Melanie joins Regina Botros to talk about her life as a playwright and the journey to the stage and beyond.

Melanie Tait is an innovative and prolific theatre-maker, audio storyteller and digital journalist with a proven record in Australia and the UK. Her work and ideas consistently reflect the zeitgeist and she makes those ideas come to life with the help of talented teams.

Returning to Australia after her play The Vegemite Tales won critical and popular acclaim, Melanie trained as a journalist with the ABC. She has worked for the past twelve years creating radio and digital content.

Now a recognised storyteller and broadcaster, she has created  popular podcasts like A Country Podcast, Now Hear This and Tall Tales and True. Her play The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race premiered at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney in March 2019 and will tour nationally in May-June 2021. Another play, A Broadcast Coup, was set to premiere at Ensemble Theatre in April 2020, but was cancelled due to Covid19.

Melanie was previously Executive Producer of Podcasts at Mamamia Women’s Networks overseeing their two most popular podcasts No Filter and The Quicky.

For ABC TV, she has guest hosted and reported for One Plus One and The Mix.

Melanie has written many features, op-ed and reportage for local and international mastheads including Guardian UK, Guardian Australia, news.com.au, The Australian.