A Note from Lee, 21 July

21.07.16

To the lovely Literati’s we bid farewell,Thanks for the laughs – it’s sure been swell. Now take a deep breath as the work beginsSo the fabulous Gloria gets under your skins. But before you get Marta, our gift to youIs a romance from…

In Conversation: Benedict Andrews

20.07.16

You currently live in Iceland. Has this distance given you a new perspective of Australia? Yes, Iceland is now my home. I haven’t lived in Australia for the last decade — I was based in Berlin before Reykjavik. Through most of…

A Note from Lee, 7 July

07.07.16

I had expected to be able to talk about the elections. That’s not going to happen. Nothing about double dissolutions, Brexits, Trumps or Hansons.  Instead I would like to congratulate Melissa Reeves for winning the 2016 Griffin Award for Best…

Phil Spencer In Conversation

06.07.16

I am currently co-writing/co-parenting a new full-length show called The Smallest Hour – it is, for want of a better phrase, a bleak romantic comedy. My fellow collaborator is Susie Youssef. Susie is a writer, actor, stand-up comedian and an…

A Note from Lee, June 22

22.06.16

So I’m sitting watching The Literati last night. The show was going really well. Then in the final moments of Tristan Tosser – the climax of the play – I look at actor Gareth Davies and see a teabag(!?!) dangling from…

A Note from Lee, 9 June

09.06.16

Winter is here but so is The Literati – a great big bubble of fun to warm you up. With the best cast you can imagine, shamelessly wielding Justin Fleming’s rhymes, the Griffin Bell partnership is a hit! The next couple…

A note from Lee, 26 May

25.05.16

You have no doubt heard and read about the funding cuts to the small to medium sized companies like Griffin in the last 18 months. I am relieved to tell you that we have received funding for the next four…

A Note from Lee, 11 May

11.05.16

Love is in the air at Griffin. Loving rehearsals of The Literati. Love a comedy. Loving the awesome last performance of Replay on Saturday night and loving how happy playwright Phil Kavanagh was with his first play in Sydney. Loving…

Griffin Award Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the 2016 Griffin Award includes: Shortlisted plays: -Savage by Jane Bodie -Body Farm by Michael Collins -promiscuous/cities by Lachlan Philpott -The Zen of Table Tennis by Melissa Reeves -The Age of Bones (Jaman Belulang) by Sandra Thibodeaux …

In conversation with Justin Fleming

04.05.16

What first inspired you to the classics and  Moliere? French was the only modern language taught at my school. My parents knew French and I had two aunts, Judith and Elizabeth, who both taught senior French. French people sometimes ask…