Sue Rider

Sue is a Brisbane-based writer, director, dramaturg, producer, actor, and mentor. She has over 150 stage productions to her credit in theatre, music theatre, opera, chamber theatre and theatre for young people, and has worked widely across Australia and New Zealand. From 1993 to 2000, Sue was Artistic Director of Brisbane’s La Boite Theatre, leading the company to professional status and focusing on the development of Queensland theatre professionals and contemporary Australian works. In 1998 she represented Australia in Vietnam as a director with Hochiminh City Drama Theatre.

Sue is the recipient of nineteen industry awards, including Matilda Awards for The Matilda Women, Vita! – A Fantasy (La Boite Theatre), Dancing on the Walls of Paris (QPAC/Queensland Art Gallery), Mrs Klein (Queensland Theatre Company), The Soldier’s Tale (QPAC); Helpmann nomination for Cosi fan tutte (Opera Queensland); NZ Listener Best Production for Vincent in Brixton and Long Day’s Journey into Night (Court Theatre); NZ Listener Best New Play for Meeting Karpovsky (Willow Productions); Best of Adelaide Fringe and nomination for Best of Edinburgh Fringe for The Secret Death of Salvador Dali (Strut’n’Fret); Best of Adelaide Fringe for Ring the Bell Softly, There’s Crepe on the Door; Bell Awards for Best New Work and Best Independent Production for The Pink Twins; Sunday Mail Best Actor Mirandolina and Medea; 2001 Special Matilda Commendation for sustained contribution to Queensland theatre; 2009 Playlab Award for outstanding contribution to the development of new work for performance in Queensland; 2012 induction into the Matilda Awards Hall of Fame; 2016 Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award.