Emma Holland’s Save the Orangutans is one of our top picks for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this April.
Emma Holland is returning to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her new show Save The Orangutans, inspired by her childhood growing up in Indonesia and, in her own words, “how I have made it my whole personality”.
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Emma is a fan-favourite of the Comedy Festival for good reason after her incredible show last year, Dreamer in The Mist. That title came straight from an online name generator, which tells you everything you need to know about the brilliantly sardonic nature of her comedy (she described it as the centre of a Venn diagram with Ryan Seacrest and the Vietnam War). She’s also well-known as a writer for Channel 10’s The Cheap Seats and Have You Been Paying Attention?, which she also regularly appears on as a guest.
She attributes her quirky style to a varied career that’s spanned far beyond the comedy landscape as a photographer, collage artist and writer from a visual art background. In 2018, she was runner-up in the RAW Comedy National Grand Final and has since performed worldwide, while retaining her artistic career. When she’s not performing covers of Rage Against the Machine songs from a police officer’s perspective, she’s receiving residencies at the Museum of Brisbane.
Emma’s deadpan and dry humour hilariously juxtaposes her alternative and edgy style, which is all wrapped with mockery and a healthy dose of self-deprecation.
She’ll be performing 21 dates at ACMI’s Gandel Lab in Federation Square from March 30 until April 23, as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Buy tickets here.
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