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Q U E E S N T T I WELCOME R N X T P A L I A N I N
How do I describe to you how great the Griffin 2016 Season is? I went looking for inspiration. I found Bharata Muni’s treatise on art, the Natya Shastra. Written in ancient Sanskrit, it suggests that all good theatre must do three things simultaneously:
1. Entertain the drunk 2. Question how we live 3. Explain how the universe works
That is what the Griffin 2016 Season will do! When you need inspiration in 2016, climb up the hill to Nimrod Street and see the plays created for you by the best writers, actors, designers and directors in the country. Australian plays – homegrown inspiration, made just for you. Lee Lewis Artistic Director
WELCOME TO GRIFFIN For nearly 40 years, Griffin has been dedicated to bringing the best Australian stories to the stage. We are the only theatre in the country to offer you subscription packages comprised entirely of new Australian works. In 2016 we’re proud to be producing five extraordinary world premiere plays. Your subscription can also include special events and works from leading independent artists. We will continue our commitment to supporting artists through professional residencies, workshops, commissions and our major national playwriting awards. Griffin is a major force in shaping the future of Australian theatre: it is a home for the courageous and the curious, for the imaginations that inspire us. Our stage is the historic SBW Stables Theatre, a centre for artistic excellence, discovery and ingenuity. We hope to see you here soon. 3
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WORLD PREMIERE GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY AND BELL SHAKESPEARE PRESENT THE LITERATI BY JUSTIN FLEMING AFTER MOLIÈRE’S LES FEMMES SAVANTES 27 MAY - 16 JULY
V I THE R TERATI U E Juliet and Clinton are in love. Guileless, sweet, all-encompassing love. However, love is not without its impediments. Standing in the way of their eternal happiness are Juliet’s mother and sister, whose disapproval is of the most high-brow kind. Griffin is doing a Molière! Why? Because that great Australian playwright, Justin Fleming, has audaciously brought this one screaming into 21st century Australia and it is fabulous. We love it. It’s sassy, it’s silly, it’s Sydney.
And it’s also a glorious new co-production with Bell Shakespeare, directed by Griffin Artistic Director Lee Lewis, and starring award-winning playwright and actor Kate Mulvany (Tartuffe, Julius Caesar, The Great Gatsby, Beached).
Director Lee Lewis With Kate Mulvany
Previews 27, 28, 30, 31 May Season 4 June – 16 July Performance Times Monday – Friday 7pm Saturday 2pm & 7pm Tuesday 1pm & 7pm
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L WORLD PREMIERE LADIES DAY BY ALANA VALENTINE DIRECTED BY DARREN YAP 5 FEBRUARY - 26 MARCH Designer James Browne Lighting Designer Hugh Hamilton Sound Designer Max Lambert With Matthew Backer, Wade Briggs, Lucia Mastrantone Previews 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 February Season 15 February – 26 March Performance Times Monday – Friday 7pm Saturday 2pm & 7pm Tuesday 22 March 2pm & 7pm Meet the Artists Tuesday 16 February In association with
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G G L R ADIES M NDAY O D U R R ‘Who doesn’t love a man in a dress?’
It’s Ladies Day at the Broome races and the divinely beautiful Mike is the toast of the track. But amongst the froth and festivity, a brutal act of violence reminds us that life is not all swishy hemlines, debonair gents and fascinators galore. Alana Valentine is one of Australia’s best playwrights. Known for her incredibly successful verbatim works, she takes her interviews and research with individuals and communities, and mixes them with a healthy dose of drama. The result is powerful, thought-provoking theatre in which the voices of her protagonists ring absolutely true. Alana spent months interviewing the gay community of Broome to create a play that asks questions about tolerance, isolation, love, hope and the right to have your story told. Griffin is proud to present the world premiere of Ladies Day – a vivid, richly evocative play with a big heart, directed by Darren Yap. Ladies Day will be supported by Griffin’s ‘Production Partnerships Program.’ Remarkable productions made possible through the support of individual donors. See page 24 for more information.
