Jude Bowler

performing artist, writer, raconteur, loud laugher, entertainer

“Channels Dietrich with impeccable disdain”

Craig Donarski

TOUR Dates

Fast Cars by Kate Smith | Bathurst - BMEC

19-21 Feb 24

29 Feb 2024

Parlour Noir with Christa Hughes | Sydney - Knox St Bar

Stage Fright | Lithgow - Union Theatre

16 Mar 2024

Stage Fright | Oberon - Malachi Gilmore Hall

23 Mar 2024

Six Quick Chicks | Sydney - Camelot Lounge

28 Mar 2024

Stage Fright | Gosford - NNFH

19 Apr 2024

Stage Fright | Broken Hill - The Tipsy Camel

11 May 2024

Stage Fright | Garra - Garra Hall 120th Anniversary

Stage Fright | Hill End - Royal Hall

Larry’s Cabaret Lead Astray | Canberra - Smiths

7 Sep 2024

9 Jun 2024

Stage Fright | Carcoar - The Royal Hotel

Stage Fright | Sydney - The Loading Dock Theatre

3-6 Jul 2024

Performance Night | Kandos - Cementa Festival

20 Sep 2024

Summer 2024

15 Mar 2025

22 Mar 2025

Stage Fright | Mittagong

28-30 Mar 25

Parlour Noir with Christa Hughes | Newcastle - Fringe Fest

Wine Meets Design | Orange - Dirty Jane’s

1 Nov 2024

PHOTOS

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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, is the recipient of 2024 autumn regional tour funding via Arts On Tour's Backroads initiative, supported by Arts Out West. Followed in July by a season at The Loading Dock Theatre by Qtopia Sydney in its inaugural year.

In Winter, Jude’s been invited to participate in a group residency for performance artists in Kandos, as part of Cementa Fest 2024, in collaboration with Performance Space.

Follow Jude Bowler on INSTAGRAM

View fullsize THIS FRI! 20 Sep @cementafestival 🙏🏼🖼️ 🎭 Cracking performance lineup: moi, @bettygrumble @tommymisa @adriennekenafake @jamaustralia + WKF @celialynncurtis & RossJohnston🎸 There’s even a meat raffle 🥩🍗🥔🌽🍆😂
View fullsize Larry’s loose as ever! Licketty lineup! CANBERRA Sat 7Sep @smithsalternative 🍻 Cheers @mixed_bill_madness TIX 🎟️ $30 link in Bio (or https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/larry-s-cabaret-lead-astray-87108) . Chuckles choons n cha-chas by
View fullsize Posted @withregram • @cementafestival Introducing Cementa24 artist, Jude Bowler. @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 collec
View fullsize Cool crew keepin the chills coming …😉❄️👙☀️🌳🕺🏽🪩🎭 Posted @withregram • @performancespace Sending love from Kandos where we spent a gorgeous week facilitating an artist lab with a group of metro and regional artists. This rich and fru
View fullsize If you came, reminisce. If you missed, have a squiz. (1/2) STAGE FRIGHT ein Kabarett @qtopia_sydney Jul 2024. Exciting times ahead for this fab new theatre space. Thrilled to be part of the inaugural season at such a special location. Thanks to all t
View fullsize Touch of the real deal in my dressing room @qtopia_sydney Thanks Scott! ♥️🎩 ✍🏼🎞️ “That Marlene, she’s a bit of fun” Tonight + tmoz to go! TIX: https://events.humanitix.com/stage-fright-ein-kabarett-live-at-the-loading-dock

stage fright - ein kabaret

Character comedienne, Jude Bowler's enticing and touchingly twisted, droll homage to Marlene.

Nobody's muse, everybody’s icon, a modern day Dietrich - bored and mad as ever.

works

Parlour noir

Inspired by their shared love of the gritty glamour, shady chic and femmes fatale of noir cinema, genre-benders

Jude Bowler (aka Marlene Dietrich) and Christa Hughes (Machine Gun Fellatio, Circus Oz) present a musical mash-up cabaret steeped in cool cynicism, profound passion, fishnet stockings and terrific toons of the era and today (in an “everything new is old again” twisted kind of way) … .

vox pops

  • “This was a brilliant show! Totally blown away by Jude and Christa!! Amazingly talented performers… so much fun. It’s a long time since I’ve seen artists giving so much on stage! I felt I was in Europe! Very moving!! A must see!”

    Meryl Tankard AO

  • “Jude Bowler channels Marlene Dietrich with impeccable disdain”

    Craig Donarski, Director, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

  • “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”

  • “Like being transported to another time”

  • “Every moment was magic”

  • “A celebration of sincerity in art”

  • "Bowler writes good character material … the writing is fluid and Bowler sustains her characters consistently.""Bowler writes good character material … the writing is fluid and Bowler sustains her characters consistently."

    Duncan McLeod (Official reviewer Unfringed, for the Sydney Fringe Festival)

  • “A twirling and whirling escape through a family minefield to self discovery.”

    Chris Axelsen (Ensemble Theatre)

  • “Absolutely loved it! I’d go again tomorrow night if I could!”

    Raymond Q

Upcoming Shows

About

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.