Aunty Donna: ‘Improv is a bit like tomato sorbet and anchovy toast’

The Aunty Donna trio sat down to talk about their ABC series Coffee Café, why they aim for divisiveness in comedy, and ... Smorgy's Bundoora.
ABC comedy Aunty Donna.

Aunty Donna are at a perplexing zenith in their career. On the back of touring their live comedy shows and making a series for Netflix, they’ve now finally landed a sitcom on ABC. It’s called Aunty Donna’s Coffee Café, and is loosely about the three friends – Zachary Ruane, Broden Kelly, and Mark Bonanno – trying to run a trendy café in the heart of Melbourne.

Broden: Well we have the option to do ancillary profit models. Food will maybe break even, but perhaps merchandise as you’re exiting, maybe a side door for deliveries …

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Silvi Vann-Wall is a Melbourne-based journalist, podcaster, critic and filmmaker who loves frogs and improv comedy. They were the ScreenHub Film Content Lead from 2022 to 2025. Twitter (X): @SilviReports / Bluesky: @silvi.bsky.social‬ / Website: silvireports.com