12 Jun 2025

Australian comedian turns scamming experience into cabaret

From Nights, 9:25 pm on 12 June 2025

When Australian actress, writer and comedian Michelle Brasier was scammed by a stranger on Facebook Marketplace, she didn't report it. She didn't call the police. She didn't even try to get even.

Instead, she wondered why he did it, extended her hand in friendship, and eventually became her scammer's emergency contact. 

It's the subject of her new cabaret show, Reform, playing this week at the Auckland Live Cabaret Festival.

She joins Emile Donovan.

The promotional poster for Michelle Brasier's show REFORM. She stands in front of a purple background smiling.

Photo: Auckland Live Cabaret Festival