Fern Brady

Scot comics pick favourite Glasgow Comedy Festival show

Featuring Jay Lafferty, Chris Forbes, Phil Kay, Fern Brady and more.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Mike Wozniak, Daniel Sloss and Fern Brady.

Fern 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.

Fern 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").

How 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.

Fern 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.

Fern Brady: not afraid to stand up and be counted (Link expired)

Fern Brady has gone from being a barmaid at the Pleasance to her first Fringe solo show, writes Jay Richardson.

Fringe interview: Fern Brady

Set for her full Fringe debut, the Scottish stand-up tells us how meditation classes have helped her show.

Fern Brady interview

To learn more about Fern Brady, I asked her these seven questions...

Fern Brady: Don't start comedy while you're a student

The comedian started gigging while at uni. She urges you not to do the same.