Melanie Tait

Jan 10, 2025 | stagewhispers.com.au | Melanie Tait

In 1954, glamour model Shirley Beiger stood trial for the murder of her two-timing boyfriend outside Sydney’s iconic Chequers nightclub. Melanie Tait and Sheridan Harbridge have shaped those events, and indeed some of the actual courtroom dialogue, into a highlight of this year’s Sydney Festival.

Sep 18, 2024 | absolutetheatre.com.au | Paul Kiely |Melanie Tait

Sydney review- The Queens Nanny: comedic, dramatic and tragic elementsBy Paul KielyThe Queens NannyBy Melanie TaitDirected by Priscilla JackmanAn Ensemble Theatre ProductionEnsemble TheatreMcDougall Street, KirribilliSeason: 6 September – 12 October 2024               Duration: 90 minutes approx (No interval)There has been many a prairie oyster consumed at Buckingham Palace over the years. Perhaps done none better than by the popular matriarch of the Windsor’s, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Aug 26, 2024 | theguardian.com | Melanie Tait

Sydney public transport has long been mostly punishing. It’s a hard city to live in without a car if you have to venture anywhere beyond the CBD, from anywhere beyond the CBD. Living on the Bankstown train line means getting used to seeing the three worst words in the English language: “Train Replacement Service”. I don’t enjoy driving.

Aug 19, 2024 | ensemble.com.au | Melanie Tait

A Country Practice addict and self-professed fanatic Melanie Tait, imagines what it was like for the writers to pen the episode that became a defining cultural moment in Australia’s TV history — when Molly Jones takes her final breath. 2025 Subscriptions on sale Tue 20 Aug at 10am. Overview WORLD PREMIERE It’s 1985. TV prime time. Across Australia, millions of tear-stricken eyes are glued to their television sets in disbelief. A Country Practice’s beloved Molly Jones takes her final breath.

Jul 14, 2024 | theguardian.com | Melanie Tait

When you’ve been a single woman who mostly dates men for any significant amount of time, the people who love you are going to have multiple theories as to why you’re still residing on that imaginary shelf, waiting to be picked.