Suzanne Chaundy – career

1980–1984University of Melbourne – BA (Hons) Fine Arts & English
Artistic Director, Guild Theatre Company & Moving Arts
1985NIDA Directing Course
Seconded to Griffin Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company
1986Student Theatre Coordinator, La Trobe University
Dramaturg / Assistant Director – Macbeth (Anthill)
Director – La Musica (La Mama)
1987Australia Council Directors Development Grant
Trainee Director – Le nozze di Figaro (Victoria State Opera)
Assistant Director – Three Sisters (Anthill), The Three Musketeers (Melbourne Theatre Company)
1988Associate Director – Three Variations on a Classical Theme (Sydney Theatre Company)
Director – Dream of an Unknown Drinker, Somewhere in Here Are Henry and Louisa (La Mama)
Dramaturg-in-Residence, Anthill Theatre
1989Dramaturg / Assistant Director – The Imaginary Invalid (Festival of Perth)
Director – The Maids, Happy Days (Anthill)
1990Dramaturg / Assistant Director – The Imaginary Invalid (Adelaide Festival)
Dramaturg – The Emigrants, Waiting for Godot
Assistant Director – Don Giovanni (Victoria State Opera)
1991Director – Così fan tutte (Victoria State Opera Tour)
Director – Le nozze di Figaro (West Australian Opera)
Assistant Director – Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1992Director – Don Pasquale (West Australian Opera)
Director – The Chairs
Dramaturg – Life is a Dream (Melbourne Festival)
1993–1994Acting General Manager – Anthill Theatre
Artistic Director – Next Wave Festival Young Playwrights’ Festival
1995–1997Director – Romeo and Juliet, Madama Butterfly (cross-disciplinary productions)
Resident Director – West Side Story (IMG tour)
Director – La bohème (Australian Opera)
1998–2006Artistic leadership – Strange Fruit
Director – The Field, Flight, The Spheres
Over 400 international performances
Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award (1999)
2007–2011Director – The Chapel Perilous, Stoning Mary, Golden Valley, The Way of the World
Acting General Manager – Theatre Works
Chair – Theatre Works
2012–2014Director – Così fan tutte, La traviata (Melbourne Opera)
Director – Werther, Carmen (international tour)
Events & Communications Manager – Melba Opera Trust
2015–2017Artistic Director – Stonnington Opera
Director – Der Freischütz, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Roberto Devereux
Co-convenor – Melbourne Independent Opera Coalition
2018–2019Director – Tristan und Isolde, The Flying Dutchman, Norma
Director – Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme
Producer – Fly
2020–2021Chair – Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme
Director – Das Rheingold
2022Director – Die Walküre, Mahagonny, The Marriage of Figaro
Producer – Iphis
2023Director – Bendigo Ring Cycle, Maria Stuarda
Producer – Biographica
2024Director – Lucia di Lammermoor, The Marriage of Figaro
Producer – The Children’s Bach
2025Director – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Samson et Dalila