melissa langton
& DANieLLE O’MALLEY
cool yule
This is your invitation to the coolest Christmas party of the year!
Is your Christmas shopping getting you hot under the collar? Shopping centre crowds getting you all steamed up? As we head into another scorching-hot, fly-infused Australian summer nothing can keep your temperature in check better than this coolest of cool Christmas celebrations – COOL YULE!
A fun-filled, finger snapping celebration of Christmas traditions new and old! Perry Como, Pine Cones & Passionfruit Pavlova! Mary’s Boy Child, Mariah Carey & the Boxing Day Test! Sleigh Rides, Snags on the BBQ & Sing-a-longs around the Steinway!
COOL YULE is tinsel wrapped gift of a show brought to you by two of Australia’s most dynamic performers - Melissa Langton & Danielle O’Malley and their backing band The Swinging Santas!!
Songs include Santa Baby, Silent Night, The Secret of Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The Man with the Bag, Away in a Manger, We Need a Little Christmas, Cool Yule and other Christmas classics.
Arranged & Musically Directed by Mark Jones
Melissa Langton & danielle O’malley
Melissa’s versatility as an entertainer is highlighted by her unique performances in cabaret, music theatre and on the concert platform. Her theatre appearances include; JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, LES MISERABLES, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE MIKADO, HMS PINAFORE, EUROBEAT, STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, WE WILL ROCK YOU (Killer Queen) in Japan, THE THREEPENNY OPERA, INTO THE WOODS (Jack’s Mother) & HOW TO KILL YOUR HUSBAND (Angel) (Malthouse Theatre/The Victorian Opera), CITY OF ANGELS (Angel City Four) (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), SUGAR (Sweet Sue) & CURTAINS (Carmen Bernstein). In 2025, she performed the role of The Housewife for the Sydney season of MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL (SK Entertainment).
Her cabaret and live music shows have been performed in New York and Dublin and at The Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Sydney Cabaret Convention, The Auckland Festival, His Majesty’s in Perth and The Famous Spiegeltent at the Melbourne Festival.
Melissa runs The Cabaret Showcases, a Cabaret workshop program which has been running since 1998 at Capers Cabaret and currently at Chapel off Chapel. She also runs Winding Road Productions, booking shows into theatres around Australia. Melissa has been teaching singing at Firbank Girls Grammar since 2022.
Melissa is also a member of the popular girl group THE FABULOUS SINGLETTES, and has performed with the group regularly since 1998 throughout Australia, Asia and Europe. She has received 2002 GREEN ROOM AWARDS for Best Cabaret Artist and Best Cabaret Ensemble (with Mark Jones) and was the winner of The 2001 Sydney Cabaret Convention. She has also received numerous Green Room Award nominations for her roles in music theatre, opera and cabaret. Her solo album, WHEN THE RAIN FALLS UP, was released in 2002.
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Danielle O’Malley graduated from Lasalle College of the Arts with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre. She recently performed the role of Grandma Josephine in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (GFO). Prior theatre credits include South Pacific (Opera Australia/GFO), Rosie in Cabaret (Singapore Esplanade Theatre), On Broadway (Flourish Productions), Wind in the Willows and The Reluctant Dragon (Singapore Opera), First Date (Pursued by Bear) and Skye in Antarctica (Tasmanian Theatre Company).
Cabaret credits include: Regards to Broadway (His Majesty’s Theatre), sold out national tours of her one woman shows You’re My World – The Cilla Black Story and Nancy Sinatra – You Only Live Twice, and several national seasons with the Green Room award winning group Ginger and Tonic.
Film/TV credits include: The Carrot Cake Conversations (Cannes Film Festival), How it Ends (Milan Film Festival), One in a Million (Tropfest Finalist), Give me a Sign (MIFF winner) and So This Is It Then (winner California Film Awards). Danielle has appeared at The Helpmann Awards, on The Morning Show and has performed solo concerts at Hamer Hall, His Majesty’s Theatre and across the seas aboard many Cruise Liners.
Danielle also holds a Masters in Education and is passionate about encouraging the next generation of creatives.
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what people are saying.
“Sensational! Cabaret at its very best”
“A powerhouse comic performance”
“Zest, irreverence and loads of vocal power”