Eugene Lynch, hailed as “a talent to watch” (Sydney Morning Herald), is a director of theatre and opera. Eugene recently made his directorial debuts with Pinchgut Opera and Sydney Chamber Opera to critical acclaim. He was also a 2024–2025 Young Artist with Opera Queensland (OQ).

Recent projects include Maid Made Boss / La Serva Padrona (Pinchgut Opera), Pierrot Lunaire (Sydney Chamber Opera & Ensemble Offspring), IRL and The Pigeons (The Other Theatre / KXT on Broadway); The Hairy Ape (development) funded by Create NSW & Creative Australia; and In A Grove (workshop) by Chris Cerrone (OQ).

Eugene’s Assistant / Associate Director credits include to Neil Armfield on Platée and Julius Caesar (Pinchgut Opera); Hamlet (Opera Australia); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Adelaide Festival); Stuart Maunder on Turn of the Screw and Voss (State Opera South Australia), Barrie Kosky’s The Golden Cockerel (Adelaide Festival); Patrick Nolan on Lucia di Lammermoor (OQ); Laura Hansford on La Cenerentola (OQ).

Eugene is the artistic director of The Other Theatre. For The Other Theatre, he has directed Graeme Koehne and Louis Nowra’s opera Love Burns, Morning to Midnight, IRL, The Pigeons, Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, Shakespeare’s Richard II, Mike Barlett’s Cock (Sydney Mardi Gras Festival x Brand X) and the Australian premiere of Marius von Mayneburg’s The Dog, The Night and The Knife.

Upcoming credits include: Coffee and a Dead Canary (Pinchgut Opera); as assistant / associate director: Semele (Pinchgut Opera, dir. Neil Armfield).