Comedy show: Social Needia The Epidemic

What happens when a social media addict embarks on an online detox in an effort to try to cure her obsession? Jordana gets anxious when nobody comments on her Facebook status updates, wakes up in the middle of the night to Tweet, believes all feelings can be expressed through emoticons, Instagrams her food before eating it, and is convinced that hashtags make everything cooler. She’s definitely a victim of Social Needia; an epidemic that’s gone viral.

In Social Needia: The Epidemic, Jordana explored her addiction to, and obsession with, social media and technology, plus an array of other neurotic characteristics and anxieties that all tied into this fixation. She drew attention to the idea that while so many of us always feel ‘switched on’ because of technology and social media, in many ways we’re more disconnected than we’ve ever been.

After performing to capacity crowds in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Jordana performed a revamped Social Needia: The Epidemic through the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Reviews:

“Rising star”
Dave Hughes, Nova 100

#girlisFUNNY
Kate Langbroek, Nova 100

“Witty, highly entertaining, completely relatable, irrefutably honest, up-to-the-minute comedy.”
Crikey, 2013

“Her tone is spot-on and self-deprecating in all the right places.
Lots of laughs… One to watch.”
Herald Sun, 2013

“Jordana’s like a bolt of electricity. She’s enthusiastic and her material has real substance. She has the ability to communicate to people that understand social, as well as those that don’t. Even my Mum would understand the jokes. Plus it was really diverse. It wasn’t just about social media; it was about life – and the fundamental shift we’ve made over the last five years. She actually made me cry tears of laughter. It had been a long time since I’d had one of those laugh-cries. #winning”
Sam Mutimer, Social Media Director at Thinktank Social

“Jordana is an exciting, relevant and dynamic performer. Her skill and knowledge of all things social media provides some essential learning for any audience wanting to connect digitally… AND… she’s funny!”
Zara Swindells-Grose, Co-Director of Humour Australia (HA!)