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WORLD PREMIERE REPLAY BY PHILLIP KAVANAGH 2 APRIL - 7 MAY Director Lee Lewis Previews 2, 4, 5, 6 April Season 9 April – 7 May Performance Times Monday – Friday 7pm Saturday 2pm & 7pm Tuesday 3 May 2pm & 7pm Meet the Artists Tuesday 12 April Co-commissioned with
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R REPLAY A O L S I T T Y What if you could replay the past, and change it?
What if you could press ‘pause’, intervene, and then let things run on into a very different future. What would be gained? Or lost? For brothers Peter and John, the multiverse is real - when they attempt to reinvent the past, what they discover changes the course of their lives in the most unexpected of ways.
Winner of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award in 2011, Phillip Kavanagh is a playwright of exceptional delicacy. With Replay, he has created a beautiful meditation on the fluidity of life, reminding us that moments of chance, lost or taken, can determine our destiny.
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F GLORIA I N M T I A T S S Y WORLD PREMIERE
GLORIA BY BENEDICT ANDREWS 26 AUGUST - 8 OCTOBER Director Lee Lewis Designer Alice Babidge With Marta Dusseldorp
Previews 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 August Season 3 September – 8 October Performance Times Monday – Friday 7pm Saturday 2pm & 7pm Tuesday 27 September & 4 October 2pm & 7pm Meet the Artists Tuesday 6 September Production Sponsor
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Gloria is on the brink of making her triumphant return to the stage. A celebrated actor – a star, a celebrity – she’s played every iconic role in the canon of theatrical greats: Nina, Hedda, Clytemnestra, Hamlet. She’s burnt into our eyes, our heart, our imaginations. Playing the real-life survivor of a sadistic crime, Gloria must immerse herself in the horror of her character’s reality. As Gloria falls further into the abyss, the unravelling of her mind is reflected by the breakdown of order around her. ‘She’s a star, still a star, every inch a star.’ Through Gloria, we see a portrait of Australia afraid to acknowledge the widening gaps in our society. A beautifully complex and original work, Gloria is at once deeply Australian yet global in its perspective. Benedict Andrews always dares to take us to the edge of humanity, enthralling audiences with some of the most astonishing and thought-provoking theatre of our time. A role like Gloria demands an exceptional actor – that actor is Marta Dusseldorp. Griffin’s own Lee Lewis directs this exhilarating journey.
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D TURQU EF L E P H A N F R O S T Meet Augusta Macquarie: Her Excellency, patron of the arts, formidable matriarch, environmental vandal.
Inside her triple-glazed compound, Augusta shields herself from the catastrophic elements, bathing in the classics and campaigning for the reinstatement of global reliance on fossil fuels. Outside, the world lurches from one environmental cataclysm to the next. Meanwhile, her sister, Olympia, thinks the best way to save endangered species is to eat them. Their niece, Basra, is intent on making a difference – but how? Can you save the world one blog at a time? Stephen Carleton’s The Turquoise Elephant won the 2015 Griffin Award. A shockingly black, black, black political farce, it’s the sort of play that pushes itself into a season – it’s urgent, contemporary and perilously close to being real.
From opera on Sydney Harbour to the tiny jewel of the Stables stage, there is nothing director Gale Edwards cannot do. She brings her magic and wry insight to the world premiere of this very funny, clever and wicked new work.
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WORLD PREMIERE THE TURQUOISE ELEPHANT BY STEPHEN CARLETON DIRECTED BY GALE EDWARDS 14 OCTOBER - 26 NOVEMBER With Catherine Davies Previews 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 October Season 24 October – 26 November Performance Times Monday – Friday 7pm Saturday 2pm & 7pm Tuesday 15 & 22 November 2pm & 7pm Meet the Artists Tuesday 25 October Production Sponsor
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Tom Holloway’s writing shines for its subtlety, integrity and grace. One of Australia’s most celebrated playwrights, his work has been performed widely, both in Australia and abroad. As We Forgive unites Holloway with award-winning director Julian Meyrick and Tasmanian acting legend Robert Jarman. A searing investigation of contemporary morality, this absorbing production examines the motives, methods and meaning of forgiveness. Accompanied on stage by a lone cellist, Jarman portrays three men at the edges of society trying to come to terms with the events in their lives. Each has a story to tell. Each has a reason for why they behaved as they did. What you’ll see is a struggle with the act of forgiveness. Griffin is excited to invite Tasmania Performs to bring this beautiful new work to Sydney audiences.
