Ten Steps to Nanette | Hannah Gadsby

Multi-award-winning Hannah Gadsby broke comedy with their show Nanette when they declared that they was quitting stand-up. Now, they take us through the defining moments in their life that led to the creation of Nanette and their powerful decision to tell the truth—no matter the cost. 

Hannah Gadsby's unique standup special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by their blistering honesty and their ability to create both tension and laughter in a single moment. Gadsby’s worldwide fame might have led some to believe they were an overnight sensation, but like everything else about them, the path from open mic to the global stage was hard fought and anything but linear.

Ten Steps to Nanette traces their growth as a queer person from Tasmania—where homosexuality was illegal until 1997—to their ever-evolving relationship with comedy, to their struggle with late-in-life diagnoses of autism and ADHD, and finally to the backbone of Nanette: the renouncement of self-deprecation, the rejection of misogyny, and the moral significance of truth-telling.

Harrowing and hilarious, Ten Steps to Nanette continues Gadsby's tradition of confounding expectations and norms, properly introducing us to one of the most explosive, formative voices of our time.