I'm Alex Bertulis-Fernandes, stand-up, writer and artist.

CV

2024

• Competed in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Final

• Performed as part of 2 And A Half Indians at the Leicester Comedy Festival.

• Took my work-in-progress show, Feminist Edgelord, to Leicester Comedy Festival where it was selected as a BBC Radio Leicester One To Watch.

• Was selected for the Film London Equal Access Network ‘Introduction to Development’ programme.

• Performed with ‘FOC IT UP’ at Soho Theatre.

• Wrote for the final series of BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’.

2023

• Became a Channel 4 Sean Lock Bursary Finalist

• Became a Beat The Frog World Series Finalist

• Selected for the ITV Comedy Writers Initiative

• Wrote for the ITV show Piglets

• Shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Awards

• 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 BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz

• Wrote for BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers

• Became a Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Semi-Finalist

• Performed as part of 2 And A Half Indians at Angel Comedy

• 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 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

• Became a So You Think You’re Funny? Semi-Finalist

• Performed Funny Femmes with Charlie George and Sharlin Jahan.

• Won RISE & SHINE’s Second Birthday Competition to create the podcast pilot Funny Bitches with fellow comedians Charlie George and Mary O’Connell.

• Took a split bill, White Chicks 2, to Edinburgh with Sharlin Jahan.

2020

• Became a 2Northdown New Act Semi-Finalist

• Became a Quantum Leopard winner

• 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

• Began Penguin Books’ WriteNow mentoring scheme.

• Was featured on Union JACK Radio.