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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · 2d

wowowow A Judge Pick! For our super normal show? How kind!

Only 3 more nights to catch the most normal show at Melb Fringe! And it's a different show every night so you can keep comin back for more normal ;)

8:30pm (7:30Sun) Trades Hall. On till the 12th.
www.melbournefringe.com.au/whats-on/eve...

Show poster that says Judges' Pick at the top and Melbourne Fringe Festival at the bottom. In the middle, a tilted square photo of a zoomed in silly face showing teeth and wide open eyes.

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · Jul 31

In Edinburgh? Come see @melmcglensey.bsky.social gig for us at #assemblyfest Piccolo for #edfringe this week! And listen to her being SO VERY GUFF WISE on our podcast too!

📻 shows.acast.com/33249a2e-3f0...

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · Aug 1

Edinburgh! KIDS! Our #edfringe run starts today: join us at the #AssemblyFest Piccolo at 3:05pm to see @robinjmorgan.bsky.social* MCing Phil O'Shea, @melmcglensey.bsky.social and improvisers @totallyimprovised.bsky.social*! www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

* Have their own kids shows to see too!

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The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) @theacms.bsky.social · Aug 13

#ACMS
🗓️ TONIGHT!
🏰 @monkeybarrelcomedy.bsky.social, One
🕛 23:55-laaate
🎟️ £8.50 tickets from www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... PWYW on exit
😻 hosted by @turlygod.bsky.social & @kathyrivett.bsky.social, with e.g. @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social, @edyhurst.bsky.social, @melmcglensey.bsky.social AND MORE

The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)
*fresh! Sisyphean! comedy!*

Monkey Barrel, One
23:55-02:45ish
Sundays-Wednesdays
August 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24
£8.50/PWYW on exit
noblefailure.org
tinyurl.com/acms25
monkeybarrelcomedy.com
AltComMemSoc
theacms | #ACMS

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Jul 20

Rehearsals are going WELL. But there’s a reason dogs aren’t allowed on the boat.

Only 2 more weeks till MOTORBOAT opens at @pleasance.co.uk for @edfringe.bsky.social

💕🚤💕🚤

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Douglas Wilson @doougle.net · Jul 7

Next week! Our new clown show, pulling inspiration from videogame narrative design.

Special pre-Edinburgh sneak peek in Naarm/Melb!
bsky.app/profile/melm...

Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Jul 2

Pssst. Want a sneak peek of my new show Mel McGlensey is NORMAL?
I’m doing a WIP at The Motley Bauhaus July 17, 18th and 19th before I jet off to Edinburgh. 8:30pm. $10 tix!

Come along for a very normal time, super regular, nothing weird!

www.eventfinda.com.au/2025/wip-mel...

Brunette woman with curly hair peeks out from behind a white wall. The background is also white.

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Jul 2

Pssst. Want a sneak peek of my new show Mel McGlensey is NORMAL?
I’m doing a WIP at The Motley Bauhaus July 17, 18th and 19th before I jet off to Edinburgh. 8:30pm. $10 tix!

Come along for a very normal time, super regular, nothing weird!

www.eventfinda.com.au/2025/wip-mel...

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Douglas Wilson @doougle.net · Jun 5

"Come along for a one-of-a-kind collaborative clown experience plumbing the depths of normaldom, as decided by you. Let's have a normal one, folks!"

www.pleasance.co.uk/event/mel-mc...

Show poster, titled: "Mel McGlensey is NORMAL". Four award laurels at top. Photo is a zoomed-out full body photo of a woman in a white tennis dress, standing awkwardly and grinning at the camera. The background is entirely white and empty. Middle of the poster reads: "Stop the clown from being weird". Bottom of the poster reads: "Pleasance Courtyard Below, 23:05, 12th - 24th August, Presented by BRIGHTSIDE, Directed by Sharnema Nougar, Co-created by Douglas Wilson"

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Douglas Wilson @doougle.net · Jun 5

🎭 ANNOUNCING 🎭

Mel McGlensey is NORMAL

"Stop the clown from being weird"

a brand new @melmcglensey.bsky.social clown show, co-created by me and w/ live tech by me

Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
August 12-24

Tickets here:
www.pleasance.co.uk/event/mel-mc...

Show poster, titled: "Mel McGlensey is NORMAL". Four award laurels at top. Photo is a zoomed-in face, eyes wide open and weird grin. Bottom of the poster reads: "Pleasance Courtyard Below, 23:05, 12th - 24th August, Presented by BRIGHTSIDE, Directed by Sharnema Nougar, Co-created by Douglas Wilson"

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Apr 25

The honor was all ours 🙏

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Apr 25

I'm behind on my post-MICF posting BUT what an honor to have our weird lil show selected twice in The Age's roundup of "the best heckles, riskiest jokes and strangest moments" of the fest!

