about jude

Jude Bowler is best known for her incisive character-comedy in kooky cabaret/theatre circles, incl her various solo shows and as part of underground comedy collective SIX QUICK CHICKS. A performer/writer (and independent producer) for 25+ years, Jude’s history ranges from showgirl to drama, radio to physical theatre. Jude’s career began mid 90s as performer/creator/Board member for SGLMG, Pride Festivals and associated LGBTQI community activism.

Later, she worked in Europe with French street theatre/puppetry company PLASTICIENS VOLANTS. In 2017, Jude joined MIDNIGHT FEAST THEATRE (NIDA's first resident company for artists with disabilities) as a featured artist/facilitator and she continues there. Jude also works regularly with CirqueM in Central West NSW, where she’s now based, after 25years of living in Sydney.

News

Jude’s current solo cabaret show “Stage Fright” a unique, droll, hilarious homage to Marlene Dietrich, having played to sold-out houses in Sydney and across NSW Central West for months, is now the recipient of 2024 autumn regional tour funding via Arts On Tour's Backroads initiative, supported by Arts Out West. To be followed by, in July 2024, a season at The Loading Dock Theatre by Qtopia Sydney in its inaugural year. 

vox pops

  • “Tops show – the whole Weimar shebang … spellbinding rendition of Rod Stewart’s ‘Killing of Georgie’ a highlight”

  • “… channels Dietrich with impeccable disdain”

  • “Brilliant – funny, talented, enigmatic and sexy as hell!”

  • “Absolute ripper Dietrich!”

  • “I have a crush”

  • “Fantabulous!”

  • “Like being transported to another time”

  • “Every moment was magic”

  • “A celebration of sincerity in art”

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