Ashley Apap

Winner 2024 Adelaide Fringe Fund Award 
Nominee Golden Gibbo 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

If you had all the time in the world, how would you spend it? 

Prepare to be in the moment as award-winning comedian Ashley Apap charms the watch right off your wrist. In an effort to stop the clock, Ashley takes you on an absurdist journey through the very construct that binds us to our consciousness: time.

Demonstrating an assortment of talents, Ashley combines stand-up, character, improv and musical comedy to interact with the audience masterfully. In this distinctive new show, let yourself melt into the communal and cathartic occurrence that is Well Spent: a one-time-only hour of philosophical joy that changes with each performance and embodies the essence of being present.

Introspective, improvisational and inventive, it's sure to be this dynamic performer’s most unique hour yet. Questioning how time relates to mortality, money and the self, Ashley urges you to see that although there may never be enough time, you still have the choice to spend it well.

Directed by Dylan Murphy.

'Great comedic potential... A voice not often heard.' ★★★★ The Age

'Apap's energy is impressive.' ★★★★ The Sydney Morning Herald

'An incredibly likeable, earnest performer... A unique approach to audience interaction.' ★★★★ Theatre Travels

Ashley Apap is an award-winning/nominated writer, comedian and improviser from Melbourne, Australia. Much of her work prioritises silliness, sincerity and accessibility. Her debut hour of comedy Ouch! was nominated for the Golden Gibbo Award at the 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, followed by her professional theatre debut in the 2023 production Telethon Kid at The Malthouse Theatre. She has a plethora of digital content available online, including her original talk show Scamp on Powerd Media, her improvised comedy podcast Palsville (available to watch on Grouse House TV) and her internationally successful podcast Call An Adult: A Pretty Little Liars Recap Podcast. She currently stars in the Screen Australia and Australian Children's Television Foundation funded children's sketch comedy program Worm Diner, created by Millie Holten and Caitlyn Staples. Her improvising talents can be seen on stage at The Improv Conspiracy Theatre, where she has been an ensemble member for over a decade, as well as on multiple episodes of Aunty Donna's hit game show Most Upsetting Guessing Game In The World. With training from iO Chicago, The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade Los Angeles and Second City Hollywood, Ashley is one of Australia's most creatively dextrous long-form improvisers.