“O” was an extraordinary and fabulous introduction to Cirque du Soleil. They put out a strong welcoming arm and I guess I felt it was time to let other people have a go in my shoes at Circus Oz and, for me, to go and see what Julie McInnes could invent somewhere else. He made the first contact, which led to Benoit Jutras’ (composer) and Cirque’s invitation, and eventually to my acceptance (at age 38). I joined Circus Oz at age 28 and sometime around 1996 the sound designer for Cirque du Soleil, Jonathon Deans, saw me performing with Circus Oz. The work in music started to funnel to the fore and grew around me because people asked me to be in their “thing” and I said “yes”. I made huge sculptures worked in front and behind the camera in film a lot of different jobs. I started on guitar at 9, cello at 11, saxophone at 22, bass guitar at 28 I took a lot of classes and workshops played in all sorts of bands made music for theatre, film, and TV. I was singing at 7 and making up plays and asking my friends to play in them. Julie McInnes: I started young and the learning kept building. Julie, How did you begin your career? What were the steps that led you to leave Australia? Julies shares with Theatre ArtLife insight into her life, career, and thoughts on the theatre industry and her path within it. An accomplished musician, actress, and singer, she has had a long career from expressing herself creatively for Circus Oz to playing a lead character on tour to delivering the daily grind of resident shows in Las Vegas. The extremely talented Julie McInnes has spent her life immersed in performance.
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