Julia is an emerging Chinese-British writer based in Manchester, UK.

Julia is an emerging British-Hong Kong playwright and has recently completed her MA in Playwriting at Manchester. A snippet of her current play in development, ‘Dear Joanna, My favourite animals is Scorpions’ was presented at the Royal Exchange Theatre in 2025. Her work typically explores language patterns with the aim to disrupt and reconfigure accepted norms and ideas.

Julia is currently developing various original scripts for the stage. She works freelance as a script consultant and periodically collaborates on short films in the North West.

upcoming events

  • An Evening of New Work with Carmen Nasr & Simon Stephens

    Thu 5 - Fri 6 June 2025

    Running time: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. 1 interval of 20 mins)

    A celebration of the incredible new writing talent emerging from the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing.

  • Don't Believe What's On TV

    Fri 9 May 2025

    The premiere of the short film: Don’t Believe What’s On TV starring well-known content creators: Enya Umanzor and Larly.

    Produced by Julia Rudd and Genevieve Ferns
    Written and directed by Genevieve Ferns