There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' Hannah Gadsby Nanette
Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette even as she declared
that she was quitting stand-up. Now she takes us through the defining moments in her life that
led to the creation of Nanette and her powerful decision to tell the truth - no matter the
cost. Gadsby's unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences
captivated by her blistering honesty and her ability to create both tension and laughter in a
single moment. But while her worldwide fame might have looked like an overnight sensation her
path from open mic to the global stage was hard-fought and anything but linear. Ten Steps to
Nanette traces Gadsby's growth as a queer person from Tasmania - where homosexuality was
illegal until 1997 - to her ever-evolving relationship with comedy to her struggle with adult
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.
Equal parts 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.
