Julia

By Joanna Murray Smith

Touring Nationally in 2024 : Playing at the Melbourne Theatre Company, South Australian Theatre Company, Canberra Theatre Centre and a return season to the Sydney Theatre Company

Sydney Theatre Company and Canberra Arts Centre March – May 2023

Director : Sarah Goodes

Designer : Renee Mulder

Lighting Designer : Alex Berlage

Composer / Sound Designer : Steve Francis

AV Designer : Susie Henderson

Photos : Jeff Busby

CAST
Justine Clarke
Jessica Lara Bentley

"An intoxicating and fascinating experience that hits something deep and resounding within us……it pulls Justine Clarke’s performance into magical focus."

Time Out

"Justine Clarke’s world-class performance is unforgettable.
She is incandescent. Director Sarah Goodes has created, with her, a theatrical marvel. "

Broadway World

"On the night I bore witness, time, space and history all fell away for a moment on the Drama Theatre stage at the Opera House – and we all felt like we were sitting on the benches in Canberra on a nondescript October day in 2012, watching something very important being born.

Julia is an intoxicating and fascinating experience that hits something deep and resounding within us. It shows us that at the end of it all, power comes and goes, reputations rise and fall, but if there is one thing that endures – it’s the truth.

And, at the heart of it, truth is exactly what Julia is all about. "

Time Out

"This is what happens when a playwright, an actor, a director and a creative team, all at the top of their game, come together. "

Arts Hub

"Julia is an exceptional piece of theatre. It not only highlights how far we have come as a society in the never-ending fight for equality, but how far we still have to go. This is a timely piece of theatre delivered by two exceptional artists."

Glam Adelaide

"A remarkable showcase for the talents of Justine Clarke, brilliantly directed and mightily entertaining."

Australian Arts Review

“The script is so strong and the vision and concept of director Helpmann Award winner, Sarah Goodes, so crystal clear that it allows Clarke to have the certainty of bringing audience with her in the play of nuance, conviction and timing.”

Arts Hub

"The production is a triumph of artistic collaboration."

Canberra Times

All plays

JULIA

"An intoxicating and fascinating experience that hits something deep and resounding within us……it pulls Justine Clarke’s performance into magical focus."

Time Out

"Justine Clarke’s world-class performance is unforgettable. She is incandescent. Director Sarah Goodes has created, with her, a theatrical marvel. "

"On the night I bore witness, time, space and history all fell away for a moment on the Drama Theatre stage at the Opera House – and we all felt like we were sitting on the benches in Canberra on a nondescript October day in 2012, watching something very important being born.

Time Out

"This is what happens when a playwright, an actor, a director and a creative team, all at the top of their game, come together. "

Arts Hub

"Julia is an exceptional piece of theatre. It not only highlights how far we have come as a society in the never-ending fight for equality, but how far we still have to go. This is a timely piece of theatre delivered by two exceptional artists."

"A remarkable showcase for the talents of Justine Clarke, brilliantly directed and mightily entertaining."

Australian Arts Review

“The script is so strong and the vision and concept of director Helpmann Award winner, Sarah Goodes, so crystal clear that it allows Clarke to have the certainty of bringing audience with her in the play of nuance, conviction and timing.”

Arts Hub

"The production is a triumph of artistic collaboration."

Canberra Times

"Justine Clarke’s world-class performance is unforgettable.
She is incandescent. Director Sarah Goodes has created, with her, a theatrical marvel. "