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Dear Grif-friend,\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Where I dwell, within the Inner West, on Gadigal and Wangal Country, the wattle is in bloom. This feels serendipitous, given we\u2019re deep within the throes of rehearsal for our subsequent Main Season present\u2014the extreme, heart-hurting Whitefella Yella Tree<\/em><\/a> by Dylan Van Den Berg<\/strong>. The yella tree in Dylan\u2019s play will not be wattle\u2014it\u2019s a tree that bears an odd yellow fruit that confuses characters Ty and Neddy. But after that includes in our luminous present trailer<\/a>, wattle now feels someway a part of the play\u2019s cinematic universe\u2026<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m at the moment within the second-last week of rehearsals for Dylan\u2019s play<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>working as co-director alongside the exceptional Amy Sole<\/strong> (who can also be the recently-appointed Creative Associate of Ilbijerri<\/a>). Amy and I’ve been relishing within the intelligence, complexity, and creativeness of Dylan\u2019s writing. As we watch the work taking form there may be a lot to be enthusiastic about. The performances of Guy Simon<\/strong> and Callan Purcell<\/strong>, the <\/span>beautiful <\/span><\/i>design by Mason Browne<\/strong>, lush sounds by Steve Toulmin<\/strong>, all of the shades of sundown in Kelsey Lee<\/strong>\u2019s lighting design\u2026 Photographer Brett Boardman<\/strong> captured a few valuable moments<\/a> within the rehearsal room final week, which I hope convey even a tenth<\/span>\u00a0of the enjoyment radiating out of this artistic course of. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If there\u2019s <\/span>any <\/span><\/i>level of apprehension I really feel about <\/span>Whitefella Yella Tree<\/span><\/i>, it\u2019s purely that it has a tricky act to observe\u2026! Last Saturday was the ultimate efficiency of Merlynn Tong<\/strong>\u2019s <\/span>Golden Blood (<\/span><\/i>\u9ec4\u91d1\u8840\u6db2<\/span><\/i>)\u2014<\/span><\/i>and we are going to actually miss Merlynn, Charles Wu<\/strong>, and the harmful, heart-rending world they evoked on the SBW Stables stage each evening beneath Tessa Leong<\/strong>\u2019s route. I\u2019m so happy with everybody who labored on the present and the Griffin workers supporting the artistic group each step of the way in which. It was totally deserving of its slate of glowing<\/span> critiques and the viewers suggestions it obtained evening after evening.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Also, in different bittersweet information, you could have seen our announcement on our social pages in regards to the postponement<\/a> of <\/span>Blaque Showgirls <\/span><\/i>into our 2023 Season. In case you didn\u2019t catch this on the time, this determination was under no circumstances a simple one to make, however director Shari Sebbens<\/strong> has landed an thrilling new performing function (to be introduced quickly!), and playwright Nakkiah Lui<\/strong> simply introduced a beautiful new child into the world<\/a>! You can study extra by studying the FAQs<\/a> over on the Griffin weblog, and all ticket holders have been contacted by the Griffin Box Office with subsequent steps for his or her tickets. We\u2019re so excited that <\/span>Blaque Showgirls <\/span><\/i>would be the glitzy, gargantuan jewel for subsequent yr\u2014contemplate this a salacious sneak peek!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Even with out <\/span>Blaque Showgirls <\/span><\/i>there\u2019s nonetheless lots extra theatre at Griffin in 2022. Our closing Griffin Lookout present for the yr, <\/span>Mother May We<\/span><\/i><\/a> (created and carried out by the magnificent Mel Ree<\/strong>) is gearing as much as take residence within the SBW Stables Theatre for 2 weeks throughout September and October, after which the despicably pleasant Ash Flanders<\/strong> is bringing his acclaimed one man present End Of<\/em>.<\/a> to the SBW Stables direct from Melbourne, directed by Stephen Nicolazzo<\/strong>, contemporary off the again of his beautiful manufacturing of Looking for Alibrandi<\/em>.\u00a0I hear very thrilling issues coming from the artistic group already\u2014this one\u2019s gonna be fairly particular.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And that\u2019s every little thing from me. I can\u2019t wait to point out you the fantastic thing about <\/span>Whitefella Yella Tree <\/span><\/i>in simply a few weeks\u2019 time\u2014I\u2019ll see you on the theatre!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Much love, Declan Greene\u00a0<\/strong>
Declan xx\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
Artistic Director\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n