Emmy award-winning comedian Hannah Gadsby will tour her new live show, written during the pandemic, across Australia this year.
Body of Work will debut in Canberra in July before a string of regional and interstate shows – including Perth, Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney – before heading to New Zealand and to Britain, Europe and North America early next year.
A statement announcing the show said Gadsby had spent the pandemic in Australia “pondering what was next….that ponder is now a show”.
Hannah Gadsby will tour Australia later this year with a brand-new live show.
Body of Work follows Gadsby’s groundbreaking 2018 Netflix special Nanette, which earned her an Emmy, and last year’s television special Douglas. Little is known about her new project.
The announcement comes several days after Gadsby announced she had married producer Jenney Shamash in January. Shamash has worked in London and New York and produced Douglas.
Nanette was meant to be Gadsby’s last hurrah before retiring from comedy.
“Opportunities came a knocking but Hannah decided to stick with what she loves and couldn’t quit: stand-up comedy,” the statement said.
During a 2018 interview with Jimmy Fallon on US television, Gadsby revealed she had since walked-back that decision.
“I wrote the show because I’d had enough,” she said. “[But] if I quit I’m an idiot … like, if the show had gone as badly as I’d planned it would have worked. But now I’m left with a choice: I’ll either be an idiot or a hypocrite. I’ll be a hypocrite.”
Gadsby was a prominent figure in Australia’s comedy scene prior to the success of Nanette. The Australian comedian has been touring local and international festivals since 2009. She also played a character with the same name in Josh Thomas’ popular ABC TV series Please Like Me. Her first book, a memoir called Ten Steps to Nanette, is due out later this year.
Full tour dates and ticket details are available here.
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