GRIFFIN ARTIST BLOG

Griffin Artist Card membership is an initiative to increase access to our theatre. This program facilitates the coming together of artists across different disciplines and at different stages of their career. It supports and strengthens a vibrant emerging artist community, as well as acknowledging this community as an important part of the Griffin family and the wider theatre world.

How does it work? We want to offer a place where artists can see work, discuss work and make work.

To see work, we will continue to offer heavily discounted $15 tickets, which can be booked in the first fortnight of all Griffin and Griffin Independent shows, Performance Space shows at members' rates and ticket deals and giveaways to other theatre companies.

To discuss work, we are introducing regular Artist Card events where the community can come together for a drink.

And finally, we are supporting emerging artists in their making of new, bold and exciting work. Griffringe will continue to be a great avenue for artist card holders to display their work. We will also be offering (where possible!) free use of our space for readings and developments.

The Artist Card is a community. It is the glitter glue that brings all the cool amazing arty people together and helps them sparkle. So it's almost like glitter glue squared. If you are interested in joining the artist card outfit, please email artist@griffintheatre.com.au or come along to our next shindig….Hope to see you there!

Feb 19
BEST WE FORGET “You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realise that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all… Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing.” – Luis Bunuel I had the chance to catch Adelaide performance collective isthisyours? and their Adelaide-Fringe-award-winning production Best We Forget, which is currently showing at the Old Fitz. For a clutch of reviews, see Joan Beal on artshub, Jason Blake for SMH, Gus Supple, and a particularly compelling interview by Roslyn Helper of director Tessa Leong for The Brag, which speaks to the fundamental binding fear that we all share of being forgotten. Best We Forget Developed by isthisyours? including Louisa Mignone and Lydia Nicholson Director: Tessa Leong Lighting Design: Govin Ruben Set/Costume Design: Alistair Watts Sound Design/Composition: Andrew Russ Performers: Jude Henshall, Nadia Rossi and Ellen Steele The Old Fitzroy Theatre 129 Dowling Street Woolloomooloo 7 February–25 February 2012 Check out the TRS website here.

BEST WE FORGET

“You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realise that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all… Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing.” – Luis Bunuel

I had the chance to catch Adelaide performance collective isthisyours? and their Adelaide-Fringe-award-winning production Best We Forget, which is currently showing at the Old Fitz.

For a clutch of reviews, see Joan Beal on artshub, Jason Blake for SMH, Gus Supple, and a particularly compelling interview by Roslyn Helper of director Tessa Leong for The Brag, which speaks to the fundamental binding fear that we all share of being forgotten.

Best We Forget
Developed by isthisyours? including Louisa Mignone and Lydia Nicholson
Director: Tessa Leong
Lighting Design: Govin Ruben
Set/Costume Design: Alistair Watts
Sound Design/Composition: Andrew Russ
Performers: Jude Henshall, Nadia Rossi and Ellen Steele

The Old Fitzroy Theatre
129 Dowling Street Woolloomooloo
7 February–25 February 2012

Check out the TRS website here.
Posted at 5:45 AM