C R E A T I V E
Director
[stage + screen]
Luke graduated from the University of Western Sydney and the Actors’ College of Theatre and Television. His professional acting career spans over 15+ years. He has been nominated for both Green Room and Helpmann Awards. In 2010 he won the Helpmann for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for Avenue Q.
Directorial credits include: Cluedo for John Frost - Cross Roads Live, The Grandparents Club for producers Maree Kirkland-Morris and Lyndi Adler; Grease John Frost for Crossroads Live in 2024; In the Heights for Hayes Theatre and Sydney Opera House (2018 Sydney Theatre Award nomination: Best Direction of a Musical); Songs for a New World for Blue Saint Productions; Back to the 80’s – the Musical for Neil Gooding Productions; Giggle and Hoot and Friends both national tour and for ABC4 Kids; Educating Rita for Seymour Centre; Thank You For Being a Friend for Henderson/Neil Gooding Productions; Les Miserables and Annie for Packemin Productions at Riverside Theatres, Beyond Miserables – the charity concert with the Australian cast of Les Miserables, and Bells are Ringing for Neglected Musicals presented by The Hayes Theatre Co.
Luke was the Resident Director on Peter Pan Goes Wrong for Lunchbox Theatricals and was nominated for a Helpmann Award 2019 for Best Director of a Musical for In the Heights. He was the Revival Director on Otello for Opera Australia and was the Resident Director on both Shrek the Musical National Tour for Gordon Frost and Cinderella for Opera Australia.
In the Heights
★★★★★
Sydney Morning Herald
‘Luke Joslin elevates the performances by cultivating a uniform approach of high energy, deadpan delivery, and crisply stylised speed and movement. Some of the humour could be eye-rolling in the wrong hands but here every line is a winner, keeping the delighted audience in rapt attention for the full 85-minute running time.‘
- Cluedo
Man in a Chair
‘Director Luke Joslin balances dark undertones with screwball comedy, ensuring the focus never stays too long on one character so the mystery doesn’t settle too early.’
- Cleudo
Arts Hub
‘Director Luke Joslin ensures that the production radiates the excitement and invigoration the musical is known for, while also ensuring we feel every disappointment and sadness as much as the happiness.’
- In the Heights
My Melbourne Arts
‘Director Luke Joslin has created an all-Australian supercharged production of such intensity your ears and eyes and everything in between might explode.’
- Grease
Barefoot Review
‘…director Luke Joslin works his magic to highlight the full heart and soul of the characters. While the writing provides more rounded material for some, Joslin nonetheless brings the full company to life, with a strongly lived-in sense established for the community at the heart of the story.’
- In the Heights
Man in a Chair