Happy Birthday
Taylah Whelan
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Created and Performed by Taylah Whelan
Directed by Kaite Head
Produced by SKINT
Set Design by Max Arnold
Assistant Producing by Roie Williams
Voiceover by Elliot Wood, Alex Donnelly, Ayesha Harris-Westman
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★★★★
‘An impactful show in its raw delivery and specificity’ -Hugging Comedians★★★★
‘Taylah Whelan should be your next favourite comedian stat … mark my words: she is one-to-watch.’
-Maddison Verduci (Funny Tonne)
★★★★
‘The kind of empathetic comedy that made me laugh throughout and shed tears more than once.’
-Joanne Zou (Funny Tonne)‘An impressive show from a brilliant emerging talent’ -Chortle
‘Confident and engaging’ -My Melbourne Arts
‘Whelan has great energy and comedic timing. She is smart and dynamic, with a self-effacing frank honesty in her delivery’ -R L Smith
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2026:
The Motley Bauhaus, Melbourne International Comedy Festival -
‘Delicate, thoughtful and well written’
‘Triumphant, top notch, Taylah Whelan’
‘Taylah Whelan is a genius’
‘Phenomenal props, incredible acting, beautiful storytelling and a captivating performance’
It’s Taylah Whelan’s birthday and she is alone in her bedroom. Jealous?
You've had your outfit planned for weeks, the lounge room is set up and your crush is invited. Then, your period strikes, no one turns up and you're actually gay. Enter our hero Taylah Whelan. She doesn't know this story, she’s just lived it.
‘Happy Birthday Taylah Whelan’ traverses milestone birthdays, trying to get out of your hometown and missing your mum even when she’s right there.
This isn't a show where a woman in her mid twenties does a child voice. It’s worse.
Photos by Iz Zettl
Poster Design by Alex Donnelly
Special thanks to Sienna Bonnici
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