Jules Maxwell is delighted to be performing at 2 Sisters Arts Centre In Trimley as part
of a short UK tour. He perform a set of delicate piano ballads and personal story songs.
Originally from Belfast, Jules has had a rich and rather eclectic career as a singer, songwriter and composer for theatre and dance.
He toured the world as keyboard player for the Australian band Dead Can Dance and subsequently created an album entitled “Burn” with their singer Lisa Gerrard. He has also contributed songs to albums by Le Mystére des Voix Bulgares, German punk singer Joachim Witt, Irish troubadour Foy Vance and the Portuguese fado singer Lina Rodrigues.
In 2021 he released “Nocturnes” on Archangelo Recordings – a beautifully melancholic collection of instrumental pieces, and in 2022 released a follow up to “Nocturnes” entitled “Cycles” on Ghost Palace records in Berlin.
Jules has also collaborated with Duke Special on numerous recordings, shows and projects including the 2009 National Theatre production of “Mother Courage” directed by Deborah Warner and starring Fiona Shaw.
He has worked often with theatre artist Mark Storor on projects at London’s Roundhouse as well as in ice cream vans, warehouses and schools around the country.
Jules composed for director Matthew Dunster’s 2012 National Theatre production of “Love the Sinner” and “Doctor Faustus” at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2013.
Other work at the Globe includes the 2016 production of The Merchant of Venice starring Jonathan Pryce and the 2017 production of Boudica starring Gina McKee.
He has created modern dance soundtracks for Wayne McGregor, Cathy Marston, Vincent Dance Theatre, Bern Ballet, Skanes Dansteater Malmö, Jasmin Vardimon and Candoco Dance Company and in 2019 his debut full length opera “The Lost Thing” was presented by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.