Melissa Langton has toured Australia and New Zealand with productions of Jesus Christ Superstar (Harry M Miller/IMG), Les Miserables (Cameron Macintosh), The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado & HMS Pinafore (The Fabulous Singlettes/Esgee Melodies), Eurobeat (onstage and as Assistant Musical Director) and in Japan, We Will Rock You (Killer Queen), The Threepenny Opera (The Malthouse Theatre & The Victorian Opera).  She created the role of Angel in Kathy Lette’s How To Kill Your Husband (The Victorian Opera), for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in an Opera and Vonnie in Strange Bedfellows. (Instinct Entertainment). She played Jack’s Mother in The Victorian Opera’s production of Into the Woods and was a part of The Angel City Four in City of Angels (Lifelike Touring).  She has also independently produced Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me A Little and an original Australian production, After the Beep.

For The Production Company Melissa has performed wonderful roles in Curtains (Carmen Bernstein), Carousel (Nettie Fowler), 42nd Street (Maggie Jones), Follies (Stella Deems), Damn Yankees (Gloria Thorpe), Crazy For You (Patricia Fodor) and Sugar(Sweet Sue).

Outside of the musical theatre world, Melissa is renowned for devising and performing her own live performance and cabaret shows alongside her husband and Musical Director, Mark Jones.  Over a 20 year period, they have created over 40 shows.  These shows have been presented at venues locally and internationally including; Don’t Tell Mama’s in New York, The Sugar Club in Dublin, Downstairs at The Maj in Perth, The Adelaide and Melbourne Cabaret Festivals, The Sydney Cabaret Convention, The Auckland Festival, The Melbourne Midsumma Festival, Chapel off Chapel and The Famous Spiegeltent at the Melbourne Festival.  During this time, Melissa and Mark won The Sydney Cabaret Convention, and have been awarded numerous Green Room Awards for Cabaret

Melissa has enjoyed workshopping many new Australian musicals including Strange Bedfellows (John Foreman/Jon Stevens), How To Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints) (The Victorian Opera) (Alan John/Tim Daly/Kathy Lette), After the Beep (Craig Christie and Mark Jones), The Black Widow (Gary Young and Paul Keelan), Halo (Marty Fields), Life’s A Circus (Anthony Costanzo), Sideshow Alley (Gary Young and Paul Keelan), Life By Drowning (Gary Young and Paul Keelan)and Martin and Gina (Daryl Emerson).

She is a member of the popular girl group The Fabulous Singlettes, and has performed with the group regularly since 1998 at many events in Australia including The Sydney Olympics, The Australian Grand Prix, The Adelaide Cabaret Festival and The Melbourne Comedy Festival. The group is in constant demand in venues across Europe and perform every year in Berlin.  They have also toured Germany, Italy and Austria.  In concert, Melissa has appeared with The Aussie Pops Orchestra, Musical Melodies (Stonnington Council), Hamer Hall Christmas Carols, The Rob Guest Endowment, Side by Side by Sondheim (In Concert) and is a regular soloist each year at Hats Off and Twisted Broadway.  She was a regular soloist on Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton and has also appeared on Denise, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and The Midday Show.

She performs regularly in the studio and can be heard on cast recordings of Jesus Christ Superstar, Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision, The Pirates of Penzance & HMS Pinafore (Cast Recording and DVD) and on cabaret CD’s including The Fabulous Singlettes Live in Berlin, Eddie Perfect’s - Welcome to the Inside of Ed’s Head, Get Back – The Lennon & McCartney Songbook.  Melissa’s solo album When the Rain Falls Up was released November 2001.   She also released a duo album What the World Needs Now in 2019.

In 1999, Melissa initiated The Cabaret Showcases, which have now been running in Melbourne for 21 years, providing young musical artists with the opportunity to create their own shows.  These shows are mentored by Professional artists in the music industry and are provided free of charge to the performers. Melissa has also been teaching for the last 30 years at institutions and schools including Monash University, The Austalian Institute of Music, Melbourne Ladies College and Firbank Grammar. She is also a regular adjudicator at Eisteddfods around the state.

In 2014, Melissa created Winding Road Productions, selling live music performances to city and regional venues across Australia, currently selling around 100 shows a year.  It is designed to provide venues with top class Australian performers and musicians and has quickly become a reliable source for venues across Australia.