mark jones

Mark Jones’s credits as a singer/actor include; Apocalypse Meow (Malthouse Theatre/Brooklyn Academy of Music), A Golem Story (Malthouse Theatre), The School For Wives (Bell Shakespeare), Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (Malthouse Theatre & Arena Theatre), The Beautiful Losers (The Melbourne Comedy Festival, Malthouse Theatre, The Adelaide Cabaret Festival), Cyrens (The Adelaide and Melbourne Cabaret Festivals), Cautionary Tales For Children (The Victorian Arts Centre, Arena Theatre Company), Good Evening – The Sketches of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore (National Tour), The Suicide Show (The Victorian Arts Centre), Elizabeth – Almost by Chance a Woman (Malthouse Theatre), Eurobeat (Korean Tour), Three Weill Men (Adelaide Cabaret Festival, The Famous Spiegeltent), Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (except for me and my monkey) (The Adelaide Cabaret Festival, National Tour) and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Anthill, Chapel off Chapel).

He is one of Melbourne’s busiest cabaret musical directors. He has accompanied some of Australia’s top cabaret artists including Meow Meow, Judi Connelli, Toni Lamond, Melissa Langton, Silvie Paladino, Chelsea Gibb, Geraldine Quinn, Dolly Diamond and Marina Prior.

Compositional credits include Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd, Cautionary Tales For Children, The Beautiful Losers, After The Beep, The Tales of Peter Rabbit, Pinocchio – The Greatest Little Show On Earth, Carnival Joe, Elizabeth – Almost by Chance a Woman and A Golem Story.

Green Room Awards: Cyrens (Best Musical Director of a Cabaret 2017), Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (Best Actor and Best Composition 2010), The Beautiful Losers (Best Cabaret Ensemble 2007 & 2006), Three Weill Men (Best Musical Direction of a Cabaret 2003), Me and Mr Jones (Best Cabaret Ensemble 2002) and  Jacques Brel is Alive And Well And Living In Paris (Best Cabaret 2000).

Helpman Award Nomination: Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (Best Actor 2010)