Fern Brady
- 38 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
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Brit comics join Just For Laugh's 40th anniversary festival
James Acaster, Tom Allen, Fern Brady, Nish Kumar, Phil Wang and Sindhu Vee will be representing the UK at this year's Just For Laughs festival in Montreal.
Chortle, 25th May 2022BBC New Comedy Awards 2022 open for entries
The BBC New Comedy Awards 2022 is now open for entries. The deadline to apply is 3rd July.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2022Assembly Festival announces more Edinburgh Fringe shows on sale
Today (Thu 7 April) Assembly Festival, a leading multi-venue on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for over 40 years, is putting a further 50 shows from its August line-up onsale.
Theatre Weekly, 7th April 2022Assembly announces first Edinburgh shows of 2022
This year's comedy programme sees the return of Fringe favourite Irish comedian David O'Doherty, a brand-new show from Susie McCabe, and Fern Brady with her fifth solo show Autistic Bikini Queen.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2022British comedians return to Melbourne International Comedy Festival
British comedians are to return to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the first time in three years after Australia relaxed its Covid rules.
Chortle, 16th February 2022Fern Brady on comedy, autism and intrusive thoughts
Her scathing, surreal standup wowed audiences - and when she was diagnosed as neurodivergent, it started to make more sense to her, too.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 24th January 2022Fern Brady named as Scotland's most influential Twitter user
One tweet earned the the Bathgate-born comedian well over 80,000 likes on the platform.
Peter Cassidy, STV, 22nd December 2021Glasgow International Comedy Festival permanently axed
Organisers at the Scottish Comedy Agency say that after 18 years, they will no longer be staging the annual event after being hammered by Covid.
Chortle, 26th October 2021Fern Brady writing autism memoir
Fern Brady is writing a memoir, focusing on her autism and the sexism that surrounds the condition. Strong Female Character will be published in 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 28th September 2021TV review: British As Folk, Dave
In a way the programme relies on the chemistry and personalities of the three presenters and there was a bit of a problem here. They were all very different but while they clearly got on, I'm not sure if they gelled in a televisual sense.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th September 2021