23.03.23
Dear Grif-friend,
It’s Julia right here—I’m the Production Manager of the nationwide Prima Facie tour this 12 months, and have been loving my time right here at Griffin Theatre Company. On a day-to-day foundation, yow will discover me wrangling all of the puzzle items that go into the ‘behind the scenes’ of a present—from contracting crew, to sourcing costumes and props, to creating certain manufacturing week runs easily and effectively. I get an actual kick out of constructing every thing backstage occur like clockwork so that you, the viewers, don’t discover my work!
For the previous few weeks, I’ve been working intently with stage supervisor Katie Hankin on helping with the supply of Prima Facie’s newest season down at Melbourne Theatre Company, and the present has had a sold-out dream run. Being from Melbourne myself, it’s been gratifying to lastly give my fellow hometowners a style of the present that’s taken the world by storm! Prima Facie enjoys its closing night time at Melbourne Theatre Company this Saturday night (identical to Sex Magick up right here on the SBW Stables Theatre). Then it’s off to Geelong and around the nation—we’re hitting the highway, child! If you’re in Hobart, Devonport, Warrnambool, Queanbeyan, Wagga Wagga, Wodonga or Toowoomba you then’re in for an absolute deal with, as a result of Prima Facie is coming to you! Some performances are offered out, however for those who’re fortunate, you’ll be capable of snag a ticket to see the unimaginable Sheridan Harbridge in motion.
I’d inform you to ebook your closing tickets to Sex Magick, however the present is completely offered out! An enormous congrats to the solid and creatives behind this mammoth present. It has been a lovely, loopy experience of a premiere and all of us at Griffin shall be nostalgic for it when the solid take their closing bows this Saturday night. Well performed all! (P.S. for those who’d prefer to attempt your luck, you’ll be able to all the time be part of the ever-growing waitlist for the present by calling or emailing the Griffin Box Office).
The enjoyable by no means stops in Griffin’s manufacturing division, with UFO by Kirby Medway & Solomon Thomas on the slate subsequent at our beloved theatre on the hill. This present is completely completely different to each Prima Facie and Sex Magick—it sees a 1:8 miniature model of a golf course constructed in the course of our kite-shaped stage, with performers working cameras fastened upon tiny fashions of themselves to create a dwell cinema expertise for audiences! Never seen something prefer it? Me neither! Tickets are promoting like hotcakes for this one, and it’s a restricted run of simply two weeks, so I extremely advocate that you just seize your tickets for UFO now.
That’s simply the tip of the iceberg of issues touchdown on my desk proper now at Griffin. See you in a lobby quickly!Â
Thanks for studying.
Love,
Julia
Julia Orlando
Production Manager – Prima Facie