Bruce Dessau

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Comedy

Ania Magliano: On SNL UK you’re contained – stand-up is me unchained

After the intensity of Saturday Night Live – now renewed for a second season – comedian Ania Magliano is unleashing herself on a UK stand-up tour

By Bruce Dessau
7 May 2026
Culture

Emma Sidi on creating character comedy out of suburban life

By Bruce Dessau
7 Feb 2019
Culture

Sarah Keyworth's Dark Horse is an absolute gem

By Bruce Dessau
30 Jan 2019
Culture

Danielle Walker's debut is an entertaining calling card

By Bruce Dessau
25 Jan 2019
Culture

Pope's Addiction Clinic is fearless, funny and heart-stoppingly raw

By Bruce Dessau
24 Jan 2019
Culture

Olga Koch's Fight tells the funny side of life after communism

By Bruce Dessau
16 Jan 2019
Culture

Sindhu Vee gives a witty and confident satirical guide to coupledom

By Bruce Dessau
10 Jan 2019
Culture

Cheesy gags and gaffes delight in The Catherine Tate Show Live

By Bruce Dessau
9 Jan 2019
Culture

Comedian Elf Lyons talks physical comedy after her spinal surgery

By Bruce Dessau
3 Jan 2019
Culture

Jen Brister rages about the patriarchy in gloriously entertaining show

By Bruce Dessau
3 Jan 2019
Culture

Arts figures to watch in 2019, across theatre, comedy, dance and art

By Emma ByrneBruce DessauBen LukeFiona Mountford
2 Jan 2019
Culture

Standing ovation for comedy duo Lazy Susan's subversive #MeToo show

By Bruce Dessau
20 Dec 2018
Culture

Ciarán Dowd has the sharpest gags in town

By Bruce Dessau
19 Dec 2018
Theatre

Jonny Woo's All Star Brexit Cabaret is frothy, funny and filthy

By Bruce Dessau
18 Dec 2018
Culture

Sindhu Vee on how she was saved by stand-up comedy

By Bruce Dessau
11 Dec 2018
Culture

Hari Kondabolu is silly but satirical – and a law unto himself

By Bruce Dessau
7 Dec 2018
Books

Best comedy books and DVDs of 2018

There are lashings of laughter for Christmas. Bruce Dessau rounds up the pick of the comedy crop on screen and on the page

By Bruce Dessau
6 Dec 2018
Culture

Bianca Del Rio on playing the UK's biggest ever solo drag show

By Bruce Dessau
6 Dec 2018
Culture

Bill Bailey's show boasts musical instruments and post-Brexit songs

By Bruce Dessau
6 Dec 2018
Culture

Comedian Phil Nichol offers enough to fill a bible-sized book

By Bruce Dessau
30 Nov 2018
Culture

Terry Alderton and Keith Farnan bring the laughs at Winter Wonderland

By Bruce Dessau
29 Nov 2018
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