Griffin Theatre Podcast
Griffin Theatre Podcast
Griffin is the only theatre company in the country entirely devoted to producing new Australian plays. Located in the historic SBW Stables Theatre, nestled in the heart of bustling Kings Cross, Griffin has been a permanent home for the exploration of Australian stories since 1978. Many of this country's most beloved and celebrated artists started out on our stage-Cate Blanchett, Michael Gow, Louis…Social links:
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Meet Declan Greene
Fresh off the back of launching his first ever season at Griffin, here’s your chance to get to know our new Artistic Director Declan Greene. From his first foray on the Stables stage through to his vision for Griffin’s future, Declan tells us why he wouldn’t want to run any other theatre company, a…
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Back from the Brink
In 1985 the Stables Theatre was put up for sale, sparking fear that the home of true Australian storytelling would lost. Griffin Theatre Company’s inaugural Artistic Director Peter Kingston and administrator at the time, Bill Eggerking, tell the remarkable story of how retired psychiatrist and King…
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Writing from the Heart
Director David Berthold and playwright Tommy Murphy discuss the pressures of adapting Timothy Conigrave's beautiful memoi...
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Secret Life of Stage Managers
They are the masters of problem-solving, schedule-writing, secret-keeping, energy-reading, and show-running... And at a quirky theatre li...
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Accepting the Challenge
When she was Griffin's Artistic Director, Ros Horin decisively re-established the Stables Theatre as a home for new Australian p...
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Going Solo with Paul Capsis
In this episode of the 50 Years of the Stables podcast series, Australian theatre stalwart Paul Capsis talks Angela's Kitchen...
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Children of the Stables
From being babysat by the Stables's next door neighbours to witnessing rowdy post-show parties in the street, hear stories from artists...
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Running the Show
What's the key to captaining a new writing theatre and flourishing as a trailblazer in the Australian theatre landscape? Former Artisti...
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First Nations Storytelling
Two industry greats and Grif-faves, Wesley Enoch and Meyne Wyatt, discuss playwriting, the power of the unfiltered indige...
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The Boys
Some core members of the original team share how Gordon Graham's visceral, dangerous Australian play The Boys was brought...
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