Griffin Theatre Company is Australia’s leading new writing theatre. The resident at the historic SBW Stables Theatre, Griffin develops and stages the best Australian stories, in a vital cultural hub, for the widest possible audience
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Submissions are still open for the 2012 Griffin Award.
Calling all Australian writers… the deadline for submissions to the 2012 Griffin Award is Tuesday, 14 February, 2012, 4pm! Don’t send us a Valentine, send us your new play instead. Read more
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Submissions for the 2013 Griffin Independent season are now open. Submissions close 14 APRIL 2012.
WHAT IS GRIFFIN INDEPENDENT?
Griffin Independent is Griffin’s annual season of red hot new writing co-presented with the country’s most exciting independent theatre-makers. Griffin Independent stages the best new writing, both Australian and international, by the best independent artists. Read more
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We’re thrilled to present a new class, Scenework Masterclass, with one of Australia’s leading acting teachers, Kevin Jackson. Read more…
As part of our season of The Boys by Gordon Graham, three paintings by Adam Cullen are on display in the Griffin foyer. They were originally part of the ‘Anita and Beyond’ exhibition at the Penrith Regional Gallery in 2003.
In a few words, how would you describe The Boys?
We’ve been discussing in rehearsals about how the play interrogates the notion of where violence comes from. It’s an idea that I’m still tackling and something my character Nola is constantly questioning: Where do bad things come from? And why do they keep happening to me?
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Griffins current production The Boys uses real grass in the set design. We spoke with our production manager Micah about the challenge of installing real grass into a theatre.
How did you get all the grass onto the stage?
We got a few of our brilliant volunteers to do it for us. Read more…