We are a neuro-diverse, scattered gaggle of writers, performers & recovering Advertising Creatives. We were thrown together in both hemispheres by serendipity and a love of comedy.

THE MELON CORE Creator, writer & performer Lorelei Mathias has had three Romantic Comedy novels published, (see loreleimathias.com). She appeared at the Pleasance as a guest performer in Sam Campbell’s 2018 Edinburgh Fringe show. Alongside forming Melon she has been writing the TV adaptation of her novel Break-Up Club, long-listed for BBC Writers Room and commended by Funny Women Awards. At Melbourne Comedy Festival 2017 she was a reviewer for Chortle and co-founded a sister brand to Melon, Lemon Comedy, a global diversity initiative and monthly comedy club which now runs globally and at Melbourne Comedy Festival 2018. She produced the sell-out shows to critical acclaim, from Time Out to The ABC, and the Lemon London launch in September 2017.

Writer & performer Emma McMorrow sold her first Comedy Drama The Smoke (right) to ITV Productions in 2012 through her film development company Smoulder Productions, through which she has a range of feature scripts in development. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and her TV credits include Coronation Street, Spooks, Holby City & Doctors. Her play ‘Decisions’ was recently shortlisted for 'The Space' Theatre's new writing programme 2018. Writer & performer Michael Topolski - and produces the Polski Sklep Polish comedy night at The Bill Murray Angel, and co-produces Lemon Comedy London. He’s ready to act in any part we’d like him to - so long as he goes by the name of Bogdan. He’d like you to know he is very hard working and won’t let his people down.

Animator, Illustrator, Voiceover Artist & Director, Steve Cutts - Moby tracked him down for his music videos after his short film MAN went viral. He is the 'melancholy gilliam' and we are stoked to have him in our show.

Art Director, Clown, Circus Performer, Choreographer, Director Lauren Taylor recently choreographed fashion shows in Montreal for its infamous ‘Alternative Fashion Week’. As an art director, Lauren particularly enjoys creating immersive theatre and site specific work, stimulating her audience in exciting environments. Her movement sensibilities are informed by her experience of ‘Authentic Movement’, ‘Skinner Release technique’, Integrative bodywork and Contact improvisation.
Writer, performer, Illustrator, Hannah Maryse Robinson has been working with Lorelei Mathias on a children’s book about ADHD and a celestial lost property bureau. As a fellow ADHD sufferer, she is also working on various Melon sketches to do with neuro-diversity and mental illness. An award winning screenwriter, she’s developing several projects that explore mental health, including feature Those Who Can’t. Composer, Singer,

Musical Comedian & lyricist, Camilla Mathias brings her classical training as guitarist, actor and singer to inspire and invite positive change. She trained at Central School of Speech & Drama. Her latest musical comedy pop promo, Don’t" reflects on anxiety and the pains of modern-day admin hell.

Through the Lemon network and Melbourne Comedy Festival, we have links to a range of talented comedic actors to appear as cameos. We also have a raft of additional UK & Australian comic performing talent provisionally attached. See more at fb.com/lemoncomedy

Editor Ben Matthews, at Prodigious London

DOP Tristan Alice Nieto - Our own non-linear editor, Visual Effects & Motion Graphics artist, Cinematographer and videographer. Born in London, she studied lens arts, and cut her teeth, in Australia. She has worked centrally on projects such as Self-Portrait, The Rusalka, The Bazura Project, Lost Time, and the highly innovative Election 2007: Countdown to a Letdown.

And loads more that we haven't had time to put here yet.

Our followings in London and Melbourne are growing via our fb.com/meloncomedy page, and our latest films, Ghoster Busters and Dr Goo-little have had 17k and 2 million hits. We’ve screened at comedy clubs in London and Melbourne, we’ve been selected to appear at Angel Comedy’s Chorts Fest 2018 and readings at London Comedy Writers. Earlier drafts of our sketches have been short-listed for Craft of Comedy 2018, and long-listed for BBC Writers Room.

Oh that all sounds like we are a bit up our arses and don't need help!

NOPE.

Even though a lot of our collaborators, co-writers, animators are MALE, the two main writer-performers are FEMALE which means we hear the phrase 'oh we already have a female-led sketch show so...' which is pretty hilarious in 2019 but hey ho!

Suffice to say we could def still use a leg-up. A big, daddy long-leg of a leg-up.

Thanks for watching.

And, that's our time. BYEE!