Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Rarely Asked Questions - Tiernan Douieb
If anyone out there thinks comedians have an easy life, frittering away their days on Twitter and working for just an hour in the evening a few days a week, meet Tiernan Douieb.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th March 2015Teenage Cancer Trust: Kevin Bridges and Guests, review
Lean, keen and assured Bridges sets up a night of contrasting comedy in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th March 2015Michael Palin and Terry Jones reunite for podcast
Former Monty Python stars Michael Palin and Terry Jones will be reuniting to talk about their lengthy careers. They are being interviewed by comedy historian Robert Ross for his podcast Robert Ross Requests The Pleasure at the Museum of Comedy in London on March 29.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th March 2015TV review: Ross Noble: Freewheeling, Dave
Every comedian gets the TV series they deserve. Grumpy stand-ups get sitcoms in which they play grumpy versions of themselves. Snappy stand-ups get shiny floor comedies. And so master improvisor Ross Noble, who goes onstage not really knowing what is going to happen, gets Freewheeling, literally a comedy roadshow - he hits the tarmac on his motorbike in search of fun, with fans on Twitter pointing him in various unexpected directions.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2015Michael Legged pulls out of gig because of UKIP
Michael Legge has pulled out of a festival booking after he discovered that a UKIP representative would also be at the same event. UKIP's invite has since been withdrawn.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2015Opinion: Comedy - as long as the price is right
I went to Angel Comedy Club in Islington last Thursday night because I'd heard Nick Helm was on. I didn't arrange to be on the guest list, I just turned up as a punter. And like a punter I was turned away because the gig was full.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2015TV preview: Inside No 9 - La Couchette, BBC2
The scenario did make me think of one of those old Peter Cushing portmanteau horror yarns where it turns out everyone is already dead and the train is heading to hell. I'm not saying if that is the case here. Though I will say that there is a hellish moment involving a shoebox that has put me off communal travelling for life.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th March 2015Al Murray, Pub Landlord, Queen Elizabeth Hall - review
Al Murray's ad-libs were often superior to the script - but this man in need of a manifesto was extremely funny throughout.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 18th March 2015Piers Morgan in Twitter spat over Comic Relief
Piers Morgan has become involved in a heated Twitter argument with a number of major comedians this evening following his remarks about this year's Comic Relief.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th March 2015New Trevor & Simon project revealed
Full details have been announced of the new sci-fi project featuring comedians Trevor & Simon and former Dr Who star Sophie Aldred. It is a new fan-funded comedy sci-fi audio adventure for kids from 8 to 80, and beyond with a Kickstarter campaign starting 24th March.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th March 2015