Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe
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- Mark Samual Bonanno
- Broden Kelly
- Zachary Ruane
- Gaby Seow
- Michelle Brasier
- Vidya Rajan
- Mish Wittrup
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| Genre | Sketch comedy |
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| Theme music composer | Tom Zachariou |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Running time | 23–26 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ABC iView |
| Release | 12 March 2023 – present |
| Related | |
| Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun (2020) | |
Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe is an Australian absurdist sitcom television show on ABC iView, created by and starring the comedy group Aunty Donna and premiering on 12 April 2023.[1] It follows the three main members of Aunty Donna running a trendy cafe in the Melbourne laneways, and is the second television series by the troupe after Netflix's Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun.
- Mark Samual Bonanno as himself
- Zachary Ruane as himself
- Broden Kelly as himself
- Gaby Seow as Stephanie
- Michelle Brasier as herself, Dame Nellie Melba, and Drew
- Vidya Rajan as The Nameless One, Thelma, and Jake
- Mish Wittrup as Dorkoh, Renesme, Edith Cowan, The Witch, and Karen
- Sally-Anne Upton as herself
- Patrick Durnan-Silva as The Blueberry Burglar
- Nazeem Hussain as Kid Person
- Pia Miranda as Nic
- Steven Oliver as himself and The Pied Piper
- Lena Moon as Dame Mary Gilmore and herself
- Annie Lumsden as Angela and Mary Reibey
- Ben Russell as the Health Inspector and Naughts & Crosses Announcer
- John Marc Desengano as himself
- Xavier Michelides as Gino
- Frankie McNair as herself and a police officer
- Honor Wolff as a grieving widow and Lizzy
- Shaun Micallef as himself[2]
- Sam Pang as Matt[2]
- Richard Roxburgh as Rake[2]
- Sammy J as Jordan[2]
- Melanie Bracewell as herself[2]
- Tony Martin as himself[2]
- Matt Doran as Mouse
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "We Need Cool Customers" | Max Miller | Aunty Donna | 12 March 2023 |
| 2 | 2 | "We Got Burgled!" | Max Miller | Aunty Donna | 12 March 2023 |
| 3 | 3 | "We're Open Til 5pm Today" | Max Miller | Aunty Donna | 12 March 2023 |
| 4 | 4 | "We're Closed (Didn't Pay Rent)" | Max Miller | Aunty Donna | 12 March 2023 |
| 5 | 5 | "We're Getting a Toilet Door" | Max Miller | Aunty Donna | 12 March 2023 |
| 6 | 6 | "We Got a Bad Review :(" | Max Miller | Aunty Donna | 12 March 2023 |
Production
Aunty Donna had previously created a self-titled half hour pilot for the ABC in 2015 as part of Screen Australia's Fresh Blood Pilot Season initiative, but this pilot was not picked up.[3][4] The series also followed Netflix's Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun, which did not receive a second season, allowing the group to work on Coffee Cafe instead.[3]
During the pitching phase, the ABC asked the group to "dial up" the sitcom element present in the show to involve more workplace comedy. The show was filmed in Docklands Studios Melbourne.[3] Coffee Cafe was announced on 25 August 2022 as Aunty Donna's Untitled Project,[5] and a trailer premiered on 15 March 2023.[6][7]