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Melanie Tait
Melanie Tait (born c. 1981) is an Australian playwright, radio presenter, screenwriter, and journalist. As of 2024[update] a freelance journalist, she often writes for ABC Online, Guardian Australia, and news.com.au. She is the author of several plays, including The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, which was made into a film of the same name, released in 2023.
Melanie Tait was born in 1981 and grew up in Robertson, New South Wales, where her parents built and ran a grocery store for 34 years. They bought "The Big Potato" in Robertson, which is located in the lot next to the store, when it was put up for sale around 2012–3.
At around 20 or 21 years of age Tait wrote the play The Vegemite Tales, 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.
In 2001 Tait founded the Itchy Feet Company in London, and in 2002 was appointed artistic director of the Old Red Lion Theatre at The Angel, Islington, where she stayed until 2004.
Returning to Australia in 2005, Tait began her radio career as a producer on the John Laws Morning Show. She then moved to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a trainee rural reporter in Darwin, before travelling around Australia for several years for ABC Rural, ABC News, and ABC Local Radio. She presented programs on 105.7 ABC Darwin, 702 ABC Sydney as well as on Radio National. career in broadcasting at the, where she worked as a journalist for 12 years. During her time at the ABC, Tait curated a live storytelling series, Now Hear This, for five years, and later presented Evenings on ABC Radio Hobart.
In 2010, Tait published the autobiographical work Fat Chance: My Big Fat Gastric Band Adventure. At that time, she was living in Canberra. The book was commended in the 2011 ACT Book of the Year Awards. Tait was the recipient of two ACT Arts Grants, in 2012 and 2014.
After leaving the ABC, she returned to playwriting with 2019's The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, which was developed and performed with the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, before being performed around the country. She also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation, made by Paramount+ and released in 2023. The story was inspired by a real event in Tait's hometown of Robertson, NSW. At first the network was not keen on Tait writing the screenplay, but the producer Andrea Keir fought for her, and she was mentored by veteran screenwriter and novelist Kylie Needham.
Her third play, A Broadcast Coup, described as a "#MeToo comedy", premiered at Ensemble Theatre as part of Sydney Festival in January 2023.
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Melanie Tait
Melanie Tait (born c. 1981) is an Australian playwright, radio presenter, screenwriter, and journalist. As of 2024[update] a freelance journalist, she often writes for ABC Online, Guardian Australia, and news.com.au. She is the author of several plays, including The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, which was made into a film of the same name, released in 2023.
Melanie Tait was born in 1981 and grew up in Robertson, New South Wales, where her parents built and ran a grocery store for 34 years. They bought "The Big Potato" in Robertson, which is located in the lot next to the store, when it was put up for sale around 2012–3.
At around 20 or 21 years of age Tait wrote the play The Vegemite Tales, 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.
In 2001 Tait founded the Itchy Feet Company in London, and in 2002 was appointed artistic director of the Old Red Lion Theatre at The Angel, Islington, where she stayed until 2004.
Returning to Australia in 2005, Tait began her radio career as a producer on the John Laws Morning Show. She then moved to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a trainee rural reporter in Darwin, before travelling around Australia for several years for ABC Rural, ABC News, and ABC Local Radio. She presented programs on 105.7 ABC Darwin, 702 ABC Sydney as well as on Radio National. career in broadcasting at the, where she worked as a journalist for 12 years. During her time at the ABC, Tait curated a live storytelling series, Now Hear This, for five years, and later presented Evenings on ABC Radio Hobart.
In 2010, Tait published the autobiographical work Fat Chance: My Big Fat Gastric Band Adventure. At that time, she was living in Canberra. The book was commended in the 2011 ACT Book of the Year Awards. Tait was the recipient of two ACT Arts Grants, in 2012 and 2014.
After leaving the ABC, she returned to playwriting with 2019's The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, which was developed and performed with the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, before being performed around the country. She also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation, made by Paramount+ and released in 2023. The story was inspired by a real event in Tait's hometown of Robertson, NSW. At first the network was not keen on Tait writing the screenplay, but the producer Andrea Keir fought for her, and she was mentored by veteran screenwriter and novelist Kylie Needham.
Her third play, A Broadcast Coup, described as a "#MeToo comedy", premiered at Ensemble Theatre as part of Sydney Festival in January 2023.
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