Comedian

Autistic, Non-Binary, Malaysian Comedian

Juliana Heng

Autistic, Non-Binary, Malaysian Comedian

Juliana Heng

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Bachelor’s of Science (Hons) in Applied Accounting

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Six Years of Experience in Writing and Performing Comedy

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Fluent in 4 Languages : English, Malay, Mandarin and Hokkien

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Can Read and Write in Korean

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Comedy Show Producer at I Laugh KL

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Content Creator with JokePit The Comedy Box Office

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Written, directed and produced Walking On Spectrum, an award-winning medley show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023.

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Started a new podcast, “HENG-ing Out With Heng”, featuring interviews with 30+ artists at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023.

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Creator of Ms Pui Yoh, a parody character based on a prominent OnlyFans Content Creator.

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Host of Comedy Circuit News (CCN), a news channel featuring the coolest comedy news & events worldwide.

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Comedian

Over 12000+ Individuals Impacted

More than 1200+ Shows

More than 30+ Countries

Autism Acceptance Through Comedy

Let’s Get Personal

Performed at The Comedy Store – London’s KING GONG (United Kingdom) on 30 December 2019

Individuals Impacted

Shows

Countries

Autism Acceptance Through Comedy

Let’s Get Personal

Performed at The Comedy Store – London’s KING GONG (United Kingdom) on 30 December 2019

Growing up with a rough childhood, Juliana chose to stand up for themself by transforming all the chaos in their life into comedy gold.

Navigating Chaos Through Comedy

Juliana Heng is an autistic, non-binary stand-up comedian from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

They are the founder and comedy show producer of I Laugh KL Comedy Show, content creator with JokePit The Comedy Box Office, and have been doing stand-up comedy since September 2017.

Juliana strives to be a comedian who gets real, talking about issues considered taboo in Asian society such as their autism, being queer, and growing up in a dysfunctional family.

They have performed in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Ipoh, Penang, and Kuching), Singapore, Thailand (Bangkok), Cambodia (Phnom Penh), and the United Kingdom (London, Nottingham, Manchester, and Edinburgh).

During the lockdown era, Juliana performed online to audiences in 33 countries.

Recently, they emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up of KL Roast Tournament 2022. Juliana is also the Top 16 Finalist of GELAK : GEMPAK 2021 (A comedy reality TV show) and Top 10 Finalist of Bangkok International Comedy Competition 2019.

Juliana has made a couple of TV appearances :

GELAK : GEMPAK, Malaysia’s 1st stand-up comedy reality TV show on Astro Warna (2021)
BERNAMA TV’s Coffedy TV Comedy Open Mic in conjunction with Hari Raya (2021)
Debuted as an actor via a cameo role in Keluarga Baha Don (Season 3) (2021)
GELAK : GEMPAK Edisi Khas on Astro Warna (2024)

To date, they have supported 10 headlining comedians : Ahmed Ahmed, Matt Davis, Mary E. Kennedy, Kurt Braunohler & Ricky Sim from the USA, Shaq Munisamy from Malaysia, Ankita Ghosh from India, Simone Park from Canada, Peter Szumowski from Poland, and Olivia Xing from China.

Juliana has performed in comedy festivals like :

Comedy For Change Festival 2019 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
District Queer Comedy Festival 2020 & 2021 (Washington DC, USA)
NY Underground Comedy Festival 2020 (New York, USA)
Plano Comedy Festival 2020 (Texas, USA)
Comedy Fringe Festival 2021 (New Jersey, USA)
Burbank Comedy Festival 2021 (California, USA)

In May 2020, Juliana debuted a 1-hour virtual medley show, Walking On Spectrum at The ADELAIDE FRINGE View 2020 (Adelaide, Australia).

This show was subsequently played virtually at 12 virtual fringe festivals:

Rochester Fringe Festival 2020 (New York, USA)
Asheville FRINGE Arts Festival 2021 (North Carolina, USA)
Tucson Fringe Festival 2021 (Arizona, USA)
Pittsburgh Fringe Festival 2021 (Pennsylvania, USA)
Big Sky Fringe Festival 2021 (Montana, USA)
FringePVD Festival 2021 (Rhode Island, USA)
Thornhill Theatre Fringe Festival 2021 (Auckland, New Zealand)
Theatre Crude Fringe Festival 2021 (Oklahoma, USA)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Ukraine Fringe 2023 (Kyiv, Ukraine)

In July 2022, Juliana performed Walking On Spectrum LIVE for the very first time in a sold out show at hUSh The Theatre.

In August 2023, Walking On Spectrum made its LIVE debut at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

This a showcase of comedy, spoken word poetry, and storytelling of how they live with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Walking on Spectrum was awarded :

‘Most Inspiring Work’ ~ The Asheville FRINGE Arts Festival 2021
‘Best Comedy’ and ‘The Borderlands and Beyond Award’ ~ Tucson Fringe Festival 2021
‘Best Solo Show’ and ‘Best of Fringe’ ~ Front-Row Fringe Festival 2022
Earned a 4-star review from Neurodiverse Review UK.
Nominated for the Actually Autistic Excellence Award 2023 by Neurodiverse Review UK.

While performing at Edinburgh Fringe, Juliana started a new podcast, “HENG-ing Out With Heng”, featuring interviews with 30+ artists at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023.

Upon their return from Edinburgh Fringe, Julana created Ms Pui Yoh, a parody character based on a prominent OnlyFans Content Creator & started to host Comedy Circuit News (CCN), a news channel featuring the coolest comedy news and events worldwide.

Media Quote :

“Juliana’s onstage presence is ebullient and utterly unique.” ~ Sam Thomas, Comedy in Cambodia, Khmer Nights

TESTIMONIALS

SONESS STEVENS

Comedian / Emcee / Voice Artist / TED Speaker

“Walking On Spectrum, a funny and eye-opening glimpse into life with autism by the online globetrotting comedian and spoken word poet, Juliana Heng. If you are curious or you know somebody who walks on the spectrum, check out their show and support the arts. I watched it during the first run on The ADELAIDE FRINGE View 2020 in May 2020 and was blown away by their work. Juliana is a positive light that comes out of these dark times.”

SIMON JAY

Editor of Neurodiverse Review UK

“Gut-punchingly emotional, it is an important story and one that needs to be heard.”

“Heng has created something totally unique, and they shine like a beacon throughout it all. A must see.”

JOHN CHAPMAN

Writer, 2nd From Bottom

“I certainly learned quite a bit about someone with a completely different perspective of life.”

JULIAN MATTHEWS

Poet

“Juliana Heng’s Walking on Spectrum show is funny, evocative, visceral and raw. You will laugh, and you may even cry, but you will walk away with a rainbow in your heart as her humanity shines throughout.”

LOUISE PENN

Writer, loureviews.blog

“Heng shows a fierce sense of independence and a sideways perceptive of their differences, drawing out the unconscious prejudices many have about autism and what the neurodiverse can achieve.”