# Melanie Tait

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Episode 163: Cut The Fat Somewhere Else

This week, the buzz is all about the Emmy Awards, the Wicked: For Good movie trailer, Beetlejuice, Little Shop of Horrors, The Babysitters Club & our other fave podcast, Good Hang with Amy Poehler. At the theatre, we went to Bright Star at the Hayes Theatre & How To Plot A Hit In Two Days at Ensemb…

Four new memoirs: Mandy Sayer/Elizabeth Gilbert/Arundhati Roy/S. Shakthidharan

We look at some compelling new memoirs, including Mandy Sayer’s No Dancing in the Lift, a tribute to her jazz drummer father, capturing the grit of Kings Cross and the grace of caregiving. Elizabeth Gilbert’s All the Way to the River recounts her intense love story with Rayya Elias, confronting add…

The couple performing theatre's worst marriage + Lamine Sonko

Why would two actors,  who are married in real life, pretend to eviscerate each other night after night in the emotionally brutal play Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? Kat Stewart and David Whitely first performed this Edward Albee classic on the small, indy stage of Melbourne's Red Stitch Theatre an…

Getting the Most Out of Your GP with Dr. Melanie Tait - Re-Release

Re-release of this insightful and entertaining episode of But You Look So Good, Seona and Sally sit down with GP Melanie Tait, who brings a unique perspective as both a doctor and someone living with a chronic health condition. They dive into the often misunderstood dynamics of the GP-patient relat…

In Conversation with Joanna Murray-Smith, facilitated by Melanie Tait (Currency Press Festival of Playwrights 2025)

Recorded at the Currency Press Festival of Playwrights 2025   IN CONVERSATION WITH JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH facilitated by Melanie Tait. Includes excerpts from Murray-Smith's 'Julia' read by Katrina Foster.   ***   currency.com.au

Anna Jullienne on playing the nanny who was shunned by The Royals

Marion Crawford, known as Crawfie, was nanny to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret for 16 years before a very public falling out with the royal family. The Queen's Nanny, written by Australian journalist and radio presenter Melanie Tait, puts her story centre stage at Takapuna's Pumphouse Theatre. A…

The unfortunate tale of the Queen's nanny 'Crawfie'

Australian playwright Melanie Tait highlights the story of ostracized governess Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford in her play The Queen's Nanny.

William's Ode To Granny, Sam Kerr Signs With Gotham & Musical Theatre's Final Curtain

On The Solo Bureau today we speak to Melanie Tait, a playwright and journalist about the state of Australian theatre after the cancellation of yet another musical tour. Also Survivors are still being pulled from the wreckage after Venezuela's earthquakes US and Iran agree to stop the reprisals, …