Grammy-Nominated Comedian Tig Notaro Is Heading to Australia

It's not every comedian who would take a nonchalant detour from her LA stand-up set to announce to the audience she'd just been diagnosed with breast cancer. That day. "With humour, the equation is tragedy plus time equals comedy," said Tig Notaro that night. "I am just at tragedy right now." A brave, matter of fact Grammy-nominee who did something instantly legendary in 2012, Notaro has just announced she's coming back to Australia.

One of the US's biggest stand-up comedians, Notaro is heading to our shores from December 6 – 13 for a limited run of dates presented by Melbourne International. Stopping by Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, Notaro's Boyish Girl Interrupted tour is sure sell out venues within an inch of their capacity — having sold out her wildly successful Edinburg Fringe run last year and sold a casual 100,000+ copies of her Grammy-nominated, second comedy album Live, the follow up to her 2011 debut Good One.

Notaro's blend of humour and real life truth bombs have earned her serious high fives from some significantly kickass people — Louis CK tweeted after her LA show, "In my 27 years doing this I have seen a handful of truly masterful performances. One was Tig Notaro last night." Then This American Life's Ira Glass went and praised his frequent TAL contributor, "Tig is now in the heads of hundreds of thousands of people who don’t see her as a comic, she’s now their favourite person."

Throw in some kickass guest appearances on The Office, The Sarah Silverman Program, Inside Amy Schumer and Community and you've got yourself one truly applauseworthy comedian.

Tig Notaro's Boyish Girl Interrupted 2014 Dates:

Perth: Saturday 6 Dec, 8pm — Regal Theatre. Tickets via Ticketek.

Melbourne: Tuesday 9 Dec, 8pm — Athenaeum Theatre. Tickets via Ticketek.

Brisbane: Thursday 11 Dec, 8pm — Tivoli Theatre. Tickets via Ticketmaster.

Sydney: Saturday 13 Dec, 8pm — Enmore Theatre. Tickets via Ticketek.

Tickets on sale on Wednesday 17 September.

Image: Ruthie Watt.