Press clippings
Assembly Festival announces more Edinburgh Fringe shows on sale
Today (Thu 7 April) Assembly Festival, a leading multi-venue on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for over 40 years, is putting a further 50 shows from its August line-up onsale.
Theatre Weekly, 7th April 2022Comedians film stand-up sets for Sky's The Deirdre O'Kane Show
Tom Allen, Ardal O'Hanlon and Reginald D Hunter are among the comedians appearing on Sky's new stand-up showcase, The Deirdre O'Kane Show.
British Comedy Guide, 8th September 202175 killer jokes and one-liners from the Fringe (Link expired)
Here's a whopping 75 gags, jokes and observations from this year's festival. If you didn't like the last one, move on the next.
WOW247, 24th August 2016Des Bishop interview (Link expired)
Irish-American comedian Des Bishop visited us in our wonderful WOW Wagon.
Alex Watson, WOW247, 19th August 2016Interview with Des Bishop
Des Bishop interview.
Edinburgh Festivals, 15th August 2016Five fast Fringe questions with...Des Bishop
With over 3000 shows at the world's biggest arts festival, here at The Reviews Hub, we want to make the job of choosing your Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows that little bit easier. So here's Des Bishop answering our annual Five Fast Fringe Questions.
The Herald, 7th August 2016BWW Q&A - Des Bishop
We speak to comedian Des Bishop about his 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show Grey Matters.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 29th July 2016How I made Chinese laugh
Irish-American, Putonghua-speaking comedian Des Bishop talks baout what material works best with Chinese audiences.
Dinah Gardner, South China Morning Post, 21st August 2015This week's new live comedy
Previews of the Musical Comedy Awards, Tim Vine and Des Bishop.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 4th April 2015Des Bishop tries to make the locals laugh in China
When Des Bishop decided to move to Beijing for a year, everyone he spoke to would go "on and on about how the Chinese wouldn't get the Western sense of humour. They all said that stand-up comedy as a form wouldn't work because the Chinese are so different. The hilarious thing was that nobody had tried."
The Age, 3rd April 2014