2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala
The Weekly
Comedy Up Late 2017
Mel Buttle is a hilarious bundle of contradictions, and she’s a package that is rapidly making herself felt in all mediums, right across the country.
Since her first solo show in 2010 which scored her a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Mel has been performing on the live comedy circuit across the country going from strength to strength including in 2019, touring her brand-new comedy show, Welcome Aboard.
As well as live performance, Mel is a sought-after writer with a weekly column in The Courier Mail, having written for ABC’s Ronny Cheing International Student, The Drum, ABC3’s You’re Skitting Me, Please Like Me, and being a full-time writer on Network Ten’s This Week Live.
You may have seen Mel on ABC TV’s The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Tractor Monkeys, Back Seat Drivers or It’s A Date as well as Network Ten’s The Project, This Week Live, Hughesy We Have a Problem and NZ’s TV3 weekly program 7Days.
In 2015, Mel found out she can have her cake and eat it too, scoring the job of co-host on The Great Australian Bake Off for Foxtel’s Lifestyle channel alongside her friend Claire Hooper and judges Maggie Beer and Matt Moran. The fourth season of Bake Off aired in 2019.
This year Mel performed her new Solo Show Hands on Heads at the Brisbane Powerhouse and a recording of that show has since been released and is available to download as a podcast by ABC Comedy Presents.
- Live Shows
- Television
- Writing - Print
- Writing - Television
- Radio
- Other Notable Work
- Awards
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
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
2011–2019 – 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
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
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
Anne Edmonds
Anthony Morgan
Bec Charlwood
Ben Kochan
Brett Blake
Cal Wilson
Celia Pacquola
Charlie Pickering
Claire Hooper
Colin Lane
Corey White
Damien Power
Danielle Walker
Dave Hughes
Dave Thornton
David Woodhead
Denise Scott
Dilruk Jayasinha
Frank Woodley
Geraldine Hickey
Hannah Gadsby
Josh Thomas
Judith Lucy
Justin Hamilton
Lano & Woodley
Lewis Garnham
Lizzy Hoo
Lloyd Langford
Mel Buttle
Merrick Watts
Nath Valvo
Nikki Britton
Peter Helliar
Rod Quantock
Rove McManus
Sam Simmons
Sam Taunton
Sarah Kendall
Tom Ballard
Tom Gleeson
Tommy Little
Vidya Rajan
Wil Anderson
Zoë Coombs Marr-
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