About
Justin Nott is a bold, queer creative force in Melbourne independent theatre. A theatre-maker, director, and dramaturge with over a decade of experience, his work is praised for emotional resonance, strong visual storytelling, and formal innovation. He brings a powerful combination of vulnerability, theatricality, and authenticity across a diverse range of productions and community projects.
Justin has directed over 15 productions, focusing on queer and new Australian writing. His credits span Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis (2011), Devoted: A New Musical (Midsumma 2011), the immersive Blindness (Mudfest/Melbourne Fringe 2013), autobiographical queer play Variations or Exit Music (2022), Adam Fawcett’s Every Lovely Terrible Thing (Lab Kelpie, 2024), Angus Cameron's Human_Error and For Love Nor Money (Melbourne Fringe 2017, 2022), and serving as Australian Associate Director under Andrew Panton on the national premiere tour of No Love Songs (New Theatricals, 2025), and directing intern under John Tiffany on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Michael Cassell Group, 2022).
Alongside his theatre work, Justin has a wide-ranging dedication to community engagement projects in the creative arts sphere, developing mentorship programs, drama workshops for immigrants, and festivals and events for underrepresented artists. This included founding queer arts festival for marginalised artists Get Bent Fest in partnership with Midsumma (2020–23); running a three-year new migrants and refugees drama programme with La Mama and AMES Australia; and directing Australia’s largest student arts festival, Mudfest (2011), spearheading its new playwriting mentorship program, Tastings.
Justin holds a Bachelor of Arts - Media & Communications from the University of Melbourne and a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Creation (Directing) from the Victorian College of the Arts for which he received the Orloff Family Charitable Trust Scholarship for excellence in his year.
He was twice selected to work with the Melbourne Theatre Company on the Cybec Electric new play development program in 2015 and 2016, firstly with director Sarah Giles and writer Tobias Manderson-Galvin on his work, The Unknown Man on Somerton Beach, and Luke Kerridge and Bridget Mackie on her play The Exact Dimensions of Hell. He participated in the Malthouse Theatre Provocateurs program in 2017, engaging with local and international artists in creating conversations around theatre and performance within the Melbourne community.
In 2017, Justin toured his Miley Cyrus psycho-trash bio, Can't Be Tamed to Adelaide Fringe after selling out shows in Melbourne Fringe Festival 2016, and presented Human Error, a new play by Angus Cameron, in collaboration with Bakers Dozen Theatre.
From 2018-2020, Justin resided in London, UK, where he worked as a dramaturge with feminist dance company, Moxie Brawl and theatre programmer for Aespia: School of Art, launching Aespia’s Glass Theatre festival in 2019.
Justin also performs with Melbourne drag-king duo, Dazza & Keif, as alter-ego Gay Jordan. He featured in their multi-award winning full-length shows, Dazza and Keif Reenact the Titanic Movie Playing All the Roles, and Dazza and Keif Reenact the Romeo + Juliet Movie Playing All the Roles at Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Contact
justin.nott@gmail.com