Daniele Pascal

Danièle made her stage debut at the early age of five. She joined the Conservatoire D'art Dramatique where she played the great French classics, Greek tragedies and comedies. Her interest in languages guided her to North America and Canada where she became actively involved with the artistic community.

She has appeared in Canada and in the United states in a variety of shows such as Fiddler on the roof, Man of La Mancha, The Boyfriend, Hello Dolly, Tartuffe, Come blow your Horn, The last of the Red Hot Lovers, Rebecca, The Maids, The Rovers, You can't take it with you and various Piaf and Brel productions.

Always ahead of the herd, Daniele has introduced South African audiences to various music genres ranging from cabaret, music theatre, French Café music, chanson, Berlin cabaret, rock musicals, French Jazz , FAK songbook adaptations into French to works and tribute shows diverse as Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weill, Federico Garcia Lorca, Marianne Faithful and longtime friend Leonard Cohen. She recorded the music of Leonard Cohen, and is the second female recording artist ever to do so. This album is currently a bestseller in that music genre. Daniele was also the first female recording artist to have released an album on the works of the great Flemish poet Jacques Brel.

Danièle is a sought after entertainer at corporate events and clients include Landrover, Renault, BP, Bentley SA, Demindex, Goldfields, Billiton, SA Medical Foundation, Pharmaceutical companies like Roche SA and Sanofi-Aventis, Distell, Brandy Richelieu, Swartland wines, Deloitte Consulting, Lufthansa, Absa, Standard Bank, Discovery Life, Protea Hotels, Sun International, Coronation Asset Management , Bestmed, Dr Christo Wiese, Ladies 100, just to name a few.

In 2006, Danièle received the prestigious Western Cape Services Award for Outstanding achievement of Women in the fields of Arts, Culture by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.

The music-drama “Piaf – A Passionate Life” played to critical acclaim and SOLD OUT seasons throughout South Africa between 2007 and 2008. Daniele received the Showtime Award in the Best Theatre category. The play has been rated as one of the most successful shows of the year at Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.

During November 2007 Danièle was instrumental with the publicity launch of the film LA VIE EN ROSE (La Môme)

She has recorded 8 x bestselling albums and is currently working on 2 x new albums, due for release soon.
 
 Her 2010 box office smash hit and world premiere Pascal Sings Eartha Kitt, based on the ultimate, incredible, exotic, sexy, sensual and hilarious Eartha Kitt, played to SOLDOUT houses, RAVE REVIEWS and STANDING OVATIONS at venues around Cape Town and Gauteng including The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown