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 recognitionedit
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]
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