I came to comedy writing through stand-up - you can read more about my stand-up here.
“Alex Bertulis-Fernandes was probably the most talented writer of the night, packing her set tightly with smart, elegantly-crafted gags from dating-based wordplay to darker material about the morning-after pill, delivered with a fake innocence.” - Chortle
CV
2024
Wrote for BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’.
2023
Became a Channel 4 Sean Lock Bursary Finalist
Selected for the ITV Comedy Writers Initiative
Wrote for the ITV show Piglets
Started studying the NFTS Writing & Producing Comedy Diploma
Wrote for BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz
Wrote for BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers
Had my jokes featured in The Guardian and The Telegraph
2022
Took White Chicks 2 to Soho Theatre
Wrote jokes for the upcoming feature film The Legend of Magnus the Good
2021
Wrote for BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show
Wrote for BBC Radio Scotland's Breaking the News
Wrote jokes for the upcoming animated feature film Panda Bear in Africa
2020
Commissioned by Hat Trick Productions to write a sketch for SeanceCast
2019
Selected for Gráinne Maguire’s Learn to Write Topical Jokes' workshop in partnership with BBC Writersroom
Began Penguin Books’ WriteNow mentoring scheme.
I am available for commissions. You can contact me via email at alexbertulisfernandes[at]gmail.com