Griffin Studio 2015: David Williams

10.08.15

2015 Griffin Studio Artist David Williams on blank pages, documentary theatre practice and football fandom. Dear Friend of Griffin, I’ve been asked to write a little something for you about my theatre practice and my work as a member of…

Affiliate Director: Adam Deusien

04.08.15

Affiliate Director, Adam Deusien, talks about regional Australia and stories that transcend geography. My name is Adam Deusien and I’m the Affiliate Director attached to Angus Cerini’s The Bleeding Tree. I’ve spent the last six weeks sitting in on this…

A message from Ben Winspear: 21 July 2015

20.07.15

This week. In the theatre: Obsession, inspiration, impossible odds and the occasional act of reckless bravery. Mary Rachel Brown could be listing the prerequisites for life as an Australian playwright, or describing the humour and anguish of her characters from The…

2015 Griffin Studio: Kim Hardwick

17.07.15

We talk to 2015 Griffin Studio Artist Kim Hardwick about new writing, The House on the Lake, drive-ins and peddling Choc Tops and Chiko Rolls. As a little girl I dreamt of being a nun, a ballerina or the mother of…

MinusOneSister blog by Director, Luke Rogers

When tackling a new work, especially one as exciting and challenging as Anna Barnes’ MinusOneSister, you want to make sure that you can give it the greatest amount of support and development possible.  Stories Like These is a company that…

From the rehearsal room: The Bleeding Tree

07.07.15

As The Bleeding Tree company enter their third week of rehearsals, Affiliate Director Adam Deusien explores how we respond and publicly talk about domestic violence and violence against women. Our rehearsal room for The Bleeding Tree faces west, pretty much over…

A note from Lee 24 June, 2015

24.06.15

What a night! The 2015 Griffin Award for the best new Australian play was won by Stephen Carleton for his black black black environmental tragic farce THE TURQUOISE ELEPHANT. YAY! No, yay isn’t in the title… yay for him, yay for Queensland, yay…

Affiliate Director: Samantha Young

23.06.15

Affiliate Director, Samantha Young, talks to us about working with the Griffin Studio and the Griffin Award. My name is Samantha Young and I’m the Affiliate Director who has been attached to Griffin Studio this year. I first met Lee…

A message from Karen – 10 June.

10.06.15

1 June, the onset of winter and the cold and flu season which has swept in with a vengeance at Griffin, taking our Artistic team out with it! Hence Lee has passed the baton to me for this week’s newsletter. …

Griffin Studio: Karen Therese

Last week at Griffin Studio we ate Watermelon cake as a special treat from Lee. It was delicious. In the coming weeks I am inviting the Griffin Studio artists to Fairfield for a breakfast of Turkish coffee and Arab sweets….