Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Comedy Club stages table tennis tournament
The Moth Club and promoters Knock2bag are to stage the first ever table tennis tournament featuring not professional table tennis players but comedians. Comics Ray Badran and Sam Campbell are putting on the tournament on Sunday November 7th at the east London club. With commentary from Ray and Sam, plus Mark Silcox as the umpire and Freddie Meredith as the ball boy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th October 2021Myra Dubois's Dead Funny gets NextUp release
Comedy streaming platform NextUp have announced they will release Myra Dubois Dead Funny this year for Halloween.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd October 2021Patrick Kielty announces tour dates
Patrick Kielty will embark on his brand-new stand-up tour Borderline from 11th May 2022, kicking off in Nottingham. In his first UK dates since his critically acclaimed 2015 live show Help, he will play 30 dates across the country.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st October 2021Luke Kempner announces tour
Stand-up comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner is set to take his new show Macho Macho Man on the road in early 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th October 2021Mel Giedroyc has Covid
She was on The One Show talking about the new show called Handmade Britain that she is presenting, but did it from home as she was not well.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th October 2021Comedian Phil Butler has died
Comedians have been quick to pay tribute to Butler, who, as well as performing, hosted the Green Room podcast, talking to countless comedians about their work.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th October 2021Liz Kingsman - One-Woman Show at Soho theatre review
Do everything legal you can to get a ticket.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 15th October 2021David Amess death prompts BBC1 schedule changes
Have I Got News For You and The Cleaner have been pulled from BBC One's schedules tonight (Friday 15th October) following the death of David Amess MP. If the name of Amess is familiar to comedy fans it may be because he was one of the people duped into condemning the fictional drug "cake" in the Chris Morris comedy Brass Eye in the early 1990s.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th October 2021Kae Kurd to host Edinburgh TV Awards
Kae Kurd has been announced as host of this year's Edinburgh TV Awards.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th October 2021TV review: Question Team
Maybe the programme won't be snapped up by Channel 4 like Taskmaster was, but who knows - I'd certainly watch DIY-Why-Aye every week if it was presented by Bob Mortimer.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th October 2021