Pricey Grif-friend,
Someway it’s almost July? It’s ridiculous. I’ve nonetheless obtained a lot to do in 2024! Spring clear, de-claw my cats, and watch the 5,000,000 hours of tv I’ve been really useful since January (no extra, please. It’s a type of violence).
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Subsequent up in our season is swim by Ellen van Neerven. I obtained to attend the primary studying of this play on day certainly one of rehearsals, and, my god, what an editorial… Starting with a easy journey to the pool, it quickly flip-turns minute-by-minute between the tender, the brutal, the joyous, the heartbreaking. If you happen to’re on the fence about whether or not to see swim it’s now or by no means—its premiere season at Carriageworks is already near bought out!
Scorching on the heels of swim opening is our first iteration of the revamped Griffin Award, that includes a Keynote Handle by a number one playwright. And we’re thrilled that in its first 12 months, this will likely be delivered by Angus Cerini (The Bleeding Tree). I’ve been following Angus’ writing for almost 20 years, ever since I noticed him carry out his one-man-show this thousand years I shall not weep above a bottle store in North Fitzroy. And even when his levels have gotten barely bigger, the depth of his writing has not dimmed. This will likely be an occasion that any critical lover of playwriting mustn’t miss.
See you in a lobby quickly!
Dx
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