Stephen Armstrong
Stephen was the Executive Producer of Malthouse Theatre until 2011. Previous executive positions include Artistic Associate at Sydney Theatre Company, General Manager of Queensland theatre Company, General Manager of Chamber Made Opera, and Administrator of Handspan Theatre.
Stephen is a founding Board Director of Chunky Move and is currently a Trustee of the Victorian Actors’ Benevolent Fund. For the Australia Council, he served for five years as inaugural Chair of the New Media Arts as well as serving on the Drama Committee and Theatre Fund
An occasional reviewer and arts writer, he appeared regularly on ABC TV’s Critical Mass. He has been a judge for the Victorian Premiere’s Literary Awards (non-fiction), the Melbourne Prize for Literature (fiction), and the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award. He has been a Victorian panellist for the Churchill Fellowship since 2008.
A graduate of English Literature and History & Philosophy of Science at Melbourne University, in 2006 he completed the Executive Program for Non-Profit Leaders at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Awards include: 1992 Myer Group Arts Award; 1999 George Fairfax Fellowship; 2005 Green Room for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre; and the 2008 Kenneth Myer Medallion for Outstanding Achievement in the Performing Arts.