20.03.25
Dear Grif-friend,
2025 has effectively and actually kicked off as we have now simply closed our season of Nucleus by Alana Valentine at Seymour Centre and IMMEDIATELY swung into creating an entire bunch of recent Australian works. Just this week, I’ve gotten to listen to readings of brand name new performs by the sensible writers Josipa Draisma, Happy Feraren, Jorjia Gillis, and Jacob Parker. And holy heck it has been so thrilling listening to all the brand new works being developed at Griffin. At a time when it seems like there are such a lot of urgent points, it’s thrilling to see new works being that have interaction with the nuanced political local weather we’re sitting in. From a First Nations play a couple of Mums’ Club with an antagonist referred to as “**** Mum” (censored phrase begins with a C 🙈), to a monologue from a Potts Point twink with American Psycho vibes, I believe the Griffin artistic improvement group has some wonderful performs on our palms and what we have to treatment the problems of at this time!
In addition to new performs, we even have developments of works programmed later in 2025 (I’m speaking about artistic developments a lot as a result of I’m the artistic improvement girly who runs our artistic developments; but additionally new work is thrilling, and try to be excited!). We’re gearing up for a closing desk learn of Koreaboo by Michelle Lim Davidson to trial out some Ok-pop earlier than we get within the rehearsal room. We knew the nudity side of Naturism by Ang Collins would should be delicately fleshed out. So we have now an enormous nude improvement arising the place we’ll take our solid on a fastidiously curated journey from performing clothed to performing unclothed.
The state of playwriting at Griffin Theatre Company is completely flourishing. Still, in the event you needed to know concerning the state of playwriting in Australia, then Leah Purcell could also be higher positioned to talk on that. Luckily for you, she’s going to! At the 2025 Griffin Award & Keynote on Wednesday 21 May in partnership with Sydney Writers’ Festival. The Griffin Award Keynote final yr by Angus Cerini was such a particular occasion that basically made me take into consideration writing for efficiency in new and thrilling methods, and I’m certain what Leah has in retailer will likely be equally as partaking and eye-opening about our business and what it means to be a author.
I used to be additionally fortunate sufficient to talk at The Old Fitz Theatre’s “Act 2” Launch, which included our first Griffin Lookout present of the yr, SISTREN by Iolanthe. I’m so flipping pumped for this present and what Io and Janet Anderson have in retailer for you. It is each a severe dialog about id and marginalisation in addition to some severe enjoyable! With the fabulous group at Green Door Theatre Company producing this work and it being directed by the beloved Ian Michael, I might purchase a ticket to this one as quickly as you may as a result of tickets are promoting like hotcakes.
Anyway, I’ll get again to creatively creating some artistic developments! I can’t wait to see you all at Belvoir St Theatre for Koreaboo.
Sending love,
Cassie
Associate Producer