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$1m funding boost for inner-city theatre

City of Sydney 2 mins read

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 Park by Elias Jamieson Brown and This Much Is True by 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  

 

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