Barry Ferns
- British
- Writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 6
Fringe Q&As: Barry Ferns
Barry Ferns on his new show abut family, love and confusion in the modern world.
Linda Howard, The Herald, 5th July 2018Interview: Barry Ferns
Barry Ferns celebrates love, Edinburgh and silliness.
Angela Johnson, Entertainment Focus, 5th July 2018A piggy interview with Barry Ferns
Barry Ferns interview.
Wrigley Worm, FringePig, 23rd June 2018Fifty-word Fringe pitch: Barry Ferns
This time it's the turn of Barry Ferns.
The Reviews Hub, 23rd June 2018Comics threatened legally over show title
Barry Ferns and Alasdair Beckett-King had planned to perform an interactive hour called Choose Your Own Comedy Adventure. However, the small show attracted the attention of the US-based publishers of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series, saying the title was 'an issue for our legal team'.
Chortle, 1st May 2018Profile of Angel Comedy Club
The Angel Comedy Club night - in a room above a pub in in Islington, north London - kicked off in 2010 and spearheaded a policy of "pay what you can, when you leave". It became so successful that it ended up staging shows seven nights a week. A year ago, the comics who run this club took this concept to an entirely different level when they clubbed together and bought their own pub, around the corner.
William Cook, The Independent, 12th January 2018Edinburgh 10x10: 9. For one night only
Ten one-offs.
Chortle, 27th July 2017Live Review: Angel Comedy Club Opening Night
With Nish Kumar, Tony Law, Tom Rosenthal, Barry Ferns, Yuriko Kotani, Jamali Maddix and Jarred Christmas.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th November 2016I am lazy. Comedy club crowdfunding continues.
On 3rd June, I had a chat with Barry Ferns and Dec Munro about the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign they had just started to help finance the new Angel Comedy 2.0 comedy club in London's Islington. The idea was that I could give their campaign a boost with a blog. What could go wrong?
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st July 2016Angel Comedy Club keeps Mucky Pup pub open
"We thought that maybe a gastro pub would buy the Mucky Pup but the owner liked our idea of helping the community," says Barry Ferns.
Katarina Poensgen, The Islington Gazette, 24th June 2016