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Dear Grif-friend,<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m typing to you with an uncommon quantity of spring in my fingers, having simply returned from three weeks of vacation (my first time taking depart since I began at Griffin\u2026 it\u2019s simpler to do when there\u2019s much less of a worldwide pandemic to fret about.) And really, this little break couldn\u2019t have come at a greater time after the wild experience that was helming Nicholas Brown<\/strong>\u2019s Sex Magick<\/em> as co-director. This present was one of many largest Griffin has ever tried, wrangling Indian classical dance, video projection, and two-and-a-half hours of a daring, chaotic, fast-moving globe-trotting play\u2014and it requested a lot <\/em>of its extraordinary forged to drag it off each night time. I\u2019m very grateful for all their laborious work. I\u2019m grateful to the audiences who turned out in droves and delivered us a sell-out season as a part of Sydney WorldPride<\/strong>. And I’m very, very <\/em>grateful to the waiters who shovelled cocktails into my face subsequent to a pool for 3 weeks as a part of my\u2026 umm\u2026 \u2018recovery\u2019?<\/p>\n If you noticed Sex Magick <\/em>you’d have marvelled on the video design of Solomon Thomas<\/strong>, who one way or the other found out a option to venture video onto smoke with little greater than PVC pipe, a fog machine, and the 2 projectors which might be the whole of Griffin\u2019s AV division. Solomon\u2019s ingenuity rolls into our subsequent present\u2014UFO<\/em><\/a>\u2014which he and Kirby Medway<\/strong> have co-created with re:group efficiency collective<\/a> as the primary providing of Griffin Lookout<\/a> in 2023. Griffin Lookout is our platform for Sydney\u2019s most distinctive impartial theatre artists to take free rein of the SBW Stables Theatre and create a brand new work with assist from the crew right here at Griffin. For my cash, Solomon and re:group are making a number of the most imaginative, stunning theatre in Australia proper now. If you’ll be able to think about a chunk of theatre with the extent of technical complexity of Sydney Theatre Company\u2019s The Picture of<\/em> Dorian Gray<\/em>, however with a microscopic funds\u2014that\u2019s what re:group pull off with each present. They hack collectively video cameras, Nintendo Wii remotes and PCs to create complicated, heartfelt, comedic and endlessly playful work. Check out this video<\/a> to see Solomon and his ensemble creating this beautiful 1:8 miniature world to venture onto the SBW Stables stage, and get your tickets stat.<\/p>\n But, naturally, that\u2019s not all that\u2019s taking place right here at Griffin. Next week is the kick-off of rehearsals for Eloise Snape<\/strong>\u2019s Pony<\/a>, <\/em>which arrives on the SBW Stables stage in simply 5 weeks time\u2026 And on the again of a triumphant, sold-out season at Melbourne Theatre Company, our manufacturing of Suzie Miller<\/strong>\u2019s Prima Facie<\/em><\/a> takes the magnificent Sheridan Harbridge<\/strong> on the primary leg of a whirlwind tour throughout the east coast of Australia. This week the residents of Tasmania might be feeling further particular, with Suzie\u2019s play having simply taken out one of many world\u2019s most prestigious prizes for theatre\u2014the Olivier Award<\/a>. The workforce at Griffin couldn’t be extra ecstatic for this world recognition of one thing we in Australia already knew\u2026 That Suzie is, really, one of the vital ferociously gifted, fearless and curious writers practising on the earth right now, and we\u2019re pinching ourselves that now we have the privilege of presenting Jailbaby<\/a> <\/em>(Suzie\u2019s fourth <\/em>premiere with Griffin!) later this yr.<\/p>\n Much love and see you within the theatre quickly,<\/strong> Declan Greene<\/strong>
Declan x<\/strong><\/p>\n
Artistic Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n