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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 11h

Reminder I'm giving my last ever performance of Gag Writer at the Nottingham comedy festival on the 1st November! nottinghamcomedyfestival.co.uk/melissa-todd

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm not in sex work because I'm some crazy rebellious wild child. It's just the quickest way I've found to earn enough for all the theatre tickets I need.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Saw Lear at the Royal Exchange last night! Not seen it on stage before. Much frenzied shouting from the off, exhausting to watch, but ultimately affecting. And what a space!

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Been acting with Steve Pemberton tonight! I'll never sleep. Mr Todd will need to chloroform me.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Doing my thing in Chatham last night! It was fun. People laughed.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If the menopause is really going to provide me with 30 years of abject misery it needs to crack on. I'm fifty now and hornier and more creative than ever, and surely unlikely to make old bones given the quantities of gin and opiates I swallow.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Marvellous there's so much awareness around how awful the menopause can be, but it does mean from your early 30s you’re bombarded with messages about how any month now your body & mind will slip away and leave you a sweaty hysterical dried up old bat who can’t remember where she put her handbag.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh, the DM also warns me the email will request a service I almost certainly don't provide. Which, indeed, I don't. The thought these dreary encounters will soon end forever will make a great consolation on my death bed.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Man tweets me to tell me he's sent me a DM. The DM says he wants to send me an email. He already has my email address: he just wants permission. There's being a polite submissive and then there's being a fucking pain in the arse.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ha! No, a PR company I've worked with before.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've been asked to review a hotel in the Seychelles, all expenses paid, in October. This is what happens when you abandon all pretense at morals kids. Think on.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Husband's pal coming round tomorrow with a mystery gift for me. "I have no idea whether you will like it or not" he says. Fascinating. So not drink or chocolate. But what?

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've been painted by Charlie Chittenden.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Watch my interview with Julie Wassmer, writer of the Whitstable Pearl mysteries and much more. Wish I'd found a moment to change my top so I didn't clash so horribly with the walls but my damn punter was late leaving. The joys of portfolio careers. youtu.be/sFAeq0NRK00?...

youtu.be

Melissa Todd interview with Julie Wassmer

YouTube video by Radio Faversham

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Enjoying the last few days of summer at Ramsgate Harbour.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ist October in Chatham. Tickets are FREE! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/comedy-nig...

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

While no one in Vegas had heard of Andy Burnham, everyone knew about Count Binface.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Did comedy at The Dive Bar! It's known as the place where egos come to die. Also where Doug Stanhope started. So anxious I had a little cry, then went over my time. But I did OK.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Performing in Vegas tonight at The Dive Bar!

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ooh sounds like I must find that!

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Vegas, I am in you. Going to a Democrat rally tonight because I know how to party.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Been such ages since I was asked to review a poetry collection. And this was an absolute banger.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Telling Greenbelt about the joy of porn.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Performing at Greenbelt this weekend. I've received a firm email that I am not to bother the big names in the green room with requests for selfies and autographs. I do hope this email has been sent to all performers, rather than representing a panicked response to my fixation with Michael Sheen.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Edinburgh completed! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me. It's meant so much. It's been a mad month, exhausting and exhilarating. Can't bloody wait to do it all again next year. #edfringe2026 #edinburgh

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Genuine interaction from the Royal Mile: "Would you like a night with a dominatrix?" "No thanks, I'm driving later." Last show tonight. #edfringe #edfringe2026

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Lady Phoenix @ladyphoenix-ldn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Brilliant show! Highly recommended to kinksters and vanillas alike 🤩

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thank you so much! Wonderful to meet you! X

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The fabulous @robingissing.bsky.social came to see my show tonight! Thank you SO MUCH for being there. Turns out the Edinburgh comedy awards attended too, so lucky I had a good one! #edinburgh #edfringe2026 #edinburghfestival

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

No police about! Could have sacrificed a goat over my lap.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Every day at #edfringe is potentially life-changing. You can't afford to give each moment less than everything.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Today is known as suicide Wednesday because no one turns out to any shows! I've two press booked to attend but no actual audience. Anyone who messages will get a free ticket! And a hug, beating or lap dance, as preferred. 10.05pm @GreensideVenue George Street. #edfringe #edfringe2026 #edinburgh

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Now a restaurant critic apparently. I'm not interested in food but I do really like free stuff. Hopefully that doesn't come across. www.kentonline.co.uk/whats-on/new...

kentonline.co.uk

‘I tried the London restaurant serving classy Kentish grub'

Columnist Melissa Todd headed to Piccadilly to try a new Kent-inspired seasonal menu - but does it live up to the hype?

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

5 star review in Counterculture magazine! Absolutely flipping ecstatic. countercultureuk.com/category/edi...

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'd love that! Thank you so much. Mrstoddwrites@gmail.com xx

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today's Edinburgh revelation: everyone yawns during the shows. It's not personal. Your audience is knackered, half-drunk, windswept and jet-lagged, and however fascinating you are, the joy of a nice sit down in a warm dark room steals over their fading senses. #edfringe #edinburgh #edfringe2026

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Have you actually?!! Oh my god! When are you coming, so I can have a mad hysterical flappy panic beforehand?!

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

First show done! Got about 20. Weird playing to an audience that don't know anything about me, many of whom aren't British, simply taking a punt on a random. Think I must go slower and explain better tonight. But overall, solid start, with room for improvement, B+. #edfringe #fringe #edinburgh

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I have been given a square foot of dressing room carpet to store my shit. Which contains a plug! Verily the Edinburgh gods are smiling down upon me.

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Melissa Todd @melissartodd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It's a great surprise and huge relief how many Fringe performers are as socially awkward as I am. We are busily bonding over how excruciating we find these endless parties.

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