Broden Kelly

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Broden Kelly
Broden Kelly of comedy group Aunty Donna at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham in 2023..jpg
Broden Kelly at The Alexandra, Birmingham on the Magical Dead Cat Tour in 2023
OccupationComedian
Years active2011–present
Notable work Aunty Donna

Broden Kelly is an Australian comedian based in Melbourne. He is a founding member of Australian comedy group Aunty Donna, and their associated production company Haven't You Done Well Productions. Kelly is also known and widely respected for his creation and display of Manbeast. He currently hosts an Australian Football comedy podcast The Footy with Broden Kelly.

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Early life

Kelly grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and Melbourne, Victoria due to his father's work. While at high school in Melbourne, he met Thomas Zahariou and Max Miller. He worked at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, following in his grandfather's footsteps. [1] [2]

Career

In 2008, he enrolled in the arts academy at the University of Ballarat to study performing arts. While in Ballarat, he met fellow students Zachary Ruane, Mark Bonanno, Sam Lingham, Joe Kosky and Adrian Dean. After graduating in 2010, he inquired if they wished to start a comedy group, with Zahariou and Miller joining and Kosky leaving. The group, now known as Aunty Donna, began working on a live show, which debuted at the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Aunty Donna in Pantsuits. The show was nominated for a Golden Gibbo, for the best independent, artist-lead show. They then won the People's Choice Award at the 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival, with their next show Aunty Donna and the fax machine shop. [3]

Despite this success, Aunty Donna was not yet successful enough to sustain Kelly and he was forced onto Centrelink welfare payments due to a lack of work. An unsuccessful trial as a cheesemaker led him to work harder to make comedy a successful career, leading to an acting role in a travelling troupe that would perform anti-cyberbullying shows to high schools. This experience hardened his resolve and allowed him to withstand heckles and abuse during other comedy shows. Comedy only became a viable option for him when he was cast in a Coles ad that ran for five years. [3]

Despite success with the Aunty Donna YouTube channel, including the webseries Glennridge Secondary College and 1999, wider success was eluding him. After two failed pilots with the ABC, they managed to gain funding from Netflix to produce Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun, which was released in November 2020. [3] [4]

On the back of this success, Kelly and Aunty Donna toured Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe with The Magical Dead Cat Tour, as well as creating Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe for the ABC. [5] [6]

In 2023, Kelly, a lifelong Australian Football fan, began a podcast, The Footy with Broden Kelly, co-hosting with Aunty Donna co-founder, Thomas Zahariou. Marnie Vinall, a journalist with The Age joined them in mid-2023. The success of the podcast has led to Kelly being appointed the "Chief Bandwagon Officer" for the GWS Giants, as well as an ambassador role with the Melbourne Football Club. [7] [8]

Personal life

Kelly is a lifelong Melbourne Football Club fan. [7] He is in a relationship with comedian Annie Lumsden. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Memes and Drugs: An Interview with Aunty Donna". Medium. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Adam Rozenbachs & Michael Chamberlin (23 June 2019). "JunkTime AFL podcast with Adam Rozenbachs and Michael Chamberlin". Acast (Podcast). Acast . Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Sarah Grynberg (19 March 2024). "Broden Kelly of Aunty Donna contracted Swine Flu". Listen Notes (Podcast). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Aunty Donna's director talks the road from Channel 31 to Netflix". Neos Kosmos. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "AUNTY DONNA announce North American tour dates for their new show, THE MAGICAL DEAD CAT TOUR as part of their 2023 World Tour". Westbeth Entertainment. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe review – sketch comedy trio scramble for laughs in new show". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Episode 69: Aunty Donna's Broden Kelly". Melbourne Football Club . Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  8. ↑ @gwsgiants (27 August 2024). "A message from your CBO, @brodenkellyismyname 🗣️" – via Instagram.
  9. ↑ @brodenkellyismyname (19 September 2019). "Instagram Post" – via Instagram.
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