Fern Brady
- 38 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
Press clippings
Fern Brady tipped for the big time in the US
Fern Brady has been named one of the top 15 comedians "on the verge of a big break" by US-based entertainment industry website Deadline.
Chortle, 18th December 2024Fern Brady writes debut novel
Fern Brady has written High Energy Unpleasant, a novel about a woman suffering with chronic pain who tries out increasingly unorthodox treatments.
British Comedy Guide, 5th December 2024Richard Gadd tops The List magazine's Hot 100
Richard Gadd has been placed in the top spot of The List's Hot 100, a rundown of people who have made a mark on Scotland's cultural scene over the last 12 months. Other comics to appear in the list include Susie McCabe, Ashley Storrie and Ray Bradshaw.
British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2024Banned! Fern Brady's advert ruled too offensive to show
Watchdogs at the Advertising Standards Agency have said the ad for her next tour I Gave You Milk To Drink can no long run - and cautioned her about overstepping the line.
Chortle, 20th November 2024Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk To Drink comedy review
I Gave You Milk To Drink is a cracking start to the long weekend comedy festival Brighton Dome are playing host to.
Victoria Nangle, Beyond The Joke, 25th October 2024Review: Fern Brady, Brighton Dome Comedy Festival
Brady sees the humour in her life with an awareness and modesty that thankfully never slips into self-flagellation, thanks in no small part to the self-awareness entwined with her autistic diagnosis.
Victoria Nangle, Beyond The Joke, 25th October 2024Fern Brady poster under investigation for 'sacrilegious' image
The comedian's tour poster depicts her squirting breast milk into the mouth of a man dressed in ecclesiastical clothing.
Marc Horne, The Times, 21st October 2024Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk To Drink review
Unfortunate celebrity encounters might appear to be sabotaging her own rise to fame, but the Bathgate comic revels in her own opinions with an admirable lack of filter.
Jay Richardson, The List, 4th October 2024Fern Brady review
In her new show I Gave You Milk To Drink, Brady weaves seemingly unrelated witticisms and personal accounts together and covers ground such as meeting talking cats while on mushrooms, why she turned down Strictly Come Dancing, meeting Miriam Margolyes while paralysed from Botox injections and her overeagerness to discuss euthanasia with Pru Leith.
Neil Ainger, Narc Magazine, 18th September 2024Fern Brady wins at Sky Arts Awards
Fern Brady has won the Comedy prize at the inaugural Sky Arts Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 17th September 2024