Fence-Painting Fortnight of Destiny A memoir

by Laurie, Meshel

• ISBN13: 9781743314487
• ISBN10: 1743314485
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-12-01
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Summary

A memoir about growing up, growing wise and stepping into the world of Dogs in Space.

Comedian and radio and TV personality Meshel Laurie was once Michelle Laurie, whose story begins in Queensland. Michelle survived her Catholic schooldays but by Year Nine had morphed into Meshel, who daydreamed of moving to Melbourne—home of Dogs in Space and the back room of the Espy. Meshel's insider's perspective on the 1990s comedy scene is intimate and more than a little surprising. She paints a picture of a close-knit environment and tells before-they-were-famous stories about up-and-comers who are today's household names, and about the kindness of comic superstars she encountered along the way: Dave Hughes, Julia Morris, Rove, Wil Anderson, Wendy Harmer, and others. We find out about the workings of an inner-city brothel, what it's like to be "the girl on Rove" and how fence-painting can help save a life. The Fence-Painting Fortnight of Destiny is an honest and heartfelt look at life in all its messiness and unpredictability.

Author Biography

Meshel Laurie is a comedian who has been on several Melbourne television shows and is highly active on Twitter, where she has more than 30,000 followers. She has been a stand-up comedian since 1994, and appeared in 14 Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, and a sell-out season of a one-woman-show at the Sydney Opera House. Meshel is a member of the Advisory Board of SISHA (South East Asia Investigations into Social and Humanitarian Activities), an ambassador of Karuna Hospice, an ambassador of Childsafe Australia and an ambassador of A Flying Start for Queensland Children, for the Queensland Department of Education and Training.