Meet our staff

Simon Abrahams

Simon Abrahams
Position: 
Executive Producer

Simon has served as Executive Producer/General Manager and co-CEO of Polyglot since September 2007.  Since then, he has produced tours of Polyglot's work in four continents including major tours to the London International Festival of Theatre, Kennedy Center, Singapore Arts Festival, Shanghai International Children's Theatre Festival, World Expo, Hong Kong International Arts Carnival,

Sue Giles

Sue Giles
Position: 
Artistic Director

Since Sue Giles was appointed Artistic Director of Polyglot in 2000, she has directed, written or devised ten works which have toured nationally and internationally, including The Big Game (Melbourne International Arts Festival, Singapore Arts Festival), Check Out! (Melbourne International Comedy Festival, National Theatre of Korea, Hong Ko

Belinda Green

Belinda Green
Position: 
Venue & Production Manager

Belinda joined the team at Polyglot as Venue/Production Manager in 2008. As a stage manager, she has worked with companies such as the Victorian Opera, OzOpera and international theatre makers Philippe Genty (France) and Petr Matasek (Czech Republic).

Shalini Nair

Shalini Nair
Position: 
Administration and Marketing Manager

Shalini Nair has worked in theatre since 2000, taking on various roles from stage management to arts management. She was Senior Administrator at The Necessary Stage in Singapore for 5 years, working on main season and festival productions.

Debby Maziarz

Position: 
Development Manager

Debby Maziarz is an experienced social entrepreneur, theatre director, youth worker, community facilitator, fundraiser and educator. In 1995 Debby founded the Westside Circus, a not for profit community arts organisation which uses circus, leadership and performance as modality to build personal confidence and resilience.

Adi Diner

Position: 
Program and Operations Manager

After realising in the final semester of his drama degree at Monash that he was not cut out for the life of a full-time performer, Adi stepped off the stage and decided his talents lay just behind the curtain.  After completing a post-graduate degree in Production and Events Management at the VCA in 2002, he embarked on a short lived career as a freelance stage and production manager, befo