Sue is the Artistic Director of Theatre-Rites and has many years of experience as a director, dramaturg and puppetry specialist working with a wide variety of companies including the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and the Young Vic. In 2018, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate for her outstanding contribution to theatre. For Theatre-Rites, Sue has created 32 theatre and site-specific productions whose commissioners include Sadler’s Wells, Manchester International Festival and Salzburg Festival as well as Ruhr Trienalle Festival and various European Schauspielhaus.

In 2015, she directed Chotto Desh and in 2020, she collaborated with the AKC again to direct Chotto Xenos, an adaptation of Akram Khan’s award-winning XENOS, for family audiences. In 2021, Sue co-authored a book about Theatre-Rites with Lecturer Liam Jarvis – Theatre-Rites, Animating Puppets, Objects and Sites. In 2O26, Theatre-Rites celebrates the company’s 30th birthday with a co-creation with South African Choreographer Gregory Maqoma.