@vidyarajan.bsky.social and I are also stoked we got to meet so many Gregs!

now to sleep till the next fest!

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Apr 16

www.keithgow.com/2025/04/revi...

REVIEW: Vidya Rajan & Mel McGlensey, GREG – Melbourne Comedy Festival

Are you a Greg? Do you know a Greg? You don’t have to be a Greg to enjoy GREG but it helps. I mean, you could cosplay as a Greg, identify as...

www.keithgow.com

Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Apr 16

Some beautiful praise for GREG from @keithgow.bsky.social at Theatre First! Only 5 more chances to get your greg on, 9:10 at Chinese Museum.

two women in front of the audience hold hands and strike a dramatic pose, there is a man from the audience joining him but a smiley face has been put over his face.

two women in front of the audience hold hands and strike a dramatic pose

two women in front of the audience hold hands and strike a dramatic pose as if mid-dance

two women in front of the audience hold hands and strike a dramatic pose as if mid-dance, there is a man from the audience joining him but a smiley face has been put over his face.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · Apr 14

GREG is for Gregs and non-Gregs alike. It's a wild hour of alt-comedy from @vidyarajan.bsky.social and @melmcglensey.bsky.social and it was my final show of this year's comedy festival. It's Greggselent. www.keithgow.com/2025/04/revi...

REVIEW: Vidya Rajan & Mel McGlensey, GREG – Melbourne Comedy Festival

Are you a Greg? Do you know a Greg? You don’t have to be a Greg to enjoy GREG but it helps. I mean, you could cosplay as a Greg, identify as...

www.keithgow.com

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Apr 14

Wow wowwow. @vidyarajan.bsky.social and I only ever set out to impress Gregs but some of the non-gregs at The Age said some lovely things about the show!

Only one week left to catch the show, 9:10pm at The Chinese Mus until the 20th of April!

Two women strike poses with faces direct to camera. One has her arm raised in the air and the other has her hand beneath the chin.

Two women strike poses over a mirror that is on the floor. They are both leaning forward.

The show poster for Greg. Two women strike poses over a mirror with faces two camera. They're wearing mesh and black and blue clothing.

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Apr 11

We opened GREG last night & it's been a blast. Come if u need a real dose of silliness this melbourne comedy festival. And pls bring a Greg!!!

@melmcglensey.bsky.social

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Apr 4

Loving this beautiful write up about @vidyarajan.bsky.social and my upcoming show, Greg. We open April 8th, get amongst it!

If you know a Greg or are a Greg then this show is for you

Greg is an hour of absurdist sketch, improv and character comedy, taking as its starting point a pair of comedians’ fascination for a completely ordinary name.

www.theage.com.au

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Jan 29

My mom gets very excited about Aussie animals but can’t remember their names super well. Just now she yelled out (very loudly) that she had seen a “huge blue tongue skank”

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Douglas Wilson @doougle.net · Jan 27

@melmcglensey.bsky.social is performing MOTORBOAT at Perth Fringe, Feb 1-16:
fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/mel...

Mel McGlensey is MOTORBOAT | FRINGE WORLD Festival - 17 Jan to 16 Feb 2025

Batten down the hatches and seal your porthole! It’s time for the silliest, most outrageous, naughty and nautical show ever made about someone who is part boat, part woman... and full clown. Come with...

fringeworld.com.au

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Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social · Jan 25

Australia is the only colonial nation to celebrate it's national day on the anniversary of the invasion by colonisers.

Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · Jan 25

Reminding the planet on Australia Day 2025, Australia is the only Commonwealth Country not to sign a First Nation Treaty.

Colonial fantasy lies in the belief that colonialism is already over!

youtu.be/Jf-jHCdafZY?...

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Douglas Wilson @doougle.net · Jan 24

Here's a glimpse at one of the projects I'm doing next, as I get more involved making clown shows w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social

Hoping to debut our new show at , fingers crossed!
bsky.app/profile/melm...

Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Jan 21

Exciting new projects in the works 👀

Woman in white stands in a photography studio getting her photo taken while a tall man looks on

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Jan 21

Exciting new projects in the works 👀

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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · Jan 17

Big week for me legally releasing some of the hate in my heart ☺️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Mel ‘Motorboat’ McGlensey @melmcglensey.bsky.social · Jan 15

Just spotted my first ever WILD KOALA!! Am obsessed. I’ve named him Pickles and he’s my perfect marsupial son. Look at him jump!

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