crew interviews
jules burton (she/her)
sound designer
jules burton is a perth based artist and curator whose work in theatre and film has gained her both five star reviews and audience choice awards. she has spent the last few years combining her work in the music field with her passion for theatre: she made her directorial debut in july of 2021 with ‘potluck at nine’ (riptide youth theatre company) and has been directing a variety of contemporary theatre and film ever since.
jules has worked as the music producer on albums and eps for local artists and independent musicals, and her skills in composition and music have led her to scoring theatre production and short films.
what has been your favourite part of working on ‘all the stars.’?
textualising spaces and environments through sounds. there’s been a lot more work and exploration with textural sound design than i expected, which is helping me fine-tune the boundaries of music and texture.
if you were to pick one song to describe ‘all the stars.’, what would it be?
there’s obviously a lot of songs that explain the show through lyricism. ‘the ghost’ by anna b savage is the most obvious, but others do really shine through and contextualise the feelings of the doomed lovers. for me, my pick for a song to describe ‘all the stars.’ would be ‘elevator song (feat. ren ford)’ by keaton henson, for reasons that will hopefully become obvious upon watching the show itself.
how has your experience of queerness shaped who you are?
i think of queerness as a broadening and a thickening of my own self. my bond to queerness is ever-expansive as i queer my relationships, my gender and my sexuality.
which character says your favourite line from ‘all the stars.’?
my favourite line is spoken by mia. it isn’t something that you can garner the depth of without the context, and it’s nothing profound or poetic, but its poignancy in the scene stabs like a knife.
who do you relate most to; andie or tessa?
surprisingly i feel attached to andie, though i think that they are much rougher in character then i perceive myself as. but the moments and experiences that make them fragile have such relatability.
if you could give any advice to your young queer self, what would it be?
don’t ever think you’re done. queerness is a journey you will often think you’ve completed but you haven’t, not yet. be constantly taking the time to keep perceiving yourself through new lenses, new labels. you can separate yourself from an identity you used to hold but still continue to carry it with you. life and the dynamic structures at bay will always be ebbing and flowing so feel the willingness to move with them.
who is your favourite couple who is doomed by the narrative?
rhaenyra targaryen and alicent hightower from house of the dragon were childhood best friends pitted against each other through circumstance. through the pains of the monarchy, as the two began to explore their sapphic desire for another, they became doomed by what had been established for them.