Three decades ago, Suellen Maunder was using her own furniture as stage props for the productions of what was then thought of as a radical, audacious and in-your-face theatre company. As an actor and director, Suellen and her co-boundary pushers have challenged audiences in regional Australia to see beyond the facades of their own towns and traditional beliefs. Now the JUTE Theatre Company, of which she is the founder and CEO, is recognised as "one of the most innovative and influential art institutions of Australia". After 32 years of engrossing theatre goers, building successive generations of dramatic talent and opening the sector (and the community) to marginalised groups, Suellen is retiring. We took the opportunity to reflect on her life and career, and just how much murder it has involved.

Image credit: JUTE Theatre Company