As a maker and performer her work includes Poly-Zygotic (2009)[11] devised by and featuring, Tupe Lualua, Taofi Mose-Tuiloma & Asalemo Tofete[12] and the Pacific Island musical The Factory (2011).

[11][13] The Factory was proposed by one reviewer to be 'The Great Kiwi Musical' and was first presented at the Mangare Arts Centre with many well-known artists involved produced by the Kila Kokonut Krew.

[14] In 2013 Lualua devised and directed Fatu na Toto reflecting her experience of growing up in Porirua, Wellington.

[17] In 2015 Lualua wrote and directed the dance theatre production 1918 about the Spanish Influenza pandemic in Samoa, collaborating with Andy Faiaoga as choreographer.

[18][19] The Measina Festival was started in 2014 by Lualua's company Le Moana to showcase contemporary Pacific dance and theatre.