Company Profile
Griffin Theatre Company is one of the great engine rooms of the Australian theatre and the only theatre company in Sydney entirely dedicated to the professional development and production of new plays by Australian writers.
A not-for-profit company that has operated successfully since 1978, Griffin Theatre Company -
- offers an annual subscription season of 4 to 6 new plays at the SBW Stables Theatre.
- regularly tours its productions throughout Australia.
- operates an annual Education program encompassing Griffin Ambassadors, Master Acting Classes, Writing Classes & Corporate Training.
- operates an annual Playwrights' Residency.
- encourages new writing through the annual Griffin Award.
- presents Griffin Stablemates - an annual theatre season of independent theatre productions, offering emerging theatre artists the chance to reach audiences in a nurturing and subsidised environment.
- Griffin is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross, the original home of the Nimrod Theatre Company and one of the birthplaces of contemporary Australian theatre.
Griffin has always been a place of good beginnings. Many artists who began professional careers at Griffin now contribute significantly to the Australian theatre, film and television industries, including Cate Blanchett and Jacqueline McKenzie. The hit films Lantana and The Boys began life as plays first produced by Griffin, as did the TV series Heartbreak High. Many other plays premiered by Griffin are produced regularly throughout Australia and internationally, including Holding the Man, Clark in Sarajevo, Wolf Lullaby and Australia's most produced play, Away.