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JULIA O'KEEFFE
If you wish to email Julia send it here: julia@paperzootheatrecompany.co.uk
Julia has been performing since she was a child. Originally bitten
by the theatre bug after being selected to be a member of the
children's choir for a professional production of Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in Bristol, Julia has rarely
been offstage since.
Julia was a member of various dance and theatre schools in her
hometown of Sheffield and in Bristol where she spent a number of
years as a young girl studying ballet. At the age of 13 Julia
gained a place at the prestigious Urdang Academy in Covent
Garden. However, lack of funding meant that she was unable to
take up the place. Instead she returned to Sheffield and joined
the Sheffield Youth Theatre and The Crucible Youth Theatre
where she appeared in Gregory's Girl and several touring
productions.
Julia has also been a member of The Merlin Theatre, Sheffield,
with whom she took roles including, Miranda in The Tempest,
Irina in The Three Sisters, and the title role in Trudi and the
Minstrel.
Whilst training at Middlesex University in London, Julia managed
to fit in some youth theatre leading at The Old Bull Arts Centre,
Barnet alongside a full-time job at Barnet Odeon. Somehow, she
also managed to take roles such as Lillian Holliday in Brecht's
Happy End, Paulina Salas in Death and the Maiden, Cleopatra,
and Margaret in My Mother Said I Never Should as well as
directing several shows including Ronald Harwood's The Dresser.
Julia's first professional directing job after leaving University was
on Waiting for Hillsborough at Jackson's Lane in London.
Three weeks previously Julia had given birth to her first child!
On returning to Yorkshire Julia began working for CragRats
Theatre where she was an actress, team-leader, van driver,
choreographer and occasional agony aunt. Julia also directed a
very successful, in-house production of Dennis Potter's play
Brimstone and Treacle.
Julia played Nurse Riley on YTV's The Royal for four seasons,
and has also appeared in Peak Practice, Emmerdale, River
City Blues and several short films.
Julia is currently a lecturer in acting, dance and performing arts at
Bradford College. She has also given lectures, workshops and
classes at other venues across the UK. Julia uses what free time
she has left after all this and looking after three children to study
philosophy, yoga, and art.
by the theatre bug after being selected to be a member of the
children's choir for a professional production of Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in Bristol, Julia has rarely
been offstage since.
Julia was a member of various dance and theatre schools in her
hometown of Sheffield and in Bristol where she spent a number of
years as a young girl studying ballet. At the age of 13 Julia
gained a place at the prestigious Urdang Academy in Covent
Garden. However, lack of funding meant that she was unable to
take up the place. Instead she returned to Sheffield and joined
the Sheffield Youth Theatre and The Crucible Youth Theatre
where she appeared in Gregory's Girl and several touring
productions.
Julia has also been a member of The Merlin Theatre, Sheffield,
with whom she took roles including, Miranda in The Tempest,
Irina in The Three Sisters, and the title role in Trudi and the
Minstrel.
Whilst training at Middlesex University in London, Julia managed
to fit in some youth theatre leading at The Old Bull Arts Centre,
Barnet alongside a full-time job at Barnet Odeon. Somehow, she
also managed to take roles such as Lillian Holliday in Brecht's
Happy End, Paulina Salas in Death and the Maiden, Cleopatra,
and Margaret in My Mother Said I Never Should as well as
directing several shows including Ronald Harwood's The Dresser.
Julia's first professional directing job after leaving University was
on Waiting for Hillsborough at Jackson's Lane in London.
Three weeks previously Julia had given birth to her first child!
On returning to Yorkshire Julia began working for CragRats
Theatre where she was an actress, team-leader, van driver,
choreographer and occasional agony aunt. Julia also directed a
very successful, in-house production of Dennis Potter's play
Brimstone and Treacle.
Julia played Nurse Riley on YTV's The Royal for four seasons,
and has also appeared in Peak Practice, Emmerdale, River
City Blues and several short films.
Julia is currently a lecturer in acting, dance and performing arts at
Bradford College. She has also given lectures, workshops and
classes at other venues across the UK. Julia uses what free time
she has left after all this and looking after three children to study
philosophy, yoga, and art.
