December 2011
17 posts
Chats with Maja Zade
Maja Zade is the incredibly talented translator for the Ugly One. Maja is the current Dramaturg at Schaubuhne theatre in Berlin. Take a peek at her other theatre&translation credits including The Pigeons 2010, first produced at the Griffin Stables
Your translated version of The Ugly One has been an international success, have you seen many performances of it in English? I’ve only seen...
TOO MUCH HOLIDAY TIME? PART TWO: PACT THEATRE.
There are a couple of places that spring to mind when you think of emerging artists in Sydney. One of the first, for me, is PACT Theatre, which is nestled in the heart of Erskineville. Their vision is to feed “the ecology of artistic practice in Australia by providing a centre for emerging artists to create, produce and present inter-disciplinary...
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TOO MUCH HOLIDAY TIME?
I know that, for some, Christmas can be an anxious time of overeating and oversharing, particularly with those relatives you see only once a year. Do not be afraid: just look beyond the pudding to the rad opportunities that have started floating around for 2012.
The following is just a handful of what can be found with a little digging.
The Reginald: The Seymour Centre have opened their...
Sydney Theatre Awards nominations announced
Check out all the nominations for this year’s Sydney Theatre Awards. Yay theatre.
Read the full list at Australian Stage Online here.
PLAYWRITING DETOX WITH LACHLAN PHILPOTT
Griffin’s 10-week long Play Detox was a response to writers’ requests for a sustained play writing workshop that offers writers ways to interrogate and reinvigorate their existent plays. During the 10-week detox, 8 writers collaborated with playwright and teacher Lachlan Philpott to work closely on each play.
Lachlan:
Why detox? In Australian play development there is a tendency to focus on...
A note from amazing playwright Jessica Bellamy
On Monday I found out that I was the very lucky recipient of the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award. This is an award valued at $20,000 for the development of a new play that emphasises “positive values such as faith, hope and love”. Sprout is a play set in an environmentally ravaged Australia of the future, where people maintain a sense of hope, joy and love through their connection to...
Shout out for Vollies!
Griffin Front of House is there to quench your thirst when you come to see a play, and we need more volunteers to help out on the bar!
All you need is your R.S.A, ability to count a dollars and handle money, and of course a friendly face for the beloved guests of Griffin stables.
Volunteers work once a fortnight or more if you want, and receive 2 complementary tickets for the show!
Please...
The 2012 Rory Dempster Internship is now open for...
The internship is in honour of Rory Dempster, a distinguished lighting designer who passed away in 2004 after working extensively in Australia and internationally. Applications are open to young and emerging lighting designers in Australia who are under 30 years old or in the first 5 years of professional practice. The recipient will be given a stipend to work in secondment with a leading lighting...
$15 Tickets to all Griffin mainstage and independent shows for Artist Card Holders! Woo!!