Ian Pidd is a Melbourne-based freelance director of theatre and festivals. Ian was chair of the Melbourne Fringe Festival for seven years, and has had hands-on experience in the engine room of many festivals, ranging in size from the Natimuk Fringe to Moomba. He is currently artistic director of programming at The Village and artistic director of Junction Festival. His theatre credits include his artistic directorship of Back To Back—including the Green Room award-nominated Minds Eye—plus ten years of works at Snuff Puppets, where he has created large-scale theatrical works in Japan, Singapore, Brazil and in many parts of Europe and Australia.