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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!

Posts tagged Tanya Goldberg

May 1

DAY #4

Apologies for the late Day #4. I was swept up in the spectacle that is Bojana Novakovic and Ride On Theatre’sThe Story of Mary Maclane by Herself at Griffin last night. What a lady.

And Tim Rogers with that gee-tar (my heart be still).

The main lesson that I took away from rehearsal yesterday is the importance of both laughter and biscuits. The break is a crucial part of rehearsal as it allows people to breathe with each other, to make jokes and gossip (more than once have I been threatened with a ruined career if I dare to break the cone of silence), all of which lead to bonds of intimacy between the performers, writer and director.

If I could make a flow-chart on this blog it would look like this:

Biscuits and jokes

lead to

Laughter and comfort

which lead to

Trust

which leads to

A group of artists able to create work from a foundation of security and stability.

We’ve all seen shows where the performers look uncomfortable and unhappy with what they’re doing. This can generally be traced back to the director not being in key enough with his/her performers and what they are/are not comfortable with performing on stage, which is also able to be traced back to a lack of trust between performers and director.

Directors note: you needed more biscuits.

Mar 21

Check out Tanya’s theatre company Ride On (and turn the people on) Theatre. It looks pretty damn rad from here. They are about to put on

The Story Of Mary MacLane By Herself

at Griffin (4 April - 12 May). Tim Rogers is doing music for it. Whatevs.

SATURDAY INTENSIVE WITH DIRECTOR TANYA GOLDBERG - MONOLOGUE MASTERCLASS

Max. 15 participants

Appropriate for those with previous experience in acting, directing or playwriting.

All participants will be required to prepare one monologue to be workshopped collectively.

Work with Griffin Studio Resident Director Tanya Goldberg on the complex art of delivering a good monologue, from the perspectives of the writer, director and performer. Locate the journey of the piece, explore its rich details through specific exercises, and learn about approaches in a masterclass environment.

This all-day intensive will involve both a writing and performing component. All participants are required to prepare a 3-minute monologue, classic or contemporary, with a list of suggestions for classic pieces provided.

Tanya Goldberg is co-artistic director of independent theatre company Ride On Theatre. She directs for stage and screen.

Tanya has directed classic and contemporary theatre works for companies including Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, ATYP, NIDA & WAAPA. She recently received a Mike Walsh Fellowship, Ian Potter Cultural Trust Award, and completed the 2010 Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and a Dramaturgy Exchange at the Müncher Kammerspiele.

Tanya has directed the short films Great Western (Screen NSW EFF), Heck (Palm Springs International ShortFest 2011, WOW Film Festival 2012, Australian Film Festival 2012, Newport Beach Festival 2012) and The Mighty Hand of God and produced Cupid and Pig (Berlinale 2011, Cannes Cinemas des Antipodes 2011).

WHEN Saturday 28 April, 2012
WHERE Rex Centre, Kings Cross
COST $95 (limited to 15 participants)

Jan 30

THE VOICES PROJECT 2012: THE ONE SURE THING

By writers from atyp’s Fresh Ink program

Directed by Tanya Goldberg

‘It’s often said that in the unpredictability of life we can only count on one sure thing. Makes you wonder why it keeps coming as such a surprise!’

‘The One Sure Thing’ brings together a compelling collection of monologues from the country’s brightest emerging playwrights, performed by a young adult cast, directed by one of Sydney’s most exciting young professionals. Tender, surprising, cheeky and uplifting, we invite you to come and take an unusual look at young lives’ first experience of death. In this production there’s only one thing you can count on … it’s not what you expect.

‘The One Sure Thing’ is the second annual installment in the overwhelmingly successful ‘The Voices Project’. Born from the need for quality scripts specifically tailored for young actors, this collection of seven-minute monologues will challenge the way you look at youth theatre. ‘The Voices Project 2011: Tell It Like It Isn’t’ was a runaway success. This is a unique opportunity for a first look at the scripts that young people will be performing for years to come.

Book tickets here http://www.atyp.com.au/index.php/atyp-productions/the-voices-project-2012—the-one-sure-thing

Tanya Goldberg: Q&A

What are you working on currently?

The One Sure Thing - a collection of monologues written by young playwrights for young actors. ATYP run this fantastic mentorship & development program for young playwrights, called Fresh Ink. This show is 10 monologues that were selected from a total of 18, written in December 2011. The ink really is fresh.

Who, or what, inspires you to create?

There’s an ever-present urge in my gut. It’s been there my whole life.

What was the most interesting thing you saw recently?

Apart from the magic show at my 5-year old nephew’s birthday party, I saw a wild Hamlet in Hamburg directed by Luk Perceval. It was just over a year ago and I still can’t get it out of my head.

What is the best piece of advice that you’ve been given?

The devil is in the details.

Who, past or present, would you like to share a meal with and why?

My grandparents, who I wish I could talk to as an adult. Also maybe a table including Christopher Hitchens, Frida Kahlo, Catherine the Great, Eddie Izzard and Dennis Leary?

Tanya is one of the 2012 Resident Artists at Griffin and is currently directing The One Sure Thing for The Voices Project 2012 at ATYP. Check it out here.