Barry Ferns

Barry Ferns is a British stand up comedian, writer, director, and a trained physiotherapist. Barry is also one of the founding members of Angel Comedy.

He is currently developing a series of podcasts whilst performing with Angel Comedy. He has developed a comedy shorts series Why Are You Doing This To Me?, films from which have been shown at the LA Comedy Film Festival[1] and New York's Southside Film Festival. He has performed shows at the Edinburgh Festival,[2] most recently with his show titled Barry Loves You,[3] before then he held shows on Arthur's Seat,[4] in 2012 and 2013 he performed at the peak for the month long festival. Barry introduced the first audio tour of Edinburgh Festival Fringe,[5] Dial-A-Sketch,[6] and This Show Belongs To Lionel Richie[7] for 7 years Barry changed his name to Lionel Richie for the purpose of that show. He also runs and hosts the Angel Comedy club in Islington.[8] He has written for School of Comedy on E4, [9]The Bearded Ladies on BBC Radio 4, [10]and The Milk Run on BBC Radio 1.[11]

Awards and recognition

In 2014, Ferns was nominated for a Chortle Award for Best Compere,[12] and was retrospectively awarded the Mervyn Stutter Spirit Of The Fringe Award for his 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show The Barry Experience.[13] In 2013 he won the Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award.[14] In March 2015, he collected the Chortle Award for Best Small Club[15] for his club Angel Comedy.

As a stand up comedian he has won the Comedy Store New Act competition, and was a finalist in the Leicester Square Comedian Of The Year competition.[16]

References
  1. http://lacomedyshorts.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/testingmrspatterson_barryferns_lacomedyshorts2012
  2. "Credits for Barry Ferns". broadwaybaby.com.
  3. "Barry Ferns: Barry Loves You : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  4. "Comedy review: This Barry Ferns Belongs to Lionel Richie, Alternative Fringe @ The Hive (Venue 313), Edinburgh". scotsman.com.
  5. "ED2012 Comedy Review: This Audio Tour Belongs To Lionel Richie (This Belongs To Lionel Richie)". threeweeks.co.uk.
  6. "Lionel Richie, it". scotsman.com.
  7. "Barry Ferns - Edinburgh Fringe 2014 - British Comedy Guide". comedy.co.uk.
  8. "The best free comedy in London". Time Out London.
  9. "School of Comedy: School of Comedy". Channel 4. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  10. "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Bearded Ladies". BBC. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  11. Guide, British Comedy. "The Milk Run - Radio 1 Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  12. "Chortle Award nominees 2014". chortle.co.uk.
  13. "2014 Award Winners - Edinburgh Festival Fringe". edfringe.com.
  14. John Fleming. "THE MALCOLM HARDEE AWARD - OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE". malcolmhardee.co.uk.
  15. http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2015/03/16/22040/acaster_and_christie_do_the_double
  16. "Barry Ferns". chortle.co.uk.
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