Sue has a lifetime career in the theatre arts in Australia, much of this for young audiences. After working in communities, schools and theatres across the nation and internationally, from 2000 she was Artistic Director and Co-CEO of the acclaimed children’s theatre company Polyglot Theatre, leaving the company in 2022. She now concentrates on working with artists to develop new work for young audiences, directing, writing theory, strategic planning and global advocacy. Sue is an advocate for Theatre for Young Audiences in Australia as a board member and Interim Chair of Theatre Network Australia. In 2018, Sue received the Green Room Lifetime Achievement Award and authored a Platform Paper titled Young People and The Arts: An Agenda for Change. In 2019, she was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and granted an Australia Council Theatre Fellowship for her writing and advocacy work..