Trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Australia) as a director, Suzanne’s 30 year career spans opera, text-based theatre, events and outdoor spectacle. Suzanne’s operatic repertoire includes: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, COSI FAN TUTTE, LA TRAVIATA, DER FREISCHÜTZ, WERTHER, MARIA STUARDA, TANNHÄUSER, ANNA BOLENA , OUR MAN IN HAVANA, LOHENGRIN, ROBERTO DEVEREUX, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE and THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.
Suzanne has directed for Melbourne Opera, Lyric, West Australian Opera, Opera Australia, Victorian State Opera, IMG, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, La Mama, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company and numerous tertiary institutions. She has been active in a governance role in several key Victorian arts organisations and is currently a board member of Lyric and co-convenor of the Melbourne Independent Opera Coalition.
She is director of the Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme. Suzanne directed signature productions for Australia’s internationally renowned outdoor performance troupe Strange Fruit. Her productions for that company have been performed in over 400 international festivals and events in more than 40 different countries.
