Winner, Griffin Award 2024.
Winner, APRA AMCOS Professional Development Award 2026.
Commissioned by Griffin Theatre thanks to the Copyright Agency.
Previously scratched at Showlab at the Hayes, Home Grown at the Hayes and CAAP’s Longhouse, 2023.
Press:
SBS Filipino
ABC Entertainment
2SER 107.3
Image by Jay Patel
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Debut season, July 2023 at Belvoir’s 25a
Winner: 2023 BroadwayWorld Sydney Award for Best Play
Nominee: Time Out Arts and Culture Award - Sydney for Best Musical
Press:
Suzy Goes See
Sydney Morning Herald
Time Out
Sydney Arts Guide
Images by Clare Hawley
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Amy Sole - Director
Andy Freeborn - Musical Director
Lauren Nalty - Movement Director
Hailley Hunt - Set & Costume Designer
Kate Baldwin - Lighting Designer
Christine Pan -Sound Designer
Jess Ramsey - Assistant Director
With Jules Orcullo and Nova Raboy
Clare Sheridan - Stage Manager
Mia Barnes - Stage Manager
Jamie Lee-Ferguson - Assistant Stage Manager
Kaleigh DWS Giles - Producer
Rizcel Gagawanan - Marketing Manager
Gareth Sole - Construction Manager
Arwen Davidson - LX Assistant
The Joy Offensive is a performance development and production platform founded in 2017 in London by Jules Orcullo. It was founded on values of solidarity, power in process, and the creation of new spaces. It has since presented and facilitated, new works, development showcases, and facilitated collaborations with artists across the UK and Australia, including: earth. (The Lyric Hammersmith), ocean. (Omnibus Theatre), ancestors. (Theatre Delicatessen), earth 2.0 (digisphere), BIPOC Artists’ Night (KXT Sydney), Fraser Babies: The Gig (A.C.E. Parramatta), Forgetting Tim Minchin (Belvoir’s 25a).
Applications are currently open for An Introduction to Playwriting as part of Inner West Council’s Cultural Connections program 2026-2027.
Visit The Joy Offensive’s website for more information.