Mel Kelly

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Mel Kelly (born 22 October 1972) is an Irish stand-up comedian and international speaker based in Munich since 2003. Kelly began his speaking career in 2004, has spoken on stages in Europe, the US and Thailand.[ citation needed ] He has also won several European Speaking Contests in English and in German.

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Mel is an author of two books. His first book was Born in Ireland Made in Germany, his second book is Top Tips for Dating Disasters in Germany and his third book is Top Tips for Interview Disasters in Germany. He also performed in a TEDx talk on Born in Ireland Made in Germany.

Kelly began his comedy career in 2014. He has founded the biggest English-German comedy club in Munich “Comedy Club Munich” [1] and started his first comedy tour in Germany with “Die Irren on Tour” in February 2016. [2] Mel is the star of a YouTube show "Disastrous Dating" by which was later rebranded as "Disastrous Life Coaching". [3]

Kelly has been receiving increasing Germany meda attention in Germay for his comedy career. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Competitive awards

Since 2006, Kelly has won 11 awards in competitions in two languages at district conferences of Toastmasters International:

LanguageDateLocationCategoryPlaceReference
EnglishMay 2006 Cologne, Germany Evaluation1 [10]
EnglishMay 2008 Prague, Czech Republic Evaluation2 [11]
EnglishMay 2008 Prague, Czech Republic International3 [11]
EnglishMay 2008 Bamberg, Germany Table Topics ?[ citation needed ]
EnglishMay 2009 Düsseldorf, Germany Evaluation1 [12]
EnglishMay 2010 Barcelona, Spain Table Topics1 [13]
EnglishMay 2012 Poznań, Poland International3 [14]
EnglishNovember 2013 Budapest, Hungary Humorous1 [15] [16] [17]
GermanNovember 2013 Budapest, Hungary Table Topics2 [15]
GermanNovember 2014 Kraków, Poland Humorous2 [18]
GermanMay 2014 Frankfurt, Germany Speech2 [19]

Publications

Books

Shows

TitleReleasedNotes
How to Become German in 61.2 Minutes18 May 2019 [20] Live at Shamrock Munich
How to Find Love in Germany in 61.2 Minutes10 December 2022 [21] Live at Shamrock Munich
How to Become a Double German in 61.2 Minutes04 May 2024 [22] Live at Shamrock Munich
How to Survive Your Job in Germany in 61.2 Minutes29 Mar 2025 [23] Live at Shamrock Munich

References

  1. ↑ "Mel Kelly - Comedy Club Munich". 30 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "St. Patrick's Day 2016: Das ist in München geboten". www.tz.de (in German). 11 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Disastrous Dating :Mel Kelly & Amy Hamilton - Episode 49 - Yo-Yo Dating". YouTube .
  4. ↑ Fischer, Fiona Rachel (18 July 2025). "Freizeit-Tipps: Wo München very british ist". Süddeutsche.de (in German).
  5. ↑ Buchwald, Sabine; Scherf, Martina (14 April 2024). "Alles für "ein bisschen Frieden": Wie Ralph Siegel mit Geld umgeht". Süddeutsche.de (in German).
  6. ↑ Redaktion (8 January 2019). "Workshop "Langweilige Themen humorvoll gestalten" in Bamberg". Der Neue Wiesentbote (in German).
  7. ↑ "Mehr Humor als guter Vorsatz: Ire, IT-Consultant, Comedian und professioneller Redner – Mel Kelly im FN-Interview". Fränkische Nacht (in German). 21 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "„Rabona": Münchens erste Fußball-Comedy-Show". bild.de (in German). 3 December 2018.
  9. ↑ 6 Comedians, 2 Städte, 1 Sieger: Das ist das Konzept der Comedy City Battle. Wir waren beim Duell München gegen Hamburg dabei! | BR Volos – via www.facebook.com.
  10. ↑ "2006 Spring - District 59 Conference in Cologne, Germany - DISTRICT 59 - Toastmasters International". www.district59.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016.
  11. 1 2 "2008 Spring - District 59 Conference in Prague, Czech Republic - DISTRICT 59 - Toastmasters International". www.district59.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "2009 Spring - District 59 Conference in Düsseldorf, Germany - DISTRICT 59 - Toastmasters International". www.district59.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "2010 Fall - District 59 Conference in Barcelona, Spain - DISTRICT 59 - Toastmasters International". www.district59.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Mark Hunter: The Mark of Champion". 30 May 2012.
  15. 1 2 "Live from the Budapest conference… – District 59 – Toastmasters International".
  16. ↑ "District 59 Autumn Speech Conference and more… – Munich Prostmasters".
  17. ↑ "Toastmasters 75 - Public speaking with confidence in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.... Welcome to Toastmasters 75!". tmclub.eu.
  18. ↑ "Self-improvement products and services: 2022 market is booming globally". toastmastersd95.org.
  19. ↑ "Toastmasters Europe - District Contest Winners - Spring 2014 - Krakow, Poland". district59.eu.
  20. ↑ "How to Become German in 61.2 Minutes". x.com/ComedyClub_M.
  21. ↑ "How to Find Love in Germany". comedy-club-munich.com (in German).
  22. ↑ "How to Become a Double German". comedy-club-munich.com (in German).
  23. ↑ "How to Survive Your Job in Germany". comedy-club-munich.com (in German).
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