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Comedy Central announces stand-up specials
Iain Stirling, Desiree Burch, Luisa Omielan, Fin Taylor, Darren Harriott, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Tez Ilyas, Stephen Bailey and Sofie Hagen are to record stand-up specials for Comedy Central.
British Comedy Guide, 26th September 2018The panel show with a topical tinge looks back on another eventful week in world events, including the unfolding dramas of England's World Cup exploits in Russia. Host Dara O Briain and regular Hugh Dennis welcome guest panellists Angela Barnes, Desiree Burch, Ed Byrne, Glenn Moore and the ever-surreal Milton Jones.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 28th June 2018Live From The BBC Series 3 line-up revealed
Fern Brady, Rhys Nicholson, Suzi Ruffell, Chris Washington, Desiree Burch and Mat Ewins will star in the third series of the stand-up format Live From The BBC.
British Comedy Guide, 21st June 201815 Fringe comedy shows you should book now
August may feel a lifetime away, but it won't be long until Edinburgh Festival and Fringe season rolls around.
Alex Watson, Edinburgh Evening News, 19th June 2018Monkey Barrel Fringe preview
Exceptional comedy venue offers a Fringe line-up to match.
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 14th June 2018April comedian of the month #46, Desiree Burch
Desiree Burch has burst onto British television screens in recent months, having moved from New York to London for love a few years ago.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 12th May 2018Desiree Burch on working as a dominatrix
WHAT do you do when you're a sexually inexperienced woman in your early 20s who has grown up around a narrow version of what attractiveness means -- and it doesn't match what you see in the mirror? In fact, your body feels so far removed from those Californian ideals that it genuinely feels as if society has desexualised you? Desiree Burch took rather extreme action, and started working as a dominatrix.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 28th April 2018Desiree Burch interview
The LA-born, UK-based Desiree Burch is a rising star in both comedy and theatre circles, determined to keep offering audiences new and funny perspectives.
Arusa Qureshi, The List, 9th April 201810 female comedians pick the funniest women on TV
This year's Funny Women Awards are being held next week, celebrating the fastest-rising female voices in the worlds of stand-up and comedy. To mark the forthcoming occasion, and International Women's Day 2018, we asked some of this year's nominees which funny women on our screens they most admire, and look up to.
i Newspaper, 8th March 2018Desiree Burch: women 'have to prove ourselves first'
Comedian Desiree Burch says women have to "prove themselves" more to get booked for gigs.
Lizzie Edmonds, Evening Standard, 27th February 2018