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CAMERON LUKEY is an Australian producer whose credits include acclaimed productions of 33 Variations by Moisés Kaufman at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in 2019 (starring Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn), Angels in America by Tony Kushner at fortyfivedownstairs in 2017 (featured in The Age, Time Out Melbourne and The Guardian’s annual top 10 lists), and the Australian premiere of The Inheritance by Matthew López at fortyfivedownstairs in 2024.

Cameron began his career as an opera singer. From 2011-13, he performed as a chorister for Opera Australia and as a principal artist for the company’s schools program. From 2014-15, Cameron collaborated with producer Michele Bauer to present a new production and tour of Master Class by Terrence McNally (featuring a Green Room Award winning performance by Maria Mercedes as Maria Callas) and the Australian premiere of Harvey Milk – The Opera in Concert at the St Kilda and Sydney Town Halls.

In 2016, Cameron presented a tour of Resident Alien by Tim Fountain (featuring a Green Room Award nominated performance by Paul Capsis as Quentin Crisp), and in 2018, an acclaimed new production of Strangers in Between by Tommy Murphy. 

Cameron joined the team at fortyfivedownstairs in 2016 and was appointed Artistic Director of the theatre in 2023.