Sue Giles is a director and theatre maker specialising in works for and with children of all ages. She also works as an advocate for Theatre for Young Audiences internationally as President of ASSITEJ International - the global association of theatre and performing arts for young audiences. Sue was first elected to the Executive Committee of ASSITEJ in 2014 and was re-elected as President in 2024 at the World Congress in Havana, Cuba. Sue was Artistic Director and Co-CEO of Polyglot Theatre from 2000 – 2022, introducing participatory, immersive works and the interrogation of power in the company’s theatrical offerings for children. With Polyglot she created over 40 works touring to over 20 countries across 6 continents and her work is still presented by the company, in Australia and on the world stage. 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) for her significant service to theatre for children. In 2024 Sue Giles and Simon Abrahams co-authored a Strategic Report on Children, Young People and the Arts in Australia entitled Next Generation Now for Creative Australia.