Q & A with Jennifer Wong

26.05.17

Comedian Jennifer Wong is taking part in GRIFFIN SCRATCH – an adventurous experiment wherein we take 6 writers, comedy brains and theatre makers and lock them away together to write for a week, brewing up ideas that will be presented by…

On tour with: Christian from Roald Dahl's 'The Witches'

25.05.17

It feels like only yesterday we were learning the ways of The Witches back in Sydney, and yet, we are already as well seasoned as a delicious Green Pea Soup…  Our journey began in Townsville, Queensland. We were met with ominous…

A Note from Lee, 25 May

Hello from beautiful Brisbane. I am ensconced in the rehearsal rooms of Queensland Theatre working on Michele Lee’s play Rice. Her play won the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2016-2017, and it is a real joy to be bringing it to the…

A Note from the Director, Kate Gaul on The Ham Funeral

08.05.17

The subject of The Ham Funeral is not so much a funeral as a birth, the birth of a poet. We follow the Young Man’s journey through crises of intimidation and self-doubt, from the “great, damp, crumbling house” in which…

A Word from the Assistant Directors, The Ham Funeral

It feels like only yesterday that we were sitting round the table grappling with the text and trying desperately to honour the words of Patrick White…references and symbols and imagery and rhythm…and so much laughter. The kind of laughter that…

A Note from Phil, 11 May

“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”– Bill Shankly Having bitten nails at a penalty shootout and chanted…

Smurf in Wanderland review

04.05.17

“For Smurf is not just about football; it is about la condition humaine – where we all have our failures and humiliations, as well as our moments of triumph and joy.” Maggie Mason from Arts & Tarts saw Smurf in Wanderland at Riverside…

A Note From Charles O’Grady

29.04.17

The Faggots and The Bitchy Trans: On Community in Queer Theatre By Charles O’GradyAssistant to the Director, The Homosexuals or ‘Faggots’ Being trans, I have learned, is a lot about making concessions, and compromises, and sacrifices, and learning to be okay with…

A Note From Lee, 27 April

27.04.17

So, for the past few weeks I have been commuting out to Parramatta to make a show called Smurf In Wanderland. It is coming to Griffin next week and if you are a fan of any kind of sport, not…

Reflections from Rehearsal: Nick Atkins on Smurf In Wanderland

On the first day of rehearsals, following the first read, a conversation started about the layout of Western Sydney. It comes up in the script a couple of times. During the performance, David Williams describes his experience criss-crossing the city….