18.05.23
Dear Grif-friend,
Ang from the Marketing group right here! I hope you’re properly and have efficiently transitioned your summer time wardrobe to your autumn/winter one, making your on a regular basis existence trendy and cosy in equal measure. Next week, I’m headed off for a little bit of depart to Tokyo, which suggests there’s at present a large pile of summer time garments sitting on my ground, ready to be packed.
This week, nonetheless, has been completely chock-full of pleasure right here at Griffin HQ, with Pony by Eloise Snape having fun with rapturous applause, ★★★★ evaluations and an all-round spectacular opening on the SBW Stables Theatre! Team Marketing has been beavering away at a pair of sparkly, shiny, textured photograph partitions that stand on proud show within the lobby of our pricey theatre—and we’ve collected an assortment of hats for keen viewers members to don and pose with of their Insta piccies or TikTok movies. So a lot enjoyable!
But sufficient about what I’ve been spending my week on—the inventive group behind Pony has been working so arduous throughout previews to convey you, the viewers, a one girl present that’s hilarious, relatable and completely lovely. I’ve seen the present twice now and I can’t wait to go a 3rd time. I introduced my dad and mom on Mother’s Day weekend they liked it—my dad even known as it a “must see” (facet notice: dads reviewing theatre could be an important podcast concept!). Pony is the proper play to convey your dad and mom, grownup youngsters, associates or associate to—it’s fairly merely a heck of a enjoyable experience. I extremely advocate it!
Of course, we are able to’t discuss one girl reveals at Griffin with out mentioning the continued success of Suzie Miller‘s Prima Facie. It was announced this week that the incredible Cynthia Erivo will star as Tessa in the movie adaptation (!!!) of the play that has made waves on stage in over 25 countries (!!!). I have worked at Griffin for over five years, and tracking the very beginnings of Prima Facie‘s development through to where it is now has been a pure trip. I still can’t fairly consider the enormity of a play that began proper right here on the SBW Stables Theatre. It makes me so pleased with what our theatre can do!
If you’d prefer to see Prima Facie‘s spiritual sequel, Suzie Miller‘s Jailbaby opens this July, and tickets are already selling fast! Get in quick and you might see the humble beginnings of yet another global success from one of Australia’s greatest playwrights.
I feel Prima Facie and Pony are each glorious examples of the astonishing calibre of theatre that Griffin produces on the common. We make work that persistently punches above its weight largely due to our passionate household of donors, whose generosity accounts for a couple of third of our whole revenue as a theatre firm. This finish of economic yr Griffin wants the assist of theatre lovers such as you to assist us obtain some fairly thrilling issues within the close to future (together with the event of brand name new work, supporting the nation’s most fun artists, and guaranteeing nice Australian theatre is for everybody). It was additionally a number of enjoyable to work on this yr’s hilarious EOFY video—test it out and contemplate donating right this moment!
I feel that’s all from me. I’ll see you across the theatre as soon as I’m again from Japan!
Love,
Ang
Ang Collins
Content Producer