Melanie Tait is an Australian playwright and author. She is from

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Career

At 20 years of age she wrote the ''

The Vegemite Tales ''The Vegemite Tales'' is a comedy theatrical production written by Australian playwright Melanie Tait. The play revolves around the lives of a group of young antipodeans sharing a flat in Hammersmith, west London. It has been described as an ...

'', which played in London over seven years from 2001 to 2007, including two years on the West End. The play focused on a group of young adults living in a London flat. During her five years in London, she was also the artistic director of the

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After a career in broadcasting at the ABC, she returned to playwriting with 2019's '' The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race'' at Ensemble Theatre, which has since been performed widely. Tait wrote the screenplay for the

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film adaptation. Her third play ''A Broadcast Coup'' premiered At Ensemble Theatre as part of Sydney Festival in January 2023. She was the co-host and co-creator of ''A Country Podcast''.

Works

Plays

* ''The Vegemite Tales'' (2001-2007) * '' The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race'' (2019) * ''A Broadcast Coup'' (2023)

Books

* ''Fat Chance: My Big Fat Gastric Banding Adventure,'' 2010,

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Australia ().

References

External links

Profile on ABC Radio

Recordings on ABC Radio National
Living people Australian radio personalities Australian women radio presenters 21st-century Australian dramatists and playwrights Australian non-fiction writers University of Wollongong alumni Australian women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Australian women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{australia-writer-stub