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STAND-up comedian, singer and podcaster Em Rusciano has announced she will perform in Ballarat as part of a fifteen-date national tour.<\/p>\n

Her new show, Outgrown, is coming to Civic Hall on Saturday 3 August which will be her only regional Victorian performance.<\/p>\n

Rusciano said the themes of the show include her diagnoses of attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, autism and early-menopause in her 40s, the positives of being neurodivergent, and speaking at the National Press Club of Australia.<\/p>\n

“The last five years have been brutal, beautiful and bonkers,” she said.<\/p>\n

“They challenged everything I ever believed about myself to my core. Not to be dramatic, but the term ‘complete ego death’ wouldn’t be out of place here.<\/p>\n

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“I’m finally limping out the other side of it now with way less oestrogen, and as a newly crowned neuro-divergent double threat. So naturally it felt like the right time to get myself back on stage.<\/p>\n

“You can look forward to a multi-sensory exploration and examination of the beauty that can emerge after everything has been burned to the ground.<\/p>\n

“And of course elaborate costumes, novelty sized props and me workshopping my trauma via an over the top all out musical comedy extravaganza.”<\/p>\n

Rusciano is the host of popular podcast Emsolation and the author of Try Hard: Tales from the Life of a Needy Overachiever.<\/p>\n

In 2022 she presented at the National Press Club of Australia about her ADHD and her son’s autism, and is an advocate for those in the neurodiverse community.<\/p>\n

Rusciano’s last live show was Rage and Rainbows in 2019. Visit frontiertouring.com\/emrusciano<\/a> for tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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