Mandy Salomon

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

Mandy Salomon is a former Australian comedian. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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".

References

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  2. ↑ Jacobs, Alex. "The video game that's leveling up dementia education". Hello Leaders Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 Deamer, Kate (4 January 1985), "Funny women show there's more to comedy than R. Rude", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.