Lee Lewis in response to Kevin Jackson critique

11.08.17

This blog post is written is response to this critique on Kevin Jackson Theatre Diary Dear Kevin, Traditionally artists stay silent in the face of published criticism. However the media landscape is changing rapidly and significantly, and in this age of…

A Note from Karen, 3 August

03.08.17

In the Griffin office this week we can’t wait for you to… …See Rice Michele Lee’s new play Rice opened last week after a sold-out season in Brisbane. It has been fantastic to receive such great feedback from audiences throughout…

A Note from Lee, 20 July

20.07.17

There is an extraordinary opportunity in Sydney right now. Tomorrow night is the first preview of Rice…and then for the next couple of weeks across the mainstages in this city you will be able to experience for yourself the writing…

Thank You

17.07.17

Thank You

In Conversation with Michele Lee

14.07.17

In the lead-up to the Sydney premiere of her award-winning play RICE, Michele Lee shares her thoughts on writing, identity, work and growing up in Canberra in the 90s. In June, in the balmy Brisbane winter, I watched the opening…

A Note from Lee, 6 July

06.07.17

Enchantment. That’s what great talent offers us. That is what is in the Stables this week as one of the world’s great talents Robyn Archer performs at Griffin. With Dr Michael Morley on piano and George Butrumlis on piano accordion…

A Note from Lee, 22 June

22.06.17

It’s the end of the financial year. Please donate to Griffin. Help us make new Australian plays. Help us find new classics that speak to us now, in our own voice, about things that matter to us all deeply. There, I’ve…

ATYP @ Griffin

08.06.17

Griffin Theatre Company will open its Stable doors to Australia’s national youth theatre company Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) to be the host venue for ATYP’s 2018 performance season in Sydney. Both Griffin and ATYP share a commitment to…

A Note from Lee, 8 June

Partnerships and possibilities. That’s where my brain is this week. – I am watching a great partnership develop in the rehearsal room between Kristy Best and Hsiao-Ling Tang as we work on Michele Lee’s play Rice under the Queensland Theatre roof….

A Note from Suzie Miller

01.06.17

As Sunset Strip rehearsals continue, playwright Suzie Miller discusses the play’s themes, her motivations in writing it and the thrill of watching it take shape under Anthony Skuse’s direction. I lost a beloved aunt from breast cancer when I was 10 years old….