Michelle Brasier

Michelle Brasier is a Melbourne-based comedian, singer, writer and actor. She is known for her work with Aunty Donna, her live shows, and performing in comedy duo Double Denim with Laura Frew.

Michelle Brasier
NationalityAustralian
Alma materVictorian College of the Arts
Occupations
  • Writer
  • actress
  • comedian
Years active2016–present
Websitemichellebrasier.com

Early life

Brasier grew up in Wagga Wagga.[1] In 2007, she moved to Melbourne to study musical theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts.[1][2] She crossed paths with Laura Frew in 2013 at a murder mystery party.[3]

Career

In 2014, Brasier appeared on stage with Frew as part of comedy troupe Backwards Anorak in a Game of Thrones spoof named Winter Is Coming, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[3]

Brasier's first solo comedy show, Space Tortoise, came to stage in 2016.[4]

She first performed in the comedy duo Double Denim with Frew in a self titled show in 2017 and were nominated for a Golden Gibbo at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF).[3][5] The two continued in 2018 in the Double Denim Adventure Show, about a failed cruise ship voyage,[3] which won Best Newcomers at the Sydney Comedy Festival and Director's Choice at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF).[1] She appeared on Aunty Donna's comedy album The Album, and joined the group on their Australian tour.[6]

2019 brought Double Denim's third show, A Very Fancy Dinner Party, which premiered at the Adelaide Fringe.[3]

In 2020, Brasier appeared in Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun as a sports doctor.[7] As part of Double Denim, she won the 2020 MICF Moosehead Award.[1]

In 2021, Brasier debuted Average Bear, a personal show on the impact of cancer on her family.[1] The show won Sydney Comedy Festival's Director's Choice award,[8] was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022,[9] was nominated for the MICF award for Most Outstanding Show,[1] and aired as a special on Paramount+ as part of the Malthouse Stand Up Specials.[10]

Her show Reform debuted in 2022 to critical acclaim, about her experience with an online scam.[11][12][13]

In 2023, she appeared in Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe.[12] Her next solo show, Legacy, began the same year and is running for the duration of the MICF.[12]

Brasier has also worked on and starred in Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, Utopia, Get Krack!n, Drunk History Australia and How to Stay Married.[12]

Personal life

Her partner Tim Lancaster is a musician who has performed in some of Brasier's shows.[13] She deals with a high risk of developing bowel, stomach, pancreatic, or ovarian cancer due to an hereditary illness, to which she lost both her father and brother in 2006.[14][15]

References
  1. Low, Lenny Ann (17 April 2021). "'Life is too short': The tragedies driving Michelle Brasier". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. "Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedy reviews". The Scotsman. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. Elphick, Nicole (13 April 2019). "'We don't try to be cool': How comedy duo Double Denim make the daggy delightful". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. "MICHELLE BRASIER INTERVIEW (SPACE TORTOISE MICF 2016) – Impulse Gamer". Impulse Gamer. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. "Are comedy double acts making a comeback?". BBC News. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. Staff Writers. "Aunty Donna 2018 Australia Tour". scenestr - Pop Culture & Entertainment. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  7. "TV Review: 'Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun' Season One". The Nerd Daily. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. Wild, Stephi. "Sydney Comedy Festival Announces 2021 Award Winners". Broadway World. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  9. Guide, British Comedy. "Michelle Brasier: Average Bear". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  10. Ilic, Nikolina (1 November 2022). "Everything Coming To Paramount+ Australia This November 2022". Women's Health. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  11. "Three things with Michelle Brasier: 'It's clear plastic, a tight squeeze and humiliating'". the Guardian. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  12. Martin, Kaya (20 March 2023). "Michelle Brasier on gig theatre, big decisions, and building a legacy". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  13. Bennett, Steve. "Michelle Brasier: Reform : Reviews 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  14. Brasier, Michelle (27 February 2023). "I can't put things off until an old age I probably won't have. Accepting that has brought me joy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  15. "Michelle Brasier | 'I've always found comedy in the dark parts of life'". whynow. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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