The Dapto Chaser: From the rehearsal room

09.06.15

With one week of rehearsal under their belts, the Dapto Chaser team have launched into week 2. We’ve been following this dog around the tracks so sneaked in to the rehearsal room to capture Week 1: the design presentation, first read,…

The Bleeding Tree: Angus Cerini

Angus Cerini’s brutal, and brutally funny, The Bleeding Tree won the 2014 Griffin Award. Here he talks to us about the role of government and reveling in the downfall of those who prey on others.   It has been enormously enjoyable writing…

A Message from Lee 26 May

26.05.15

At the opening of Go East at the Art Gallery of NSW, Gene Sherman spoke of her life as a collector of contemporary art and as an Australian patron of the visual arts. She stood in front of the extraordinary…

The Dapto Chaser: Mary Rachel Brown

As The Dapto Chaser heads into the rehearsal room next week, playwright Mary Rachel Brown talks about winning the trifecta. In 2010, I was commissioned by Merrigong Theatre Company to write a play that would speak to the people in the Illawarra…

A message from Lee, 12 May 2015

11.05.15

It was a dark and stormy night. NO! It was a gloriously blue sky day down at Circular Quay on Saturday when we opened the first season of Griffin’s Really Intimate Theatre! Great Australian actors performed monologues from great Australian…

The House on the Lake: Aidan Fennessy

10.05.15

As we approach opening night for The House on the Lake , playwright Aidan Fennessy talks about the particular nuances of writing a crime narrative.  My ambition when writing this play was twofold; engage an audience with an intricate narrative and…

2015 Griffin Studio: Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes

08.05.15

We’re excited to introduce two of our 2015 Griffin Studio artists Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes. Guy and Matt are the creative duo behind Sydney based directing team Boomshaka Film. Two of Australia’s most industrious talents; Guy and Matt are busy performing, writing…

The House on the Lake: Director Kim Hardwick

As we approach opening night, The House on the Lake director, Kim Hardwick writes ‘around’ the play and examines why the thrill of discovery never gets old. I would like to write nothing about this play.  No Director’s Notes. The…

Griffin's Intimate Theatre this Saturday

06.05.15

If you enjoy getting up close and personal at Griffin then you’ll love our Really Intimate Theatre. One actor, one audience member – we’re taking Griffin to the streets. We’ll be at East Circular Quay on the promenade in front of the Quay Grand Hotel (on the way to…

A message from Lee, 29 April 2015

27.04.15

We are creating our end-of-financial year fundraising campaign and I need to ask the acting community of Griffin for support. When we ran the 2014 campaign, I received a lot of emails from actors saying they wished they could donate…