Dr Lindy Hume AM

Lindy Hume AM PhD is one of Australia’s leading directors, acknowledged internationally for progressive leadership of Australian arts organisations including Perth Festival, Sydney Festival, Four Winds and Ten Days on the Island spanning the period 2004-2023. Hume has also served as Artistic Director of West Australian Opera, Victorian Opera, OzOpera and Opera Queensland. She was Guest Creative Director for Opera Australia’s Sydney Summer Season 2024.

As a director Hume is known for creating audience-friendly productions that are awarded, boldly theatrical and oriented toward feminist / humanist narratives. In Australia she has created 80+ productions, including many world premieres, and she regularly directs for major opera companies in the USA, Europe, UK and NZ. In 2021 she received her PhD from QUT and was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the performing arts, particularly to opera.

Currently Hume is Creative Director of Crimson Rosella Creative Adventures, a new creative and social enterprise based in regional Australia, serves on the boards of Malthouse Theatre and Dancenorth.