Barry Ferns
- British
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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Angel Comedy Club raises funds for new venue
London's Angel Comedy Club has raised the £20,000 it needed to refit a new dedicated venue in just ten days.
Chortle, 2nd June 2016Barry Ferns: Top ten Fringe publicity stunts
We comedians will go as far as it takes to get noticed at the biggest arts festival of the world and I've pulled quite a few stunts in my time at Edinburgh, from performing the first show on top of Arthurs Seat, to doing a sketch show with pensioners in it, to changing my name to Lionel Richie by deed poll, to making up entirely fake reviews of my show.
Barry Ferns, ThreeWeeks, 13th August 2014Edinburgh Fringe 2014 interview: Barry Ferns
If you haven't heard of Barry Ferns you've probably heard of one of his imaginative ideas, whether it's establishing Lionel Richie's rightful ownership of most things in the world, climbing up Arthur's Seat every day to perform a comedy show via a portable PA system or creating a fake review paper to help market his own show. Now Barry is channeling that creativity into his debut hour at the Fringe, a show that's been a long time in the works.
Laugh Out London, 8th August 2014The Barry Ferns three minute interview
For his first solo stand-up hour, Barry Ferns invites you to The Barry Experience. He won the Malcolm Hardee Award last year for distributing realistic but fake copies of the Broadway Baby and ThreeWeeks reviews sheets, containing five star reviews of his show. What does he have planned for 2014?
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 18th July 2014Barry Ferns interview
"I have been Lionel Richie for seven years," said Barry. "I went bankrupt as Lionel Richie."
John Fleming, 5th July 2014Audio: Interview with Barry Ferns
Barry Ferns is a stand up comedian, writer, director and actor. Barry also runs and regularly hosts the extremely successful, Time Out recommended and free comedy night Angel Comedy in Islington.
Comedy Blogedy, 30th September 2013Barry Ferns, climber of dead Edinburgh Fringe volcanoes
On Friday, comedian Barry Ferns cooked me a baked potato at his home in Maida Vale, London. If this comedy lark does not work out for him, he could always re-start his career in catering.
John Fleming's Blog, 23rd June 2013Leicester Square Comedian Of The Year 2012 Final
With Barry Ferns, Sofie Hagen, Ryan Cull, Quint Fontana, Ed Caruana, Harriet Kemsley, Phil O'Shea, Laurence Tuck, Andy Storey, Sam Ashurst, Amir Khoshsokhan, Dave Green, Funmbi Omotayo and Daryl Perry.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th November 2012Barry Ferns - why he doesn't do the Fringe by halves
The man behind This Belongs to Lionel Richie is performing on Arthur's Seat in 2012.
Barry Ferns, The List, 27th July 2012Comedian takes Lionel Richie joke to new heights
Every day of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, singing legend Lionel Richie will be performing a free gig on Arthur's Seat. Before fans go Dancing on the Ceiling, though, it's actually not the American but a guy called Barry Ferns, who has legally changed his name to Lionel Richie.
Rick Fulton, Daily Record, 22nd June 2012