Melanie Bird is a Melbourne-based performer and a graduate of Showfit. Before undertaking her studies at Showfit, Melanie completed a year at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music studying classical singing and opera technique.
Most recently she appeared in the Australian touring production of Sister Act: The Musical (Crossroads Live).
Her other theatre credits include Paquette in Candide (Victorian Opera), Jess in A Christmas Carol (GWB/The Old Vic), Tiffany in Midnight (Aspect Entertainement), Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music, Nellie/Lucy cover in Jekyll and Hyde (Hayes Theatre Company), Natalie Goodman in Next to Normal (James Terry Collective) and Princess Josiana in The Grinning Man (Salty Theatre) which garnered her a Green Room Award nomination for Oustanding Artist in a Supporting Role.
She has also been part of many developments of new Australian work. These include Kate Miller-Heidke and Kier Nuttall’s Bananaland with the Brisbane Festival, Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank’s My Brilliant Career, Miranda Middleton, Grace Chapple and Luke Bryne’s Paper Stars with Salty Theatre and Sean Donehue and Nicholas Waxman’s Bearded with the Australian Music Theatre Festival. Melanie has also been featured on the original cast recording of My Brilliant Career by Bryant and Frank as well as Scarlet: The Original Concept Recording with DhB Theatrical.