PERFORMANCE
“What’s New Pussycat”
Sunday 4th of September 2022 at 2pm.
Doors open at 1:30pm.
Tickets $50pp or $45pp concession (senior & children under 18 yrs)
Afternoon tea included in ticket price.
What’s New Pussycat is a joyous, foot stamping, hand clapping celebration of the swinging sixties.
Vocal pyrotechnics! Breath-taking harmonies! Off the wall humour!
The hits of Tom Jones, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and The Papas, Petula Clark, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Carole King and The Fab Four performed by Australia’s favourite cabaret duo.
It was the era of protest, civil unrest and undergarments being thrown inappropriately onto stage. Melissa Langton & Mark Jones by no means discourage these acts during their show!
Melissa and Mark have been one of Australia’s most popular cabaret acts for more than 15 years. With 12 Green Room Awards between them, they have been blazing a cabaret trail around Australia and all across world!
“Sensational! Cabaret at its very best.” The Age
"A Powerhouse comic performance." The Sydney Morning Herald
“An irresistible double act”. The Sunday Age
Afternoon tea of tea, coffee or juice plus something sweet is included in the ticket and will be served at the end of the performance.
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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Melissa Langton & Mark Jones have been one of Australia’s most popular cabaret acts for more than 15 years. In 2001 they won the Sydney Cabaret Convention, and in 2002 won Melbourne’s prestigious Green Room Award for Best Cabaret Artist and together Mark and Melissa won Best Cabaret Duo and since then have been blazing a cabaret trail all across world! They performed to great acclaim in Dublin, Berlin, Vienna and wowed Manhattan on the opening night of the 2002 New York Cabaret Convention!
At home they have performed to sellout crowds at Melbourne’s Chapel off Chapel and The Butterfly Club, The Adelaide Cabaret Festival, The Melbourne Cabaret Festival, His Majesty’s in Perth and the Sydney Cabaret Convention. The regularly perform at corporate functions around Australia.
Their song list is wide and varied and shows off their flair for recreating the 60’s and 70’s. But their forte lies in their comedy numbers and in their soul drenched vocal fireworks.
In the words of The Melbourne Age, they are “an irresistible double act”!
Melissa Langton also performs regularly in musical theatre. Appearances include; Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Miserables, The Pirates Of Penzance, The Mikado, Marry Me A Little, Eurobeat, We Will Rock You (Killer Queen) in Japan and The Threepenny Opera (Malthouse Theatre/Vic Opera), Strange Bedfellows (Vonny), How To Kill Your Husband (Angel) (Vic Opera) – for which she received a Green Room Award nomination for Best Female Performance in an Opera, Into the Woods (Vic Opera) and City of Angels (Lifelike Touring). For The Production Company; Carousel (Nettie Fowler), 42nd Street (Maggie Jones), Damn Yankees (Gloria Thorpe), Follies (Stella Deems), Crazy For You (Patricia Fodor) and Sugar (Sweet Sue). She has received 2 Green Room Awards for her cabaret shows, was the 2001 winner of The Sydney Cabaret Convention and is a member of the popular girl group The Fabulous Singlettes, performing regularly since 1998 throughout Australia, Asia and Europe. Melissa also produces the popular Cabaret Showcases which have been running in Melbourne at Capers and Chapel off Chapel over the last 15 years.
Mark Jones is one of Melbourne’s busiest performers/musical directors/writers. He has accompanied some of Australia’s top cabaret artists including Judi Connelli, Toni Lamond, Sylvie Paladino and Marina Prior. He has also written and performed various cabaret shows including ‘Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris’ and ‘Three Vile Men’ and the multi award winning ‘The Beautiful Losers’.