A flagship event will see the story of an infamous 1954 murder staged in the Sydney courthouse in which it was heard.
In 1954, Shirley Beiger shot and killed her unfaithful lover Arthur Griffith outside a city-centre nightclub. The case scandalised and titillated Sydney, especially since Beiger, a glamorous model, was acquitted of the killing. Now the notorious tale is to be one of the flagship events of next year’s Sydney Festival., will be told by playwright Melanie Tait and staged at the Darlinghurst Courthouse, the venue for the original trial, which is conveniently in recess during January.
For festival director Olivia Ansell, the production - and its location - epitomise her passion for leading audiences to rediscover different parts of Sydney.“We want to attract Sydneysiders and visitors to this incredible city to see it through a fresh lens through thought-provoking public art or live performance in a location you’ve never heard of or known about,” she said.
This is just one of the highlights of Ansell’s fourth and final Sydney Festival, unveiling an ambitious program featuring some familiar venues and themes alongside plenty of novel elements. Ansell, who was appointed director of the annual event in 2022, said she believed she was leaving Sydney Festival in good shape after a tenure that was initially overshadowed by the COVID pandemic.“All of us have worked together collaboratively to recover the performing arts sector from the pandemic,” she said. “We’ve aimed to see through that recovery process and restore artists’ livelihoods, to get behind new Australian work and help get that work seen by as many people as possible.
Reflecting on her achievements in Sydney, Ansell said she always aimed to give locals and visitors an experience to move or change them, “or a story about Sydney that they didn’t know”.
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