Ahead of her new show, Douglas, touching down in Dublin this November, Hannah Gadsby had a conversation with Katie Donohoe covering topics such as neurodiversity, trolling the trolls and following up a runaway success.

Katie Donohoe

Hannah Gadsby describes herself as a butch lesbian writer-performer with autism. She came to the world’s attention through her multi-award winning stand up show, Nanette, which played to sold-out houses across the globe before launching on Netflix and stopping the comedy world in its tracks.

The ‘overnight’ success of Hannah Gadsby was actually more than ten years in the making, her award-winning stand up shows a fixture in festivals across Australia and the UK.

Speaking about new show Douglas, the comedian shared, "I just had to do something, and thought best do something know how to do. It’s about a good many things, so it’s equally as ambitious as Nanette. I deconstruct comedy again, but get laughs at the end this time.”