“…Jarman draws us in like a raconteur at a dinner party, delivering his monologues with naturalism akin to confidences between friends. His stories are spell-binding, gut-wrenching, riveting, even as their sentiments are shockingly subversive.” – Arts Hub
SPECIAL EVENT SYDNEY PREMIERE TASMANIA PERFORMS AND GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENT AS WE FORGIVE BY TOM HOLLOWAY 11 - 21 MAY Director and Dramaturge Julian Meyrick Composer Raffaele Marcellino Lighting Designer Nicholas Higgins Original Production Design Jill Munro and Julian Meyrick Photographs Lisa Garland Cellist Antony Morgan With Robert Jarman Preview 11 May Season 13 – 21 May Performance Times Monday – Friday 7pm Saturday 2pm & 7pm
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C R O E N V V O E L TRIBUNAL S T A I T O I N O N
Bringing together artists, human rights activists, lawyers and outlaws, Tribunal is an ambitious new theatre work by Western Sydney’s Powerhouse Youth Theatre. In this participatory performance project, an Australian Truth and Reconciliation Tribunal will be created to interrogate and explore notions of truth and lies around the politically contentious labels of refugee and asylum-seeker. Each night, presenters will offer provocations, thoughts and experiences in a curated conversation on issues which directly affect the community of Western Sydney – its perspectives, aspirations and connections to culture. You, the audience, are given the choice to actively participate ‑ to respond, to question and to listen. Your responses have the potential to shift the performed conversation and ultimately affect the outcome of Tribunal. Or you may choose instead to observe as the discussion unfolds before you. The conversation for Tribunal has been instigated by Karen Therese, a 2015 Griffin Studio Artist and Artistic Director of Powerhouse Youth Theatre (PYT). PYT creates innovative performance and social artistic experiences.
SPECIAL EVENT WORLD PREMIERE POWERHOUSE YOUTH THEATRE AND GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENT TRIBUNAL CONCEPT BY KAREN THERESE 12- 20 AUGUST Performance Times Wednesday – Sunday 7pm Saturday 20 August 2pm & 7pm With artists Karen Therese, Victoria Spence, Sean Bacon, Mahdi Mohammadi, Paul Dwyer, Joe Tan. Plus special guest presenters.
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Griffin Independent is our annual season of work co-presented with Australia’s most exciting independent theatre makers.
WORLD PREMIERE STONE SOUP AND GRIFFIN INDEPENDENT PRESENT
THOMAS MURRAY AND THE UPSIDE DOWN RIVER BY REG CRIBB 13- 30 JANUARY
Invoking the expansive, isolating beauty of rural Australia, Reg Cribb’s epic new play is about a man ravaged by drought, family secrets and love. The Murray family have been farming the land along the Darling River for five generations. For Tom Murray, it’s all he’s ever known. When his childhood friends Lucy and Billy reappear, deep friendships are tested, and secrets, long buried, are finally awakened – Tom must make the long journey down-stream to reconcile past wrongs and to fight for his wife. Reg Cribb is a highly-awarded playwright and screenwriter. His plays Last Cab to Darwin and The Return / Last Train to Freo have been adapted into feature films and he wrote the screenplay for the award-winning Bran Nue Dae. Director Chris Bendall Lighting Designer Alexander Berlage Composer and Sound Designer Kingsley Reeve Video Designer Kirrilly Brentnall Co-Producers Pippa Bailey and Chris Bendall Previews 13 & 14 January Season 16 – 30 January Performance Times Monday – Saturday 7pm Saturday 30 January 2pm & 7pm
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SYDNEY PREMIERE
WORLD PREMIERE
JO MORRIS AND RENEE NEWMAN AND GRIFFIN INDEPENDENT PRESENT
BALI PADDA AND GRIFFIN INDEPENDENT PRESENT
THOSE WHO FALL IN LOVE LIKE ANCHORS DROPPED UPON THE OCEAN FLOOR
LIGHTEN UP
BY NICHOLAS BROWN AND SAM MCCOOL 30 NOVEMBER-17 DECEMBER
BY FINEGAN KRUCKEMEYER 20 JULY - 6 AUGUST
Time. It slows when you’re in love.
Bollywood comes to Griffin – sort of.
Stopping you dead in your tracks when you first catch sight of her. Stretching for an eternity as you wait for that phone call. Speeding up and evaporating over an afternoon together. Beating so quickly, it just might burst.
In Australia, we like ‘em blonde and bronzed. In India, it’s ‘fair and lovely’. What happens if you’re stuck in-between?
Those Who Fall in Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor is a love story that transcends time – moving from a Cold War Russian submarine, through a Parisian street, to an Appalachian snow field. It follows four stories and eleven characters as they navigate that timeless act of falling in love. Utterly charming, quirky and funny, Those Who Fall in Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor is written by multi awardwinning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer and comes to Griffin direct from two sell-out, critically acclaimed Perth seasons. “Glitters with humour”
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Director Adam Mitchell Set and Costume Designer India Mehta Lighting Designer Chris Donnelly Sound Designer Ben Collins Producers Jo Morris and Renee Newman With Jo Morris, Ben Mortley, Renee Newman Previews 20 & 21 July Season 23 July – 6 August Performance Times Monday – Saturday 7pm Saturday 6 August 2pm & 7pm
John Green is an Anglo-Indian Australian actor who dreams of being cast in his favourite soap, ‘Bondi Parade’. The problem is, his coloured contacts can’t hide the fact that his skin is more brown than white. Meanwhile, his skin‑bleaching mum, Bronwyn, is adamant that he should be procreating with a blonde, white Aussie woman to rid the family of any sign of their ethnic heritage. You guess who he falls in love with. This very funny play by actor (and Bollywood leading man) Nicholas Brown and comedian Sam McCool tells a universal tale of identity, cultural assimilation and bleaching your bits. Director Shane Anthony Designer Tobhiyah Stone Feller Lighting Designer Christopher Page Producer Bali Padda With Nicholas Brown, Vivienne Garrett, Sam McCool, Ursula Yovich Previews 30 November & 1 December Season 3 – 17 December Performance Times Monday – Saturday 7pm Saturday 17 December 2pm & 7pm
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Visi: What things? None of this makes sense. [To Olympia] stop eating kakapo. Buy a fucking chicken. Eat Red Rooster. They cook it for you. [To Jeff] get on your boat and go to your island and shit in the woods. Stop pretending you’re God. You’re a fucking crackpot. [To Augusta] stop pretending you see elephants on the street. There’s nothing there. You’re as crazy as he is. I liked you better when you were a right wing bitch. At least you were consistent. [To Basra] either treat me as your equal or fuck off and let me do the same. We’re both H! Both H! [Stunned silence.] Olympia: Well there were bleeps in it, but what I heard I mostly liked. WORLD PREMIERE THE TURQUOISE ELEPHANT BY STEPHEN CARLETON DIRECTED BY GALE EDWARDS 14 OCTOBER - 26 NOVEMBER Winner of the 2015 Griffin Award 22
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Program/Scripts In conjunction with our friends at Currency Press, we offer Program/ Scripts to each of our Main Season productions, marrying the play’s text with the season’s production as well as biographical and program information. Regularly priced at $15, subscribers can nab them for $10.
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Stables Bar We offer a range of quality beverages in conjunction with our partners Moppity Vineyards, Coopers and Four Pillars Gin.
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SBW Stables Theatre 10 Nimrod Street Kings Cross 5min walk from Kings Cross Station
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S U P P O R T
By supporting Griffin, you’re making a statement about the sort of plays you want to see on stage. You’re affirming your belief in Australian stories and our ability to match extraordinary writers with talented creative teams.
Individual contributions make an enormous difference to what we can accomplish. Private income covers 32% of our operating costs and makes possible a broad range of programs and activities, including: • The commissioning of new work • Workshops and readings of scripts in development
HOW TO DONATE You can make a donation with your subscription or directly through Griffin’s website at www.griffintheatre.com.au/support-us If you’d like to find out more about our philanthropic programs, please call Griffin’s Development Manager on 02 9332 1052.
• Artist residencies providing skills development and pathways to creating mainstage work • Griffin Ambassadors – free theatre tickets and workshops for year 10 to 12 students • The Griffin Award and The Lysicrates Prize – two of the country’s most prestigious playwriting competitions • Free performances for local community and welfare groups
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• The programming of new and unique plays If you donate $100 or more to Griffin, you’ll receive regular invitations to our popular Inside the Rehearsal Room events where you can meet the actors and learn more about our upcoming Main Season productions. Donate $200 or more and your name will be included in our play programs and on our donor acknowledgement board in the Stables foyer for one year.
We also have specific programs for people interested in targeting their support.
GRIFFIN STUDIO Supporting the Studio is a three-year commitment of $5,000 annually, which can be made individually or by a syndicate of donors. Studio Donors follow the development of artists and their work over the course of their residency and beyond. In the five years since its inception, the Studio program has had 21 artists move through the program (26 by 2016) and led to 13 mainstage productions. Former Studio Artists have worked at every major theatre in Australia, making it one of the leading professional development programs in the country.
GRIFFIN FUND he Griffin Fund is a new philanthropic program focused on developing T sustainability of our education programs, leadership pathways for artists, touring Griffin productions and international exchange opportunities. Donors contribute a minimum of $1,000 annually over three years.
PRODUCTION PARTNERSHIPS A single, exceptional production is chosen each year to be supported through our Production Partnerships Program. Patrons contribute $1,000 to become a Production Partner, or $5,000 (individually or with a syndicate) to become a Production Patron. In 2016 we are inviting production supporters to help us make Alana Valentine’s Ladies Day. Be part of this world premiere production and see your name in lights.
B EQUESTS Consider making a bequest to Griffin in your will as a way to support Australian writing into the future.
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GRIFFIN AMBASSADORS
The Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting recognises an outstanding new play that displays an authentic, inventive and contemporary Australian voice. The winner receives a $10,000 cash prize, and the other four shortlisted writers receive $1,000, through the support of Copyright Agency Limited’s Cultural Fund.
The Lysicrates Prize, an initiative established by a group of benefactors, is Australia’s newest playwriting award. Entrants submit the first act of a new play, and a public reading is held of the three finalists’ scripts. The winner is decided by the audience and receives a full commission from Griffin to the value of $12,500 to complete the work.
Working closely with playwrights to bring their scripts to life is at the heart of our mission. Writers Declan Greene, Michele Lee and Steve Rodgers are currently under commission, and in 2016 we continue to work with these and other writers to nurture new plays for the coming years.
Griffin Ambassadors is a yearlong program of activities for 100 selected year 10 to 12 students. Students attend a special matinee of every Main Season show and participate in exclusive workshops run by leading theatre practitioners. Supported by the Robertson Foundation.
For 2015 to 2017 Griffin is excited to embark on an innovative new commissioning and creative development program for culturally diverse writers, supported by City of Sydney and The University of Sydney’s Department of Performance Studies.
GRIFFIN STUDIO The Studio is our flagship artistic development program. Through a year-long residency with the company, the program establishes clear career pathways for directors, writers and dramaturgs. It’s an invaluable experience for artists to come together to hone their craft, gain vital experience inside a company and develop new work. See page 26 for a list of our generous Studio Donors.
Sofya Gollan
Catherine Fargher & Heather Grace Jones
Sheridan Harbridge
Phil Spencer
Sofya is an award-winning director and writer of documentary and drama films, her films having screened in international festivals in Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, UK, US and Australia. Her latest film, Preservation, screened worldwide and was nominated for three AFI Awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay. An acting graduate of National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) she also holds a Masters in Directing (AFTRS). Sofya has also worked as a commissioned playwright.
Catherine is an AWGIE awardwinning scriptwriter for radio, theatre and trans-media. Recent projects include The Merchant: A Sydney Document (Bell Shakespeare) and The Dr Egg Adventures. Heather Grace is a writer, broadcaster and NGO worker. She has co-edited two books including Sperm Wars for ABC, performed monologues and has worked in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Alice Springs. They have collaborated previously on the Motherload project and Club Bent.
Sheridan is a writer and NIDA acting graduate. Her musicals, Songs for the Fallen and Mrs. Bang, appeared in Adelaide Cabaret, Sydney and Brisbane Festivals, Edinburgh Fringe and Poland’s Festival of Song. Her acting work includes The Beast, The Speechmaker, North by Northwest (MTC), Jump for Jordan (Griffin Theatre Company), Hip Bone Sticking Out (Big hArt), Gaybies (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) and Jim Sharman’s Andy X.
Phil Spencer is a writer, performer and creative producer. Since graduating from the University of Glasgow, he has worked professionally as a theatre maker and artistic director in the UK and Australia. Phil is co-artistic director of Sydney-based Tin Shed Theatre Company and is also a regular contributor to events such as Story Club, ABC’s Radiotonic and the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Commissioning Partners
Griffin Ambassador Partner
Griffin Award & Griffin Studio Partner
Griffin Studio Partner & Production Partner
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SEASON DONORS
Anthony Paull
Gil Appleton
Commission $12,500+
Alex Oonagh Redmond
James Emmett & Peter Wilson Limb Family Foundation Sophie McCarthy & Antony Green Rhonda McIver Leigh O’Neill
D O N O R S
Geoff & Wendy Simpson Danielle Smith
Anthony & Suzanne Maple-Brown Main Stage Donor $5,000 - $10,000 The Sky Foundation Abraham James Workshop Donor $1,000-$4,999
GRIFFIN FUND DONORS
Anonymous (5)
Anonymous (1)
Antoinette Albert
Baly Douglas Foundation
Dr Gae Anderson
John Bell & Anna Volska
Jane Bridge
Nathan Bennett & Yael Perry
Alex Byrne & Sue Hearn
Michael & Charmaine Bradley
Richard Cottrell
Ange Cecco & Melanie Bienemann
Ros & Paul Espie
Alison Deans & Kevin Powell Catherine Dovey & Kim Williams Lilian & Ken Horler Peter Ingle Kiong Lee & Richard Funston Lisa & Ross Lewin Lee Lewis & Brett Boardman Sophie McCarthy & Antony Green Bruce Meagher & Greg Waters Dr David Nguyen Peter & Dianne O’Connell Ian Phipps Annabel Ritchie Ian Robertson Will Sheehan Stuart Thomas Louise Walsh & Dave Jordan Simon Wellington & Sanjeev Kumar
Anonymous (4) Priscilla Adey Jes Andersen Wendy Ashton Robyn Ayres Melissa Ball Pamela Bennett
Tim Duggan
Margaret Johnston
Michele Dulcken
Richard & Elizabeth Longes
Elizabeth Evatt
Elaine & Bill McLaughlin
Corinne & Bryan Everts
Dr Stephen McNamara
Michael & Kerrie Eyers
Martin Portus
Matt Garrett
Sue Procter
Sheba Greenberg
Pip Rath & Wayne Lonergan
Jennifer Hagan
Diana Simmonds
Ross Handsaker
Merilyn Sleigh & Raoul de Ferranti
Elizabeth Hanley
Mike Thompson
Will Harvey & Ester Harding
Jane Thorn
John Head
Adrian Wiggins & Siobhan Toohill
Janet Heffernan
Robert Dick
Max Dingle
Richard McHugh & Kate Morgan
Wendy Elder
Richard Weinstein
James Hartwright Jacqueline Hayes Michael Hobbs Susan Hyde Daniel Knight John Lam-Po-Tang Jennifer Ledgar & Bob Lim Rebecca Macfarling Lisa Manchur Carina Martin John McCallum
Gemma Rygate Julianne Schultz Jann Skinner Augusta Supple Sue Thomson Benson Waghorn William Zappa Aviva Ziegler
Julie Bridge
Libby Higgin
Fiona Dewar
Carole & David Yuile
Dianne & David Russell
Susan Donnelly
Peter Brereton
Simone Whetton
First Draft Donor $200-$499
Judge Joe Harman
Bernard Coles
Steve Riethoff
Catherine Rothery
Eric Dole
Production Patrons
Rachel Procter
Simone Whetton
Larry & Tina Grumley
Angela Bowne
John Mitchell
Julie Rosenberg
Bryan Cutler
Gil Appleton
Bruce Meagher & Greg Waters
Judy & Sam Weiss
Peter Graves
Anonymous (4)
Jon & Katie King
Ellen & Trevor Rodgers
Wendy Buswell
Presenting Partner
Tina & Maurice Green
Isla Tooth
Jono Gavin
PRODUCTION DONORS
Crispin Rice Rebecca Rocheford Davies
Rob Brookman & Verity Laughton
Paul & Jennifer Winch
Mario Philippou
Catherine Sullivan
John & Libby Fairfax
Reading Donor $500-$999
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Darin Cooper Foundation
Karen Rodgers & Bill Harris
Annie Page & Colin Fletcher
Danielle Hoareau Mary Holt C John Keightley Ross Kelly Jatesada Kongdum Carolyn Lowry Ian & Elizabeth MacDonald Rob Macfarlan & Nicole Abadee Stephen Manning Christopher McCabe Patrick McIntyre Duncan McKay Nicole McKenna Kent Carrington McPhee Dr Wendy Michaels Keith Miller Sarah Miller Neville Mitchell Kate Mulvany Kerry O’Kane
We would also like to thank Peter O’Connell for his expertise, guidance and time. Current as of 28 July 2015
STAFF Griffin acknowledges the generosity of the Seaborn, Broughton and Walford Foundation in allowing it the use of the SBW Stables Theatre rent free, less outgoings, since 1986. PATRON
FRONT OF HOUSE
STUDIO ARTISTS
General Manager Karen Rodgers Associate Producer Melanie Carolan Administration and Program Coordinator Caroline Hannemann
Customer Services and Ticketing Manager Elliott Wilshier Bar Manager Damien Storer Front of House and Bar Supervisors Renee Heys, Nicola James, Julian Larnach, Luke Rogers
ofya Gollan S Catherine Fargher & Heather Grace Jones Sheridan Harbridge Phil Spencer
MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT
PRODUCTION
eclan Greene D Michele Lee Steve Rodgers
Production Manager Damien King
WEB DEVELOPER
ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAMMING
Seaborn, Broughton and Walford Foundation
BOARD Bruce Meagher (Chair) Sophie McCarthy (Deputy Chair) Nikki Barrett Tim Duggan Patrick Guerrera Lee Lewis Kate Mulvany Mario Philippou Sue Procter Simone Whetton
ARTISTIC Artistic Director and CEO Lee Lewis Associate Artist Ben Winspear
Development Manager Will Harvey Marketing Manager Kristy Mayhew Digital and Social Media Manager Stephanie Hui Publicist Emma Collison
FINANCE Finance Manager Kylie Richards Finance Consultant Tracey Whitby
COMMISSIONED WRITERS
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For us, working with Griffin is about courage and the unknown. It’s an opportunity to discover new stories and find new truths about ourselves and others. Above all else, it’s exciting work. This season’s identity is testament to our single-minded pursuit of new ideas to create intrinsic value. Because in an era where everyone’s seen it all, the only way forward is to challenge everything and provoke a response.
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Griffin Theatre Company is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; and the NSW Government through Arts NSW.
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Griffin Theatre Company 13 Craigend Street Kings Cross NSW 2011 info@griffintheatre.com.au (02) 9332 1052
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