Comedy

RESTLESS

With a brain that won’t stop and body that slows her down, Apap obliterates her comfort zone.

  • Dates 1 Oct - 20 Oct
  • Time Available On Demand (70 minutes)
  • Venues Digital Fringe
$10.00
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A bright blue background with glistening stars falling from the top of the image is behind Ashley Apap who wears a bright orange jumper, her head poking out of the head hole and draped over the top of her head, her arms raised above her head and her face
Ashley (olive-skinned woman with shoulder length wavy brown hair and hazel eyes) stands up holding a wireless microphone. She wears black bike shirts with white daisies printed on them, with a big, baggy t-shirt over the top. The t-shirt is white with a cartoon chili dog on it - underneath the cartoon the words
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A bright blue background with glistening stars falling from the top of the image is behind Ashley Apap who wears a bright orange jumper, her head poking out of the head hole and draped over the top of her head, her arms raised above her head and her face
Ashley (olive-skinned woman with shoulder length wavy brown hair and hazel eyes) stands up holding a wireless microphone. She wears black bike shirts with white daisies printed on them, with a big, baggy t-shirt over the top. The t-shirt is white with a cartoon chili dog on it - underneath the cartoon the words

  • Written and Performed by: Ashley Apap

  • Livestreamed from: Stupid Old Studios

  • Directed by: Melissa Viola

Being unsettled is a default for Apap. Finding calm in the ridiculousness of existence, she is most at ease when embracing chaos. In this filmed live stream of RESTLESS from April 2024, Ashley reaches for comfort and connection to get out of her head, and into your heart.

Through her offbeat performance style, clever misdirection and cheeky crowd work, Apap demonstrates the tension that propels her very being. RESTLESS is one Silly Duffer’s absurdist attempt at laughing in the face of her endless overwhelm. With the help of cautious optimism, an enduring curiosity for truth and a fondness for friendship, Ashley is not taking standing up, lying down.

About Ashley Apap

Ashley Apap is a Melbourne/Naarm-based writer/comedian whose work focuses on melding accessibility, silliness and sincerity. Her debut Melbourne International Comedy Festival hour Ouch! was nominated for the 2022 Golden Gibbo Award and played to sold out crowds and she's since been performing her high-energy stand-up, sketch, improv and musical comedy around Australia. Ashley recently made her professional acting debut in the new Malthouse Theatre work 'Telethon Kid' as well as creating/writing/producing her new video podcast 'Scamp' (produced with Stupid Old Studios for Powerd Media). Available on Powerd Media's streaming platform that showcases content made by disabled artists, it encapsulates Ashley's colourful, quick, unique sense of humour in a world made by and for her relentless mind. Classified by The Age as having “great comic potential” and “a voice not often heard”, Ashley is a breath of fresh air in the Melbourne comedy scene.

  • Duration: 70 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible, Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: MA15+

  • Event warnings: Strong Coarse Language.

  • Content warnings: Drug Use, Drug References, Sexual References, Death, Mental Health, Discussion Of Disability And Neurodivergence.

  • Full: $10.00

  • Extra Applause: $20.00

"Apap is a transcendent performer who continues to shine . . . should absolutely be a the top of anyone’s list of great Australian comedians.." - Theatre Matters

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Sessions: Digital Events

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Date Time Venue

Tuesday, 01 October 2024 -
Sunday, 20 October 2024

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Digital Fringe

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