The Fates
by Griffin's Resident Playwrights
19 May - 10 November 2009
"The Gods were moved; but none can break the ancient Sisters' iron decrees." Metamorphoses, Ovid
In Greek history, The Fates represented man’s inescapable destiny.
These three fearsome sisters – Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos – weaved, measured and cut the very thread of life itself. Keeping an eternal watch, they ensured the allotted fates took their course without obstruction from men or gods. Now, in 2009, Griffin’s newest resident playwrights offer three contemporary short plays provoked and inspired by The Fates’ myth with Spin, Measure and Cut.
A foretaste of three distinctive voices to come, The Fates are a thrilling theatrical one-off to prove that good things really do come in small packages…
KAMARRA BELL-WHYKES descends from Wales and the Jagera and Duling-bara people from South East Queensland. An actor and writer, she has had several plays produced with Chopped Liver (an Ilbijerri/DHS co-production) in its second year of national touring. A new play, Mothers Tongue, is in development with Yirra Yaakin. Kamarra lives in the Northern Territory.
JONATHAN ARI LANDER is currently completing his PhD at UNSW. In 2001, he was accepted into NIDA’s Playwriting Studio. His play Broken Dreams was presented at Griffin Searchlight in 2005. In 2007, Ezekiel’s Song was presented at Theatre@Risk’s Festival of New Works. Jonathan won the Max Afford Award for Revolution, to be presented at the 2009 National Play Festival.
A graduate of VCA, CATHERINE RYAN is a writer and theatre maker living in Dja Dja Wurrung country in Central Victoria. Past plays include Gravity, Getting Away from it All and Aurora Calling: The Results of a Joint Observation. In 2001 she co-founded Castlemaine’s Barking Owl Theatre. Catherine’s work has been shortlisted for many awards – including the 2008 Griffin Award.
Directed by Nick Marchand, Lee Lewis and Sarah Giles
