Comedian Lara Ricote has been winning awards overseas. Now audiences at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are finding out why.
“I wear hearing aids in my ears. My parents actually gave them to me for my birthday and that, I think, is not right,” Lara Ricote says to a room full of laughter.
“I’m in this in-between space because I’m hard of hearing, but I can still function in society without people making too many adjustments for me to be around,” she says. The daughter of singer and actor Gaby Rivero, she studied acting as a child and was introduced to comedy by her sister, who is also hard of hearing.
“If I could be, in some way, opening a door for anyone to be able to see shows they otherwise not be able to see, I would love to be able to do that because I would love it if someone were doing that for me.”Rebecca Adam, CEO of advocacy group Expression Australia, says representation in the creative industries is essential for people who are Deaf and hard of hearing.
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