Griffin Theatre is back with a brilliant program for 2021
Declan Greene stepped into the new artistic director gig at Griffin Theatre Company in February last year full of beans, raring to get cracking on his 2021 program. One month later, the world as we knew it fell apart and theatres went dark. âSo I think I had two minutes of feeling totally brattish, like âLife isnât fair, why me,â and then just got to the good work of rethinking everything, working out new parameters,â he says.
After all, they're used to doing things a little differently. âThe stables are a perfect embodiment of that,â Greene says. âTheyâre such a kooky shape, with a tiny foyer, and the artists and performers have created extraordinary feats of imagination inside that building in the first 50 years of the space. And so now, going into the 51st year, it kinda feels like, âOkay, weâre gonna be fineâ. And I feel like weâve responded to it in a way that Iâm super-proud of. Iâm just so happy with the season.â
That includes remounts of hit show Prima Facie, and Greene kicking off the year with a site-specific outdoor show in Green Park, looking at gay hook-up culture and the secret queer history of Griffinâs neighbourhood Darlinghurst. âIf the world falls in a fucking heap again, and we go back into four square metres social distancing, we canât actually use the stables so itâs good to look at performances that can be moved elsewhere. And also thereâs like an online show and an outdoor show.â
Heâll also helm visceral drama Dogged, set on Gunaikurnai country. Associa