Jules has worked as a writer, performer, and director and dramaturg on new works across Australia and the UK. Her musical play My Dad Never Saw The Beatles won the Griffin Award in 2024 and the APRA AMCOS Professional Development Award in 2026. Her debut musical Forgetting Tim Minchin premiered at Belvoir’s 25a in 2023 which was nominated for an AWGIE Award and Time Out Award for Best Musical. She has been commissioned as a playwright by Milk Crate Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company and Theatre Absolute (UK).
As a Dramaturg, she has worked with: Sydney Theatre Company (Dramaturg), Encounter Theatre (Resident Dramaturg), Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, Urban Theatre Projects, Queensland Theatre, La Boîte Theatre, Black Swan State Theatre Company, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, Australian Plays Transform, essential workers, and Darlinghurst Theatre Company. Jules works in artist development and faciilitation through The Joy Offensive.
Jules began her journey through writers programs with: ATYP, The Royal Court, Lyric Hammersmith, Soho Theatre, Belgrade Theatre, the North Wall Arts Centre, (the then) Yellow Earth Theatre, and Playwriting Australia. And continued through to performance, screen, and music with Invention Studios, AFTRS, APRA AMCOS, Yellow Earth Theatre, Hayes Theatre, Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, with residencies at City of Sydney/Brand X, and Burwood Library.
She has since facilitated artist development programs for Sydney Theatre Company, Australian Theatre for Young People, and Co-Curious. And workshops for Belvoir, Australian Plays Transform, and ILBIJERRI Theatre Company. She is also a mentor for writers and dramaturgs through Australian Plays Transform, ShopFront, Curiousworks, and Coventry University.
She has a background in production and programs with Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, Belvoir Street Theatre and Co-Curious.
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Book, music, lyrics and cast
Winner, APRA AMCOS Professional Development Award 2026
Commissioned by Griffin Theatre thanks to the Copyright Agency
Showcased: Hayes Theatre Festival of New Work, Home Grown, and CAAP Longhouse
Book, music, lyrics and cast
Director: Amy Sole
Nominated: AWGIE Award for Best Musical
Nominated: Time Out Arts and Culture Award for Best Musical
Winner: BroadwayWorld Sydney - Best Play
Book, music and lyrics
With support from Creative Partnerships Australia, Hayes Theatre Co
Music producer: Chloe Macaulay-Keung
Culture captain: Miranda Aguilar
Writer
North Wall Arts Centre
Writer and performer
Alchymy Festival, North Wall Arts Centre
Hotbed Festival, Camden People’s Theatre
Director: Robert Awosusi
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Amah and Nanna by Disapol Savetsila, Sydney Theatre Company, 2027.
lacuna by Eric Jiang, essential workers (Griffin Lookout), 2026.
Bennelong in London by Jane Harrison, Sydney Theatre Company, 2026.
Congratulations Get Rich! by Merlynn Tong, Sydney Theatre Company, 2025.
Blak In The Room including works by Isobel Morphy-Walsh, Maurial Spearim, and Phoebe Grainer, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, 2024
American Signs by Anchuli Felicia King, Sydney Theatre Company, 2024.
New work by Mohammad Awad, Utp.
Resident Dramaturg at Encounter Theatre developing a pipeline of new text, devised and dance work, and international collatorations including new works by Dylan Van Den Berg, Jay Emmanuel, Karthika Naïr, Chenturan Aran, Gita Bezard, Barbara Hostalek, Mararo Wangai, and Sisonke Msimang.
First Nations Retreat, Australian Plays Transform, 2023.
Watershed Writers (2023-2027)
The Joy Offensive and Inner West Council
An Introduction to Playwriting (2027)
Encounter Theatre
Dramaturgy Development Group (2025-2027)
Australian Theatre For Young People
Cultivate Foundations (2026)
Australian Theatre For Young People
Theatremakers (2020
ArtsLab (2025-2027)
Australian Theatre For Young People
National Studio (2025)
Australian Plays Transform
Developing the Dramaturg SA and NSW (2023-2025)
Curious Works
Testing Grounds (2024)
National Institute of Dramatic Art
Support Tutor (2023)
Coventry University
Theatre and Professional Practice (2017)
Cheat Code
Monologue
Dialogue
Critical Response
Things I Learned By Accident (Dramaturgy)
Music in Theatre
Dramatic Action (HSC)
Monologue (HSC)
For
The Monologue Collective, Burwood Library and Community Hubs, Australian Plays Transform, Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir.
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