Exit interview: Sue Giles, Artistic Director, Polyglot

After 22 years at Polyglot, Sue Giles AM moves on to focus on international advocacy for theatre for young audiences.

After 22 years as the Artistic Director of Melbourne’s Polyglot Theatre, Sue Giles AM is stepping down in order to focus on her work as President of ASSITEJ International (the international association of theatre for young audiences). 

‘The advocacy work that I’m doing with ASSITEJ as President is really full on and very busy,’ Giles says.  

‘Already in this last year I’ve done fewer days at Polyglot and tried to pave the way for an exit, because I know that the next two years are going to be pretty intense.’ 

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts