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Australia's Leading New Writing Theatre

Griffin Theatre Company

For thirty years, Griffin Theatre Company has been Australia's new writing theatre. Griffin has a reputation for artistic excellence, its low-fi atmosphere, and its role as a major force in shaping the future of Australian theatre.

The resident theatre company of the historic SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross, Griffin dedicates itself to the nurture, presentation and promotion of outstanding Australian playwriting and contemporary theatre. An engine-room for theatrical discovery, ingenuity and diversity, Griffin exists to bring playwrights and new writing for the stage to national and international attention.

Retaining a special place in the performing arts landscape, Griffin is a key portal for the profession at large - a gateway for actors, designers, directors and of course, playwrights. Having produced numerous groundbreaking plays since its establishment in 1979, Griffin continues to invest in artistic and audience development - with professional residencies for playwrights and directors, a workshop and commissions program, education and outreach projects and an annual program of works in development.

2012 Season
To begin with, our Main Season of the finest Australian stories has grown from four shows to five, including a partnership with Sydney Festival and the presentation of Griffin work in cities around Australia.

The five shows in the Main Season offer five very different nights in the theatre. Gordon Graham's classic The Boys is a violent, confronting, edge-of-your-seat experience. Bojana Novakovic's The Story of Mary MacLane by Herself is playful, bluesy, and seductive. Paul Capsis' solo triumph Angela's Kitchen is warm-hearted, gentle and affecting. Rick Viede's A Hoax is a guilty pleasure - provocative and hilarious in the same breath. Finally, Ian Meadows' Between Two Waves sweeps us inexorably into the dilemma of a warming world.

All the plays in the 2012 Main Season are united by characters who demand to be heard, and who will linger with you long after you leave their company: from the captivatingly violent Brett Sprague in The Boys to the irrepressibly charismatic poet Mary the strength and resilience of post-war migrants embodied in Angela Rick Viede's deceptively charming posse of outsiders desperate to be on the inside and Ian Meadows' Daniel and Fiona, a beautifully drawn and instantly recognisable couple confronting their own and the planet's future.

2012 Season

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