Barbara is an eccentric yet accomplished musical comedian (Finalist West End New Act of the Year).
A bubbly, French-American rocker, Barbara bounces between personalities with powerful vocals and what some have described as ‘bra-busting style’ (yes she busts a LOT of bras). After a career as a professional singer (and a lot of random jobs, including teaching the French English through hypnosis), Barbara decided to pack her jaw-dropping tales of cult-loving husbands, jailbird exes, shaggable therapists and neurodiverse adventures into an hour show of powerfully funny parodies, with snippets of famous songs recrafted to poke fun at her rocky road to self-discovery. She is now a rather eccentric musical comedian.
Kyle Wallace of London’s G&B Comedy says, “Batshit crazy and marvelously mellifluous! Barbara is the very definition of a triple threat: great comic, great MC, and man, can she belt out a tune! From weird uncles to zoom therapy, suffocating exes and Liza’s cabaret like you’ve never heard, Barbara had the room singing and clapping along whilst also keeping them in hysterics.”
Barbara is freshly returned from the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe with her successful one-hour debut solo show, Singing, Sagging and Shagging. You can find a current list of live performances here.
★★★★ “Cole Porter meets Victoria Wood – with a dash of Calendar Girls cheekiness” – Sussex News
★★★★ “Outrageously funny musical comedy show. What an excellent comedian” – Theatre and Arts Review
★★★★ FringeReview “Highly Recommended Show” 2024: “Soaring vocals, belly laughs, and touching tales”
Nominee Disability Champions (for Neurodiversity) NDS Review 2024
West End Old New Act of the Year Finalist
Come see me live!
You’ll find links to all of my next performances of my show Singing, Sagging and Shagging here.
The next London performance will be on Sunday 27th July at the Star of Kings (on York Way, near Kings Cross station). The show is in two parts: the first half starts at 3:30pm and features a variety of comedians, with my show in the second half which starts at approx. 5pm. You can come for any or all of the afternoon.
If you are on Facebook, the Facebook event is here.
Bookings
If you’re interested in booking me or learning more about me, please contact me (details below) and I’ll be in touch!
People are talking about me…
“Barbara is a very funny comic indeed! Always book her without hesitation and find her stuff original and hilarious. What’s not to like?”
Big Nose Comedy, London
“Barbara Fernandez has dating wisdom for people of all ages. She’s basically a dirty-minded love guru. And she’s just ever so slightly French.”
Festrogen Festival
“Barbara always brings lots of energy to the stage, she’s a delight to watch”
Ryan C.
“Barbara Fernandez always finishes on a song, she sang us all into paroxysms of laughter at the last Sunset Comedy”
Sam Joseph, Sunset Comedy, London
“Definitely eccentric, but I love it!”
Holly C.