Melon Comedy is a global cause-powered comedy collective born in London, Melbourne & Manchester, founded by author & comedy writer/performer Lorelei Mathias. Melon is co-created by Emmy McMorrow, Nathalie Turton and various other writers.. performed with a huge cast from Josh Glanc to Joe Davies, Michael Spicer, Sarah Smart, Joseph Adelakun, Sarah Callaghan… and many other talented comics from Edinburgh and Melbourne comedy festivals.. with a crew Lauren Laroth & Tristan Alice Nieto. For the full cast see here. All the animations you see are made by the amazing animator Steve Cutts, who has been described as a ‘Melancholy Gilliam’.
See our Awards in the above tab – from Edinburgh TV Festival to British Comedy Guide.
Between us, the melonheads have more three letter words to describe our melons than you’ve had anti-depressants. Together we are an ADHD-er. An ASD-er. A PMDD-er. So we have an unusual take on the world, which we hope is sometimes funny. Our comedy likes to kick the ass of things that are melancholy in modern life….misogyny, pollution, mental illness, and the horrors of modern dating. We reckon Comedy is a beautiful platform for helping people feel less alone…
Lorelei Mathias Creative Director
Lorelei Mathias is award-winning comedy writer/performer/show-runner. Her novel ‘Break Up Club’ (Harper Collins) is currently being developed as sitcom.
She has a large following as an ADHD content creator. As an ADHD advocate, she appears across the media talking/writing about what it’s like to live with ADHD (feeling like a fish out of water). She has collaborated with CALM, The ADHD foundation and World Mental Health Day. She has a flair for sketch, comedy drama and laugh-out-loud dialogue and is a show-runner for her global neurodiverse collective Melon Comedy. She has written and performed for Dead Ringers, DMs are Open, Breaking The News and Green Wing (S3). Her work has won awards / been nominated at Edinburgh TV Festival (twice), Funny Women, BBC New Comedy Awards and Lit Laughs Festival.
She’s also a literal mermaid performing her comedy parody ‘Under the Pee’ at for Surfers Against Sewage and other activist organisations.
Katie Bennett Producer
Katie is as a Director and Producer, currently working on a variety of productions. She started her career in corporate short films, working alongside production companies such as 1721 Studio, Buzzword Creative and Millstream Productions as well as securing her own independent clients. Recently Katie produced two premiere’s during Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, The Queen Is Mad (A new musical by written by 2024 Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize finalists, Amy Clare Tasker and Tom James McGrath) as well as Quirks & Foibles debut live comedy show Sketch Show Bingo!
With a variety of theatrical, screen and photography experience under her belt, Katie is able to connect different styles of arts & media to create exciting new projects for any subject or business. Katie has directed and produced films for the Naval Children’s Charity, Mott Macdonald, St Dunstan’s College, The Monte San Martino Trust as well as exhibitions within The Novium Museum.
Her work has received a variety of nominations and awards; most recently winning the DEI Charity Film Award at The Big Syn Film Awards for short film ‘The Unseen Women’ for Portsmouth City of Sanctuary.
Katie is also a Director of Chichester Fringe, Est in 2021.
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