Skip to content
Art

$1m funding boost for inner-city theatre

City of Sydney 2 mins read
  • Media:

The City of Sydney will contribute $1 million to the Griffin Theatre Company’s upgrade of Darlinghurst’s historic SBW Stables Theatre. 

 

Founded in 1979, Griffin Theatre Company is the only one of its kind solely dedicated to developing and staging Australian plays. The company purchased the theatre in 2022. 

 

The upgrade will increase the capacity of the Nimrod Street auditorium to 140 seats, make the venue accessible, add a new rehearsal room, create a bigger bar and foyer space, and improve technical equipment, dressing rooms and amenities.  

 

“Griffin’s artistic director, Declan Greene, has described the Stables as a theatre of first chances, a successful, beloved inner-city institution that continues to catapult brilliant local stories out to national and international audiences,” Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore AO said.  

 

“Supporting this redevelopment is part of our commitment to creating more space for artists to produce and rehearse their work, as spiralling costs threaten our thriving creative community.” 

 

“For 45 years we’ve used our tiny theatre to take chances on big, challenging stories and some of our recent favourites have emerged from the heart of our Kings Cross community – like Green Parkby Elias Jamieson Brown and This Much Is Trueby Louis Nowra,” said Griffin’s artistic director Declan Greene. 

 

“This major redevelopment of our home is about offering more to the local artists, audiences and communities who have held and supported Griffin for over four decades: more creative space, more access, more opportunities for engagement.  

 

“We are incredibly grateful to the City of Sydney for helping us take another major step towards achieving these goals, and for their continued care and innovation around the creative life of our city.” 

 

Griffin has so far raised $13.4 million dollars for this redevelopment, which includes the $1 million from the City of Sydney. Griffin has additional fundraising it needs to secure before the project can go ahead. 

 

For media enquiries contact Roxanne Macara. Phone 0438 554 640 or email rmacara@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au  

 

For interviews with Clover Moore AO, Lord Mayor of Sydney contact Zoe Delamare. Phone 0477 263 615 or email zdelamare@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au   

 

For more stories from your local area, visit news.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au  

 

Restrictions: The City of Sydney provides access to this publicly distributed image for editorial purposes only and remains the copyright owner. No archiving, commercial use or third party distribution is permitted without prior written consent. When using content for editorial purposes, you must include the following image credit adjacent to the content: "Photographer’s Name / City of Sydney” 

Media

Images
Supplied by TZG ArchitectsSupplied by TZG Architects

Griffin Stables_Exterior_NIMROD ST (Medium).png

Supplied by TZG Architects
Download media

More from this category

  • Art
  • 11/03/2025
  • 10:29
In The News

In the news – 11 March 2025: Australia’s clinical guidelines for psychedelics; More households than ever are under-insured; Inside MUMA’s exhibition

Australia’s clinical guidelines for psychedelics Researchers from theMonash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences are leading the development of Australia's first clinical practice guideline for the use of MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Professor Simon Bell and Dr Alene Yong wrote an opinion piece in The Canberra Times and spoke with 2CC Radio and The Medical Republic about the research. More households than ever are under-insured Dr Antonia Settle, from the School of Social Sciences, wrote an opinion piece inThe Conversation about how more Australians are going without insurance than ever before. The article was re-published in 58 media outlets including…

  • Art, Music
  • 06/03/2025
  • 10:38
Creative Australia

Music Australia’s Export Development Fund celebrates 12 months of global impact

Music Australia has announced the latest recipients of investment through its Export Development Fund, marking 12 months since the program launched. The fourth round of investment sees over $1 million invested in 85 projects, involving a range of artists; from solo acts to bands, producers, composers and songwriters to undertake career-defining activities around the world. The Export Development Fund is a matched funding initiative, designed to elevate emerging, breakthrough, and established acts into the international market, whilst fostering sustainable and thriving careers. The program focuses on three key pathways:Performance and Touring,Professional and Artistic DevelopmentandMarket and Audience Development, Since its launch,…

  • Contains:
  • Art
  • 21/02/2025
  • 09:00
City of Sydney

Young photographers make it snappy at Little Sydney Lives

Australia’s youngest artists are being asked to show their view of the world in this year’s Little Sydney Lives photography competition. Open to children…

  • Contains:

Media Outreach made fast, easy, simple.

Feature your press release on Medianet's News Hub every time you distribute with Medianet. Pay per release or save with a subscription.