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Hannah Gadsby
Hannah Gadsby

Hannah Gadsby

  • 46 years old
  • Australian
  • Stand-up comedian

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Interview: rarely asked questions - Hannah Gadsby

Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby won the prestigious Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival earlier this year so the Edinburgh Fringe premiere of her latest show Nanette is eagerly anticipated.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th July 2017

Fringe 2017: the comedy shows you should book now

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the best place to see comedy heavyweights perform alongside up and coming talent.

Rebecca Monks, i Newspaper, 5th July 2017

Squirrel Guide to the huge Aussie presence at Fringe 17

It's almost August and that means the Edinburgh Fringe Festival starts soon...the 70th Anniversary no less!

Squirrel Comedy, 1st July 2017

The must-see stand-up of summer 2017

Daniel Kitson, Sara Pascoe, Rob Delaney and more.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th June 2017

Laugh a minute: Edinburgh festival's 2017 comedy lineup

Sara Pascoe looks at life after a breakup, Trygve Wakenshaw brings his baby on stage, and Alexei Sayle, Ruby Wax and talkshow king Craig Ferguson all return to the fringe this year.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th June 2017

Radio Times review

As a useful adjunct to BBC One's The Big Painting Challenge, try Hannah Gadsby's new series in which the Tasmanian comedian/art historian analyses four works of art. She also sketches in her own life as a gay art student, while a sardonic talking robot, who sounds to me like comedy producer John Lloyd, plays Richard Osman to Gadsby's Alexander Armstrong.

Amateur artists should draw inspiration from the fact that all four masterpieces were dissed by contemporary critics. The pieces scrutinised are Manet's Olympia (1865); Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait (1434); Michelangelo's David (1504); and Picasso's Les demoiselles d'Avignon (1907). The robot impersonates Sister Wendy, which is much appreciated. As with Paul Sinha's similar comic reinterpretations of history, newcomer Gadsby elicits fascinating facts (Manet's nude was an artist in her own right).

David McGillivray, Radio Times, 4th March 2015

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Fuckstorm 3001, Hannah Gadsby and Eddie Pepitone.

James Kettle, The Guardian, 16th August 2014

Latitude review: Hannah Gadsby

The false start it turns out, is not at all indicative of her ability, as when she finally does hit her stride, its a wonderful thing.

Nic Wright, Giggle Beats, 19th July 2014

Interview: Hannah Gadsby on art, and her new shows (Link expired)

Hannah Gadsby manages to make serious points about body image in art in her Fringe shows by not taking it seriously at all, finds Susan Mansfield.

Susan Mansfield, Edinburgh Festivals, 5th August 2013

Art, history, marriage and Mary: Hannah Gadsby

Known for making shows that are both funny and informative, Hannah demonstrates both skills by answering some quick questions for ThreeWeeks.

ThreeWeeks, 7th August 2012

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