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Hannah Gadsby
PrintHannah Gadsby has been a comedian for more than a decade but it was 2018 when the world took notice when their ground breaking comedy special launched on Netflix and stopped the comedy world in its tracks. Nanette earned Hannah an Emmy, a Peabody, an Australian Academy Award, and the Most Outstanding Show awards at both the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe.
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Testimonials for Hannah Gadsby
“As uproariously funny as it is profoundly furious.”
The New Yorker
“The laughs of her show are a means to an end, which is, at its core, a ferocious attack on comedy itself.”
The New York Times
“Nanette is the kind of work that leaves you shaken. Not because it’s really funny (it really is), or because it’s equally heartbreaking, but because it finds a fusion of those two modes that’s incandescent.”
The Atlantic
“Hannah is a Promethean force, a revolutionary talent.”
Emma Thompson
...underestimate her at your peril
Metro
…deliciously awkward…
The Age
Deadpan, cutting wit… an assured performer
The Scotsman
…highly entertaining…a refreshing and unique performance.
Australian Stage
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Hannah Gadsby's Biography
Hannah Gadsby has been a comedian for more than a decade but it was 2018 when the world took notice when their ground breaking comedy special launched on Netflix and stopped the comedy world in its tracks.
Nanette earned Hannah an Emmy, a Peabody, an Australian Academy Award, and the Most Outstanding Show awards at both the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe. Since then, Hannah did two more solo stand-up comedy shows which toured the world – selling out houses across the USA, Australia and Europe, including the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Festival Hall, the Kennedy Centre, the London Palladium and the Opera House at BAM.
Hannah’s second Netflix special, Douglas launched in 2020, and their third, Something Special landed on Netflix May 2023. Douglas was nominated for an Emmy and won an Australian Academy Award as did Something Special.
In 2022, they also managed to publish their New York Times Best Selling memoir, Ten Steps To Nanette in more than ten languages, chatted with the likes of Colbert and Fallon and hosted a gala at the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival.
Hannah also co-curated an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, taking part in the global celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Picasso’s death featuring works from the Musée Picasso in Paris alongside those from the Brooklyn Museum’s Feminist Art Collection.
Hannah’s fourth special with Netflix was recorded in 2023 and launched in 2024, recorded in London, the Gender Agenda brought together gender queer comedians from around the world.
What they have said about Nanette;
“As uproariously funny as it is profoundly furious.” The New Yorker
“The laughs of her show are a means to an end, which is, at its core, a ferocious attack on comedy itself.” The New York Times
“Nanette is the kind of work that leaves you shaken. Not because it’s really funny (it really is), or because it’s equally heartbreaking, but because it finds a fusion of those two modes that’s incandescent.” The Atlantic
On Ten Steps to Nanette;
“Enthralling.” The Washington Post
“For fans of Gadsby, her delivery on the page will delight just as it does on screen.” Time
“Hannah is a Promethean force, a revolutionary talent. This hilarious, touching, and sometimes tragic book is all about where her fires were lit.” Emma Thompson
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