Fern Brady
- 37 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
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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.
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 2015Fern 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.
Fern Brady, WOW247, 11th August 2015Fringe interview: Fern Brady
Set for her full Fringe debut, the Scottish stand-up tells us how meditation classes have helped her show.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 30th June 2015Fern Brady interview
To learn more about Fern Brady, I asked her these seven questions...
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 8th May 2015Fern 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.
Fern Brady, The List, 11th September 2014This week's new live comedy
Previews of Josh Widdicombe, Fern Brady and David Elms.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 16th May 2014Comedy review: Fern Brady & Stuart Mitchell, Glasgow
Stuart Mitchell has a wince-inducing medical history that most comics would give their right arm for, even if he's only missing a few finger tips. Denied his Unique Selling Point in comedy lore by Dave Allen's legendary missing digit, he's young to have a colonoscopy routine too, usually a rite of passage for middle-aged comics.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 24th March 2014Top 5 female comics at 2014 Glasgow comedy festival
A look at Eleanor Morton, Abigoliah Schamaun, Fern Brady, Hailey Boyle and Holly Walsh.
The List, 24th February 2014More women on panel shows? Yes, if you're posh & pretty
Only when we have a female equivalent of Adrian Chiles hosting a panel show will I believe TV is getting gender equality right.
Fern Brady, The Guardian, 11th February 2014