Mel King
Mel King
Since graduating from Theatre Nepean in 1991 Mel has worked in theatre film and TV. She joined Terrapin Puppet Theatre in 1994 and has toured nationally and internationally in many productions: Freedom of the Heart, Little Red, Yolla, Heroes, Unearthed, The BFG, Frankenstein and Explosion Therapy and most recently Helena and The Journey of the Hello.
In 2000 she worked with Henson puppets on the Australian production of Pan and performed in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sydney Para-Olympic Games with French company Plasticien Volants.
In 2003 Mel joined Big Monkey and has been seen in productions of Treasure Island, Robin Hood and Alice in Wonderland. Last year she appeared in the Tasmanian Theatre Companies premiere production of Bomshells.
Her short film credits include The Promising, Sound Blocks Pain and this year appeared in the feature Artic Blast. She puppeteered on the TV series Farscape, Wiggles TV and the Wiggles Movie. She was also part of the successful ABC produced radio series of Blogdaddy.