A Rabbit for Kim Jong-il – watch our trailer

06.10.15

A Rabbit for Kim Jong-il – giant rabbits, spies, double-crossing and oppressive regimes. All from the brilliant mind of Kit Brookman. A Rabbit for Kim Jong-il plays from 10 October – 21 November. Take a squiz at the trailer. More info +…

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A Message from Lee 22 September

22.09.15

A rabbit walks into a pub and says to the barman “Can I have a schooner of beer and a Ham and Cheese Toastie” The barman is amazed but gives the rabbit a schooner and a ham and cheese toastie….

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Kit Brookman on a Rabbit for Kim Jong-il

08.09.15

This play is not a true story, but it is inspired by one. In 2006, in Germany, a breeder of giant rabbits was approached by the North Korean government to acquire a number of his rabbits, ostensibly for a breeding…

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A Message from Karen Rodgers

Last week was huge for the team at Griffin and we are all thrilled to have 2016 successfully launched! The subscriptions are rolling in and don’t forget if you’re interested in our Earlybird Subscription (four Plays for $136), this offer ends…

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MinusOneSister: From the Rehearsal Room

As we head towards the first preview for MinusOneSister, designer Georgia Hopkins reveals her process for the characters’ costume designs. For me, MinusOneSister has been a big journey into the world of the classical Greek texts, an exploration of revenge,…

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Our 2016 Season Trailer

31.08.15

2016 is here! Check out the incredible plays, writers, directors, actors and designers heading to the Stables in 2016.    Take a look at our 2016 Brochure online and check out our 2016 Season trailer, below.     Buy your 2016 Subscription…

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A message from Lee 25 August

25.08.15

Spring is on its way and so is the launch of our 2016 Season! Next Monday, I will share with you the lineup of extraordinary new plays that you’ll see on the Stables stage next year. I am near to…

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MinusOneSister: From the rehearsal room

24.08.15

As the MinusOneSister company head into their final stretch of rehearsals, actor Contessa Treffone reveals the excitement of working on a challenging and inventive script. I started working on MinusOneSister 2 years ago. It was at the Patrick White Playwrights’…

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Ben Winspear: Day of the Playwright

Griffin Associate Artist, Ben Winspear headed to Tasmania earlier this month to speak at Blue Cow Theatre’s Day of the Playwright  Earlier this month, Hobart’s Blue Cow Theatre held a Day of the Playwright session for local writers, aimed at…

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A message from Ben Winspear: 11 August

11.08.15

Theatre makes news. Sometimes the safety of fiction allows us to tell terrible truths. In The Bleeding Tree Angus Cerini has built a sharp and brilliant chandelier of fantasy that refracts and fractures our dark truths into brilliant, fantastical light, illuminating the…

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