“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.”
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‘Funny Bitches’ is a podcast pilot highlighting women and non-binary comics I created. In this excerpt I discuss American comedian and writer Jena Friedman with co-hosts Charlie George and Mary O’Connell.
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2023
Became a Channel 4 Sean Lock Bursary Finalist
Selected for the ITV Comedy Writers Initiative
Shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Awards
Became a Beat The Frog World Series Finalist
Started studying the NFTS Writing & Producing Comedy Diploma
Selected for VAULT Festival’s Comedy UnRepped showcase
Took Restless Bitch Face to VAULT Festival
Wrote for The News Quiz
Became a Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Semi-Finalist
Performed at the Edinburgh Festival and had my jokes featured in The Guardian and The Telegraph
2022
Took White Chicks 2 to Soho Theatre
Became a Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Quarter-Finalist
Wrote jokes for the upcoming feature film The Legend of Magnus the Good
2021
Wrote for The Now Show
Wrote for Breaking the News
Wrote jokes for the upcoming animated feature film Panda Bear in Africa
Performed Funny Femmes
Won RISE & SHINE’s Second Birthday Competition to create the podcast pilot Funny Bitches
2020
Became a 2Northdown New Act Semi-Finalist
Commissioned by Hat Trick Productions to write a sketch for SeanceCast
2019
Started stand-up
Selected for Soho Young Company’s Comedy Lab Plus
Featured on Union JACK Radio
Selected for Gráinne Maguire’s Learn to Write Topical Jokes' workshop in partnership with BBC Writersroom
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Gigged this week with @mollmcguinness who was so funny, really exciting comedy mind, and @alexbertanades who is an absolute sniper. I've really missed out on seeing new acts over the last 2y; really exciting to see such fizzing imaginations
— Stuart "Edfringe Live Guy" Goldsmith (@ComComPod) November 14, 2021
“Alex’s material’s so prescient at the moment...so many good lines in that set....I laughed a lot...I just thought there was an awful lot of astute material there...and a really great performing style. ”
“The gags come thick and fast”
““Perfectly constructed jokes; laser focused. Alex is a comedy artisan striving for nothing less than perfection over each word…” ”