Fern Brady
- 38 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
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What's it like to have mental health issues on circuit?
"It's a double edged sword in that in one regard comedy is incredibly accepting," comedian Felicity Ward tells us.
Ryan Barrell, The Huffington Post, 30th June 2016Is it ever acceptable to laugh about mental illness?
Can a joke about mental health ever be positive?
Ryan Barrell, The Huffington Post, 28th June 201614 shows to see at the 14th Glasgow Comedy Festival
Don't just stick with the names you know from Live at the Apollo, though: here are 14 shows you really ought to see.
Gary Marshall, Metro, 10th March 20165 Fringe shows coming to Glasgow Comedy Festival
A chance to catch up on some of last year's best acts.
Murray Robertson, The List, 8th March 2016Scot comics pick favourite Glasgow Comedy Festival show
Featuring Jay Lafferty, Chris Forbes, Phil Kay, Fern Brady and more.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 19th February 2016This week's new live comedy
Previews of Mike Wozniak, Daniel Sloss and Fern Brady.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 13th November 2015Fern Brady interview
Stand-up Fern Brady talks to The Skinny about Fringe success, her BBC3 pilot meltdown and finally being able to reveal her real age.
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 14th October 2015Fern Brady (whose standup show People are Idiots was acclaimed at Edinburgh this year) wields a razor-sharp one-liner, as evinced by this gleefully scabrous sitcom focused on a Scottish pupil referral unit for adolescents with behavioural problems. In tonight's pilot, Mab attempts to pull a Facebook friend at a dinner party, while wallflower Lauren tries to fend off the advances of Erin (sample love letter: "When I look in your eyes, I feel like a volcano that's gonna explode and fuck up a village").
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 4th September 2015How comics are starting talk on mental illness (Link expired)
A number of shows - both poignant and funny - deal with mental health issues at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Siobhan Smith talked to four comedians and performers - Felicity Ward, Fern Brady, John Robertson and Pierre Novellie - about how they're trying to raise awareness, and why comedians seem to be more susceptible than most to mental illness.
Siobhan Smith, WOW247, 27th August 2015Fern Brady visits the #WOWwagon (Link expired)
Scottish comedian Fern Brady visits the #WOWwagon to talk about her Fringe show People Are Idiots and her new-found love of green juice and goat yoghurt.
Matthew Dunne-Miles, WOW247, 24th August 2015