About

Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla (Bea) is a writer, producer and performer born and raised in Sydney. Now based in Melbourne, Béatrice has accumulated impressive credits across numerous stage and screen formats over her ten years in the industry. Described as “an enthralling storyteller” and someone who could “make any topic charming-as-fuck”, Béatrice brings fresh perspectives and biting humour to her body of work.

In 2016, Béatrice co-wrote and produced the feature film, Suburban Wildlife, which screened around the world and garnered critical acclaim, even bagging a few awards on the way (second runner-up audience award at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival, long-listed for an AACTA Award).

Graduating from AFTRS (Australian Film, Television and Radio School) with a Bachelor of Screen Arts in 2017, Béatrice then launched into Development Production for a comedic web-series funded by Screen Australia’s Generate Development. Aaron Chen, creator of CHEN PM 3010, approached Béatrice to help him with a Screen Australia submission and Béatrice started working closely with him on a pre-production pitch and co-ordinated writing sessions with Aaron, Alexei Toliopoulos and herself. Unfortunately, the series never made it past development due to scheduling conflicts. In 2020, Béatrice graduated from  a Masters of Screenwriting (AFTRS) and her fictional podcast, Expiry Date (co-written with Nina Oyama and Rebecca Shaw), was long-listed for the Australian Writers' Guild and Audible's On Air Podcast Writing Competition. 

As a stand-up comedian, Béatrice has performed in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane, and has opened for top Australian comedians such as Geraldine Hickey and Wil Anderson. She debuted her one-woman comedy show “HOUSE”, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Adelaide Fringe 2023. The show was developed with financial support from both PACT’s Centre for Emerging Artists and the Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund. Also, thanks to her ties to the comedy world, she was able to be a contributing writer on ABC’s show Question Everything, receiving specific praise from Wil Anderson, Charlie Pickering and Paul McDermott for her joke writing and comedic offers.  

In 2023, Béatrice moved to Melbourne, working as a Development Assistant at Princess/Bento Pictures. She worked on several projects, helping writers (often from non-screenwriting backgrounds) develop, pitch and rewrite their concepts to prepare them for market. In 2024, Frankie McNair approached Béatrice to produce a web series called “The Telling of the Untold Story of Tabitha Booth”. She joined the team as a producer and script editor, helping Frankie and co-writer, Harris Stuckey plot and format the show correctly, but more importantly, helped find the heart of the story. It was uploaded to Grouse House in 2025 and is currently sitting on 27k views. 

Béatrice’s talent for making low to no-budget projects drew the attention of Haven’t You Done Well, Aunty Donna’s production company, where she was employed to help them build a platform for their YouTube channel, Grouse House. Working closely with head of Grouse House, Lee Naimo, Béatrice helped launch grousehouse.tv, being an essential member in creating the vibe, look and feel of the platform. During her time at Haven’t You Done Well, Béatrice produced, developed and re-formatted several Grouse House shows, such as Special Interest Quiz, Crafternoon, History Untold and Big Time Murder.