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 Nowra, David Wenham, to name a few-and iconic Australian plays like 'The Boys', 'Holding the Man' and 'The Bleeding Tree' had their world premieres at Griffin, before going on to capture the national imagination. We tell the stories that will help us know who we are as a nation, and who we want to become. Stories about us. Written by us. For us.
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, and what’s exciting him artistically as the Stables launches into its next 50 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/18/2020 • 30 minutes, 15 seconds
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 Kings Cross local Dr Rodney Seaborn bought the building and saved the venue. A ‘guardian angel’ of Sydney theatre, he created the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation which not only lends its name to the SBW Stables Theatre, but has continually provided philanthropic support to the performing arts in Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10/21/2020 • 24 minutes, 1 second
Writing from the Heart
Director David Berthold and playwright Tommy Murphy discuss the pressures of adapting Timothy Conigrave's beautiful memoi...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/15/2020 • 32 minutes, 53 seconds
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...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7/1/2020 • 29 minutes, 55 seconds
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...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/17/2020 • 26 minutes, 52 seconds
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...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6/3/2020 • 33 minutes, 57 seconds
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...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/20/2020 • 21 minutes, 39 seconds
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...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5/6/2020 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
First Nations Storytelling
Two industry greats and Grif-faves, Wesley Enoch and Meyne Wyatt, discuss playwriting, the power of the unfiltered indige...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/22/2020 • 26 minutes, 44 seconds
The Boys
Some core members of the original team share how Gordon Graham's visceral, dangerous Australian play The Boys was brought...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4/8/2020 • 29 minutes, 4 seconds
Going Solo with Sheridan Harbridge
What is it like to perform solo in the intimate Stables space? Actor Sheridan Harbridge shares her experiences performing the gr...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3/25/2020 • 18 minutes, 53 seconds
In the Beginning
In 1970, a passionate group of indie theatremakers got hold of a run-down Kings Cross building and turned it into a theatre. Hear about...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
