AWARDS
2022 – NOMINEE Best Production – Green Room Awards
2022 – NOMINEE Best Musical Direction Green Room Awards
2022 – NOMINEE Best Artist Green Room Awards
2022 – NOMINEE Best Writing Green Room Awards
2021 – WINNER Directors Choice Award Sydney Comedy Festival
2021 – NOMINEE Most Outstanding Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2020 – WINNER Moosehead Award Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2018 – WINNER Director’s Choice Award (Double Denim) Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2018 – WINNER Best Newcomer Award (Double Denim) Sydney Comedy Festival
2018 – NOMINEE Gibbo Award (Double Denim) Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2018 – NOMINEE Gibbo Award (Double Denim) Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The multiple award winning singer-songwriter, actor and comedian Michelle Braiser is revered for her many talents.
On the television, she joined the cast of ABC’s critically acclaimed long-running series Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell in 2019 (S10, S11). She has appeared on Aunty Donna’s Big Old House Of Fun (Netflix), Utopia ( ABC), Whovians (ABC), Get Krackin’ (ABC), Drunk History (Ten), At Home Alone Together (ABC), Stan Original Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival special (Stan) and joined the cast as a regular on the most recent season of Channel 10’s How To Stay Married. She made her feature film debut in 2018’s The Merger. Michelle has also appeared on Thank God You’re Here (Ten), We Interrupt This Broadcast (Seven), The Hundred with Andy Lee (Nine) and the upcoming musical TV series, Australian Epic on ABC. Brasier is a core cast member in Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe (ABC). Michelle voices characters on Adult Swim productions Koala Man (Disney Plus) and Yolo: Crystal Fantasy/ Silver Destiny (HBO Max).
Braiser also has great experience as a writer where she has written for Why Are You Like This (ABC, Netflix), Yolo: Crystal Fantasy, YOLO: Silver Destiny (Adult Swim US), and Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe (ABC). She has been lauded for her frequent collaborations with Aunty Donna, most recently on Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun (NETFLIX), ABC sitcom Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe and as a writer and vocalist on their ARIA nominated Album and accompanying Australian tour.
Brasier has also shown tremendous success in the International comedy festival circuit. In 2021, she debuted her award winning show, Average Bear which sold out seasons and earned rave reviews. The performance was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and won Directors’ Choice Award at the 2021 Sydney Comedy Festival. The show’s success continued internationally where it sold out a season at Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 and continues to reach the world’s most prestigious markets in New York, London, Los Angeles and more.
Riding the momentum of Average Bear , Brasier brought her second show Reform to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe where her performance again saw another sold out season. Reform was named number 10 in the British Comedy Guide’s top 50 best reviewed wrap up of the 3000 + shows of the festival and is still toured today. Brasier’s show Legacy has not only been adored by fans, but has received tremendous reviews from Chortle, Time Out and other notable agencies. Green Room has also nominated her performance in Legacy for Most Outstanding Artiste in 2023.
In addition to her screen work, Michelle has a strong background in theatre and musicals. She led the cast as Kimberly in the 2020 Red Stitch production of Nick Coyle’s Feather In The Web directed by Declan Greene and appeared as Aysha in Stephen Schwartz’s Children Of Eden (Melbourne Recital Centre) .
Outside of her live performances and TV, Brasier continues to build her creative repertoire through different kinds of projects. She has taken her greatest hit songs from Average Bear, Reform and Legacy and created a rambunctiously hilarious album titled Triology Mixtape which was released on Spotify, Apple Music and all other streaming platforms in early 2024. Additionally, she has finished writing her memoir My Brother’s Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag, scheduled to be published at the end of 2024.
LIVE SHOWS
2023 / 2024 – Legacy
2022 / 2023 – Reform
2020 / 2021 – Average Bear
2019 – A Very Fancy Dinner Party (Double Denim)
2018 – Adventure Show (Double Denim)
2017 – Double Denim (Double Denim)
2015 – 2017 – Space Tortoise
TV & FILM
2022 – Koala Man – Hulu
2022 – Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala – ABC
2021 – Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala – ABC
2021 – Aunty Donna’s Big Ol House of Fun – NETFLIX
2021 – Why Are You Like This – ABC & NETFLIX
2021 – Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival – STAN
2021 – How To Stay Married – CH10
2019 – 2021 – Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell – ABC
2020 – At Home Alone Together – STAN
2020 – Drunk History: Australia – CH10
2020 – Whovians – ABC
2019 – Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College – YOUTUBE
2019 – Get Krackin’ – ABC
2018 – The Merger – NETFLIX
2018 – Aunty Donna: The Album – YOUTUBE
2017 – Utopia – ABC
2017 – Aunty Donna: Best Content Ever!!1! – YOUTUBE
2017 – Aunty Donna: Ripper Aussie Summer – YOUTUBE
2016 – Aunty Donna: 1999
2014 – Fresh Blood – Aunty Donna – ABC
WRITING
2024 – My Brother’s Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag – (To be published late 2024)
2020 – YOLO: Crystal Fantasy (Michael Cusack) – HBO MAX
2018 – Why Are You Like this – ABC & NETFLIX
REVIEWS
‘A sharply relevant, hysterically funny story worthy of a Netflix special. A comedic force with serious musical theatre chops. ★★★★★’ Time Out
‘A wonderful achievement…one of the funniest shows of this festival season…An incredible tale that would beggar belief…’ ★★★★1/2 Sydney Morning Herald
‘...more twists and turns than you can count on two hands…a rollicking good – and heckin’ wild – ride.’ Scenestr
‘Endlessly charming. ★★★★★’ Chortle (UK)
‘Howlingly funny, emotionally generous and, ultimately, profound… A miracle of a show. ★★★★★’ Sydney Morning Herald
“An anarchic imp full of childish mischief and coquettish hypnotism. With an excellent singing voice and the ability to make the word ‘yes’ hilarious, Brasier is intensely watchable” – The Skinny (UK)
“Anyone who can get through thirty seconds of this fabulous show without emitting at least one hearty chuckle might need to check for a pulse.” – Herald Sun (For Double Denim Adventure Show)
“Artfully awkward comedy…It’s ridiculously fun.” – themusic.com.au
“Michelle Brasier is as funny as she is vocally talented” – stagewhispers.com