MELISSA LANGTON Female Ensemble Mme Thenardier understudy

TOURED: Auckland, Perth, Brisbane

BIOGRAPHY:

Melissa has been performing since the age of 19 when, bored with her university course, she spotted an ad in the paper for auditions for a local amateur production of Annie. This led to many productions for Melbourne amateur theatre companies before being noticed by a theatrical agent in a production of Chess at the National Theatre in Melbourne in which she played the role of Svetlana. Thus began her professional career with a role in the ensemble of Harry M. Miller's unforgettable concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar, which toured Australia in 1992. After that she delved into cabaret and concerts, performing in Come To The Festival and The Ladies of the Theatre at the Melbourne Concert Hall in 1993 and presenting her very own cabaret show at Prior Engagements. She also musically co-ordinated The Young Matildans' in the ABC's production of The Damnation of Harvey McHugh. In 1994 she was cast in Essgee Productions' The Pirates of Penzance as a 'Fabulous Singlette' which would then lead on to The Mikado and HMS Pinafore. These phenomenally popular productions took Melissa to Australia and New Zealand over the course of four years and were also committed to CD and video. The girls in 'Pirates' also received a nomination for Best Supporting Act at the 1994 Green Room Awards. These wonderful shows led Melissa to meet Naomi Eyers, creator of The Fabulous Singlettes who asked her to join the original group when they performed in 1998. The group performed at The Melbourne Grand Prix Ball and then went on to present their new show The Fabulous Singlettes Get A Good Frockin' Tonight at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Melissa's other cabaret performances have included her own one-woman shows: On Her Own, I Got The Music in Me and Peel Me A Grape, and a three-hander, Tom, Dusty, Petula and Burt at Chapel off Chapel. Concerts have included Gilbert & Sullivan with The Ashton Smith Singers (Melbourne Town Hall), Crusade (Melbourne Concert Hall) and A One Night Stand (The Comedy Theatre). She has done readings including Flora the Red Menace, Romance Romance and Martin & Gina, and also regularly appears as a soloist on Good Morning Australia.

RECENT PROJECTS:

Melissa was the 2001 Sydney Cabaret Convention winner, winning a trip to New York to compete in the annual New York Cabaret Convention. She is currently preparing for her cabaret show at Capers in Melbourne in February.

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