2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala
The Weekly
Comedy Up Late 2017
Boasting a prolific and award-winning stand-up career spanning over a decade Mel Buttle continues to delight audiences all over the country.
Mel is a social media phenomenon, with her beloved Mum/Lyn character becoming a break-out star in her own right. With followers tallying in the hundreds of thousands, and over 4 million likes on TikTok you can always rely on her keen observational take on the absurdities of modern life.
Mel’s first solo show in 2010 scored her a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, followed by winning the Directors Choice Award in 2013 for her show How Embarrassment. In 2014 Mel wrote and performed her own TEDxBrisbane talk. She performed her solo show Hands on Heads at the Brisbane Powerhouse at the beginning of 2020 and a recording of that show has since been released and is available to download as a podcast by ABC Comedy Presents.
No stranger to a challenge, Mel appears on Network 10’s Taskmaster and in the seventh series of reality show, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Australia. You may have seen her co-host of The Great Australian Bake Off and as Australian Team Captain in the SBS comedy quiz show Patriot Brains, as well as on Network 10’s This Week Live, Hughesy We Have a Problem, ABC TV’s Question Everything, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Australia Debates, Tractor Monkeys, Back Seat Drivers, It’s A Date, Seven Network’s Australia Now & Then and NZ’s TV3 weekly program 7Days. Mel currently appears as a regular guest on Network Ten’s The Project.
As well as live performance, Mel is a sought-after writer having written for ABC’s Ronny Chieng International Student, The Drum, ABC3’s You’re Skitting Me, Please Like Me, and was a full-time writer on Network 10’s This Week Live.
- Live Shows
- Television
- Writing - Print
- Writing - Television
- Radio
- Other Notable Work
- Awards
2023 – Let Me Know Either Way? – Solo Show
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival, National Tour
2021 – Here If You Need – Solo Show
Brisbane Comedy Festival
2020 – Hands on Heads – Solo Show
Brisbane Powerhouse
2019 – Welcome Aboard – Solo Show
Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Wagga Wagga Comedy Festival
2018 – Dog Bitch – Solo Show
Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2017 – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buttle! – Solo Show
Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Sydney Comedy Festival
2016 – Quite Unsavoury – Solo Show
Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2015 – Up to Pussy’s Bow – Solo Show
Brisbane Comedy Festival
2014 – Bring A Plate – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival
2013 – How Embarrassment – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2012 – Stop It, You Are! – Solo Show
Sydney Fringe Festival
2011 – Buttle and Buttle – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival
2010 – Sista Got Flow – Solo Show
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival
2023 – Network Ten: The Project (Regular Segment)
2023 – Network Ten: Just For Laughs Australia (Stand Up)
2023 – Network Ten: The Cheap Seats (Guest)
2023 – ABC TV: The Weekly (Guest)
2023 – ABC TV: MICF Opening Night Comedy Allstars Super Show (Stand Up)
2023 – ABC TV: Mardi Gras (Host)
2022 – ABC TV: Question Everything (Guest)
2022 – SBS: Celebrity Letters & Numbers (Guest)
2021 – SBS: Patriot Brains (Australian Team Captain)
2021 – Channel Seven: Australia Now & Then
2020 – Network Ten: I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (Contestant)
2015-19 – Foxtel Lifestyle: The Great Australian Bake Off (Host – Season 1 – 5)
2018-19 – Network Ten: The Project (Contributor & 4th Chair Host)
2019 – ABC TV: MICF Oxfam Gala (Stand Up)
2019 – Network Ten: Hughesy We Have A Problem (Guest)
2019 – Channel Nine: 20 to 1 (Contributor)
2019 – Network Ten: Celebrity Name Game (Guest)
2019 – Network Ten: Show Me The Movie! (Guest)
2016-19 – TV3 (NZ): 7 Days (Regular Guest)
2018 – ABC TV: MICF Upfront Gala (Stand Up)
2018 – Network Ten: Bring Back…Saturday Night (Guest)
2017-18 – ABC: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (Guest)
2017 – ABC 2: Comedy Up Late (Stand Up)
2017 – ABC ME: Stand and Deliver (Stand Up – for kids)
You can download a full list of Television credits below
2011–2023 – The Courier: Mail Weekly Columnist
2012–2013 – Triple J: Mag Columnist
2013 – The Drum: Guest Contributor
2015-19 – The Great Australian Bake Off: Writer of own scripts and other contributions
2016 – Ronny Chieng: International Student Workshop Contributor
2013 – Network Ten: This Week Live – Full Time Writer
2012 – ABC2: Please Like Me – Workshop Contributor
2012 – ABC3: You’re Skitting Me – Sketch Writer
2020 – Podcast: Plot Twist – Writer/Contributer
2020 – Podcast: The Guilty Feminist – Guest
2020 – ABC Comedy Presents…Podcast: “Hands on Heads” Live Solo Show
2016-19 – ABC Brisbane: Regular appearances – Various
2019 – Triple M: Brisbane Triple M Breakfast – Guest
2015 – B105: Weekly Segment
2013 – Nova 100: Fill in Breakfast co-host – 1 week with Tommy Little
2013 – triple j: Breakfast with Tom and Alex, regular segments “Mel’s Strongly Worded Letters” “Buttle Theatre” and “Message in a Buttle”
2013 – triple j: Good Az Friday OB – Guest
2013 – triple j: Tram Sessions – Guest
2011 – 612 ABC: Afternoons with Richard Fidler – Guest Host
2010 – Nova: National Saturday Sessions with Dave Thornton – Guest Co-Host
2019: ACCTA Awards Luncheon – Host
2019: Byron Bay Comedy Festival – Live show with Dave Thornton and Nikki Britton
2019: MICF Roadshow – Regional Australia
2018: Belvoir HA HA – Live show with Mel Buttle, Anne Edmonds and Cal Wilson Belvoir Theatre, Sydney
2018: A Night With: Susie Youssef, Anne Edmonds and Mel Buttle – Spiegeltent Hobart
2018: MICF Roadshow – Australia and Asia
2018: Not Just For Laughs – Regional Queensland Comedy Tour with Merrick Watts
2017: MICF Class Clowns – Host of Grand Final, Workshop Facilitator
2016: Can’t Live Without, Mamamia Podcast – Series Host
2016: MICF Roadshow Asia
2015: Support: Marc Maron – Brisbane City Hall
2014: TEDx Brisbane – Talk
You can download a full list of credits below
2022: Nominee – Award for Best Lifestyle Program – AACTA Awards
2018: Nominee – Best Female Presenter – AACTA Awards
2013: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Directors’ Choice – Winner
2012: Sydney Fringe Best Show – Winner
2010: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Best Newcomer – Nominee
Adam Hills
Alex Ward
Anne Edmonds
Anthony Morgan
Bec Charlwood
Ben Kochan
Brett Blake
Bronwyn Kuss
Charlie Pickering
Claire Hooper
Colin Lane
Concetta Caristo
Corey White
Dave Hughes
Dave Thornton
Dave Woodhead
Denise Scott
Dilruk Jayasinha
Frank Woodley
Geraldine Hickey
Hannah Gadsby
Jordan Barr
Josh Thomas
Judith Lucy
Justin Hamilton
Lano & Woodley
Lewis Garnham
Lizzy Hoo
Lloyd Langford
Mel Buttle
Merrick Watts
Michael Hing
Nath Valvo
Nikki Britton
Oliver Coleman
Pete Helliar
Prue Blake
Rod Quantock
Rove McManus
Sam Simmons
Sam Taunton
Sarah Kendall
Tom Ballard
Tom Gleeson
Tommy Little
Wil Anderson
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