Mel Kelly (born 22 October 1972) is an Irish stand-up comedian and international speaker based in Munich since 2003. Kelly began his speaking career in 2004, has spoken on stages in Europe, the US and Thailand. He has also won several European Speaking Contests in English and in German.
Mel is an author of two books.
Kelly began his comedy career in 2014. He has founded the biggest English-German comedy club in Munich “Comedy Club Munich” and started his first comedy tour in Germany with “Die Irren on Tour” in February 2016. Mel is the star of a YouTube show "Disastrous Dating" by which was later rebranded as "Disastrous Life Coaching".
Kelly has been receiving increasing Germany media attention in Germany for his comedy career.
Competitive awards Since 2006, Kelly has won 11 awards in competitions in two languages at district conferences of Toastmasters International:
Language Date Location Category Place Reference English Cologne, Germany Evaluation 1 English Prague, Czech Republic Evaluation 2 English Prague, Czech Republic International 3 English Bamberg, Germany Table Topics ? English Düsseldorf, Germany Evaluation 1 English Barcelona, Spain Table Topics 1 English Poznań, Poland International 3 English Budapest, Hungary Humorous 1 German Budapest, Hungary Table Topics 2 German Kraków, Poland Humorous 2 German Frankfurt, Germany Speech 2
Publications Books
Shows TitleReleasedNotesHow to Become German in 61.2 Minutes18 May 2019Live at Shamrock MunichHow to Find Love in Germany in 61.2 Minutes10 December 2022Live at Shamrock MunichHow to Become a Double German in 61.2 Minutes04 May 2024Live at Shamrock MunichHow to Survive Your Job in Germany in 61.2 Minutes29 Mar 2025Live at Shamrock Munich
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