A raucous, boundary-pushing comedian, Mel McGlensey now brings her latest work to the 2024 Fringe World Festival in Perth. McGlensey, who has been described as “a voice of wonder” by Corr Blimey, “smart, funny, bold and fearless” by Lilithia Reviews and “A truly funny and likable entertainer” by Beat Magazine, is fresh off a successful, multi Award-winning, rave-reviewed tour of her brand new show MOTORBOAT at Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy International Comedy Festival, Hollywood Fringe, London Clown Fest and Melbourne Fringe.

During this time Mel and her MOTORBOAT received a Weekly Award for Best Comedy, a Hollywood Fringe Tour Award, a Golden Gibbo nomination and the overall Best Comedy Award at Adelaide Fringe.

“MOTORBOAT is an entire show born out of a stupid, silly little bit I started doing while studying at clown school in France,” explains McGlensey. “I got onstage and pretended to be a boat that needed the audience’s help to ‘start my motor.’ Crowds loved it. It was so popular that people began calling me the ‘Motorboat Mel’ and quoting my own bits back to me. I decided to make an entire hour-long show out of it and here we are. I can’t wait to bring MOTORBOAT back to Melbourne, where it all began.”