Mandy Salomon

Mandy Salomon
Alma materSwinburne University of Technology
OccupationsComedian, TV presenter, game designer, entrepreneur
Notable workMentiaCompanion, CarePlay

Mandy Salomon is a former Australian comedian.[1] Following studies in dementia and a PhD on digital engagement, she has co-developed an educational game for use by people in care homes and their caregivers.[2]

In 1983 Salomon, with Larry Buttrose and Judy Barnsley, started running The Gap, a cabaret club at the Sydney Trade Union Club.[3] There she performed in the live soap opera 111 Foveaux,[4] With the Gap team featured in Opera, Opera at the Downstairs Theatre at Belvoir Street in 1985.[3]

She compered and performed in the show Characters which had return seasons as Characters II![5] and Characters 3.[6] First appearing at The Gap in February 1984[7] it was created to showcase women in comedy.[8] Comics featured include Salomon and her sister Melanie, Julie McCrossin, Angela Moore, Pam Brown,[8] Mary-Anne Fahey, Wendy Harmer, Gretel Killeen, Victoria Roberts[6] and Sue Ingleton[5]

She performed shows as characters Fiona Smout, Modesta Bosomiani, Joan Rogers and Meg Bryson at ID's Supper Club in 1986,[9] compered and performed in Three Wasps and a Dingo at the Harold Park Hotel in 1988[10] and played Joan Kirner in the one woman show Karry on Kirner in 1991[11][12]

She has been a writer on Fast Forward and Tonight Live with Steve Vizard[13] and featured in the ABC TV series Catalyst.[14] She was a TV presenter in Out There in 1985[15] and on Edge of the Wedge in 1986.[16]

Together with her sister Margot she created a documentary for SBS titled The Bidding Game on the real estate game.[17][18]

In 2016, Salomon graduated from Swinburne University of Technology with a PhD for her thesis, "Expressing 'Self' in a virtual world: Digital engagement for people with moderate to severe dementia".[19]

References

  1. ^ Cafarella, Jane (21 February 1990), "A funny thing happened on the way to liberation", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ Jacobs, Alex. "The video game that's leveling up dementia education". Hello Leaders Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Bob (26 November 1985), "Soap can revolve around love and sex — like any other opera", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ Thompson, Tom (21 February 1984), "Bubbles and trouble at Surry Hills: a live soapie", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ a b Deamer, Kate (4 January 1985), "Funny women show there's more to comedy than R. Rude", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ a b Evans, Bob (7 April 1986), "Shaky start for Women Comics innings", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. ^ Evans, Bob (2 April 1986), "Bully-off! The chums' last stand", The Sydney Morning Herald
  8. ^ a b Deamer, Kate (3 February 1984), "Yes, women can be funny in their own right", The Sydney Morning Herald
  9. ^ Zolnierkiewicz, Teresa (5 September 1986), "No stereotpe unturned", The Age
  10. ^ Cramb, Alex (29 September 1988), "Comic Strip", The Sydney Morning Herald
  11. ^ Cafarella, Jane (3 April 1991), "The real Joan Kirner", The Sydney Morning Herald
  12. ^ Childs, Kevin (5 April 1991), "Cardiac-funking Fiona gives show power boost", The Age
  13. ^ Hobbs, Philip (10 July 1990), "Riding crest of comic wave", The Canberra Times
  14. ^ Wallace, Mark (28 October 1990), "Experimenting with new, sexy science", The Canberra Times
  15. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (17 March 1985), "Slot 1700: A series of youth year programs designed for teenagers", The Sydney Morning Herald
  16. ^ Morris, Joan (16 March 1986), "Stations get the lash over teenage trash", The Canberra Times
  17. ^ Ridge, Veronica (24 September 1997), "For whom the hammer falls", The Age
  18. ^ Freeman, Jane (29 September 1997), "Hammer horrors", The Sydney Morning Herald
  19. ^ Salomon, Mandy (2016). Expressing 'Self' in a virtual world: Digital engagement for people with moderate to severe dementia (PhD thesis). Swinburne University of Technology. doi:10.25916/sut.26493409. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
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