 2020, without appearing onscreen himself, which didn't quite have the same sardonic sucker punches. Not for English viewers anyway. It seemed to be aimed at an American audience. And now with Death To 2021, there is a further shift.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th December 2021Dan Antopolski on the cancel culture debate
I asked comedian Dan Antopolski his views on the matter and he sent over this articulate, eloquent and personal and occasionally provocative response. I think it's well worth a read...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd December 2021Maureen Lipman thinks cancel culture is killing comedy. Don't make me laugh.
The veteran performer's concerns aren't shared by everyone in the comedy world, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 22nd December 2021Ben Elton at the Harold Pinter Theatre review
Forty years after his debut as a stand-up, the comedian's still got it.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 21st December 2021New tour for Matt Forde
Matt Forde has announced his new 2022 tour, Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st December 2021Spitting Image stage show in 2022
The Spitting Image puppets will tread the boards of London's West End in 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th December 2021Kunt's Boris Johnson protest song makes top 5
The Kunts' Christmas Number 1 contender, Boris Johnson Is STILL A F**king C**t has crashed into the top 5 of the Amazon and iTunes charts. The song currently has 10 versions occupying 1/4 of the iTunes top 40, and has 8 in the Amazon top 20.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th December 2021Tickets on sale for Basic Stewart Lee show
Tickets are now on sale for Stewart Lee's next show, Basic Lee, which is scheduled to run at the Leicester Square Theatre from 20th September - 17th December 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th December 2021New podcast from Andy Zaltzman
Andy Zaltzman's Greatest of All Time is released today by Audible. The podcast series sees Andy Zaltzman attempt to reclaim the much-misused term 'Greatest Of All Time' by delving through the 13 billion years of archival material knocking around the universe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th December 2021Review: Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021
Fifteen acts made the final of this New Comedian of the Year competition. That's a lot of laughs and hopefully a lot of bar takings with two intervals taking the evening over the the marathon three hour mark. A quick declaration - I was a judge and watched a live stream via Nextup. It all worked smoothly and I didn't even have to queue for a drink in the interval(s).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th December 2021