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