Parks and Rec star Amy Poehler heading to Australia for live event

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Amy Poehler volition articulation this year’s Vivid Sydney lineup for a peculiar Vivid Ideas lawsuit astatine the Sydney Opera House connected Monday, May 27, organisers announced connected Tuesday morning.

The much-loved histrion and comedian, whose vocation credits see Parks & Recreation, Saturday Night Live, and Mean Girls, will beryllium joined by ABC presenter Zan Rowe for the in-conversation event.

Poehler, who is 1 of Hollywood’s astir versatile and sought-after talents, with credits including actress, writer, director, producer, and bestselling author, volition beforehand Vivid Sydney Presents.

Poehler’s Vivid quality volition besides treble arsenic a promotional lawsuit for her caller film, Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2. Audiences volition beryllium shown a 30-minute excerpt of ‘select scenes’ from the movie.

“I’m truly looking guardant to taking portion successful Vivid Sydney this year, a spot that welcomes Joy successful each way,” said Poehler. “I can’t hold to stock a small of Inside Out 2: a movie that lets Joy and Sadness, Anxiety and Envy—all effort to enactment unneurotic successful hilarious and touching ways.”

Alongside longtime collaborator Tina Fey, Poehler roseate done Chicago’s improv drama country successful the 1990s earlier becoming a staple connected Saturday Night Live aft joining the amusement successful 2001. She won plaudits for her stint arsenic co-host of the Weekend Update segment, which she co-hosted with Fey.

The brace besides co-starred successful the deed 2004 film Mean Girls and person co-hosted the Golden Globes 4 times.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler down the SNL quality desk.

Poehler near SNL halfway done her eighth play to prima arsenic Leslie Knope successful the sitcom Parks and Recreation, which she produced and acted successful until 2015. In summation to her enactment successful TV and film, Poehler’s literate debut Yes Please topped the New York Times Best Sellers database successful October 2014, staying determination for implicit 23 weeks.

Festival manager Gill Minervini said: “Amy Poehler is drama royalty and the cleanable idiosyncratic to articulation america arsenic portion of Vivid Ideas for this year’s Vivid Sydney. Amy’s caller movie ties successful perfectly with the taxable of this year’s festival, Humanity, with an accessible instrumentality connected however the quality caput makes decisions and processes emotions.”

Billed arsenic the Harbor City’s “annual festival of light, euphony and ideas,” Vivid has progressively looked to pat into the taste zeitgeist by adding high-profile celebrities to the lineup.

Mike White and Jennifer Coolidge from TV bid The White Lotus successful Sydney for the 2023 Vivid Festival.

Last year, The White Lotus prima Jennifer Coolidge appeared successful speech with Mike White, the creator of the deed series, portion homegrown popular prima Troye Sivan and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin headlined successful 2022.

Vivid Sydney Presents - In Conversation with Amy Poehler volition beryllium held astatine the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. Following the event, a bespoke Inside Out 2 projection volition airy up Customs House astatine Circular Quay for a one-off, 30-minute projection.