Our Show History

Drums in the night 2023

Symphonie de la Bicyclette
Written and performed by Hew Parham
Directed by Chris Drummond
Presented by Brink Productions in association with Adelaide Festival Centre
The Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

2022

Symphonie de la Bicyclette
Written and performed by Hew Parham
Directed by Chris Drummond
Merrigong Theatre
Thanks to commissioning partners Merrigong Theatre

Following George Walker
by Rory Walker & Chris Drummond, with Phillip Kavanagh
Presented by Brink Productions
Naracoorte Town Hall
Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier

The Photo Box
by Emma Beech
Directed by Mish Grigor
Presented in association with Adelaide Festival, Brink Productions and Vitalstatistix
The Space Theatre, AFC, Adelaide Festival

2021

Glengarry Glen Ross
by David Mamet
Directed by David Mealor
Presented by Flying Penguin Productions in association with Brink Productions
Bakehouse Theatre

The Bridge of San Luis Rey 
by Thornton Wilder | Adapted by Phillip Kavanagh 
Directed by Chris Drummond
Presented by Brink Productions in association with the Adelaide Festival Centre as part of State Theatre Company of South Australia's 2021 Stateside Season
The Space Theatre, AFC

The World is Looking for You
by Finegan Kruckemeyer
Conceived and Performed by Sarah Brokensha
Directed by Daisy Brown
Presented by Control Party in association with Adelaide Festival Centre, Brink Productions and Country Arts South Australia
Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier 
The Space Theatre, AFC

Strata//Forgiveness
by Peter Beaglehole and Piri Eddy
Directed by Tiffany Lyndall Knight and Anthony Nicola
Presented by Peter Beaglehole and Piri Eddy in association with Brink Productions
Rumpus

2019

Light
Written and directed by Thomas Henning
Presented by TerryandtheCuz in association with Brink Productions
Nexus Arts, OzAsia Festival

2018

Memorial
Based on the poem by Alice Oswald with music by Jocelyn Pook
Direct by Chris Drummond
Movement by Yaron Lifschitz
Barbican Theatre, Barbican
Playhouse, QPAC, Brisbane Festival
Dunstan Playhouse, AFC, Adelaide Festival

The Aspirations of Daise Morrow
Based on a short story by Patrick White, featuring Zephyr Quartet
Adapted by Brink Productions
Directed by Chris Drummond
A Far & Away Production Tour in association with Brink Productions
Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre
Wollongong Town Hall, Merrigong Theatre
Black Box Theatre, Galway Arts Festival
Spiegeltent, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Fringe

2017

Long Tan by Verity Laughton
Direct by Chris Drummond
In association with the State Theatre Companyof South Australia
Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Ripples of Wartime by Malcolm McKinnon
Space Theatre Foyer, Adelaide Festival Centre

Ancient Rain by Paul Kelly and Camille O'Sullivan with Feargal Murray
Directed by Chris Drummond
A Far & Away Production in association with Brink Productions
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, Dark MOFO
Concert Hall, QPAC
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Gone Viral by Sally Hardy
Directed by Tiffany Lyndall Knight
Tandanya, DreamBIG Children's Festival

2016

Tartuffe by Moliere, adapted by Phillip Kavanagh
Direct by Chris Drummond
In co-production with the State Theatre Companyof South Australia
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide

Ancient Rain by Paul Kelly and Camille O'Sullivan with Feargal Murray
Directed by Chris Drummond
A Far & Away Production in association with Brink Productions
Olympia Theatre, Dublin Theatre Festival
Playhouse, Melbourne Festival
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Merrigong Theatre Company
Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre

Deluge by Phillip Kavanagh
A Tiny Bricks production presented in partnership with Brink Productions and the Adelaide Festival of Arts
Plant 1, Bowden, Adelaide

2015

The Aspirations of Daise Morrow
Based on a short story by Patrick White, featuring Zephyr Quartet
Adapted by Brink Productions
Directed by Chris Drummond
In association with Adelaide Festival Centre
Space Theatre, Adelaide

2013

Thursday by Bryony Lavery
Directed by Chris Drummond
A co-production with English Touring Theatre
Norwood Concert Hall, Adelaide
Playhouse, Canberra
Presented by Canberra Theatre Centre and Centenary of Canberra
Thursday received special funding from Major Commissions and Festival Commissioning Fund through Arts SA and the 2013 Adelaide Festival

2012

Land + Sea by Nicki Bloom
Directed by Chris Drummond
Queen's Theatre, Adelaide

2011

Skip Miller's Hit Songs by Sean Riley
Directed by Chris Drummond
Odeon Theatre, Adelaide

2010

Harbinger by Matthew Whittet
Directed by Chris Drummond
Space Theatre, Adelaide

When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, a collaboration with Brink Productions and Hossein Valamanesh
Directed by Chris Drummond
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide
Playhouse QPAC, Brisbane
Presented by Queensland Theatre Company
Playhouse, Canberra
Presented by Canberra Theatre Centre
Araluen Theatre, Alice Springs
Presented by Araluen Cultural Precinct

2009

The Hypochondriac by Molière, adapted by Paul Galloway
Directed by Chris Drummond
Space Theatre, Adelaide

When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, a collaboration with Brink Productions and Hossein Valamanesh
Directed by Chris Drummond
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Presented by the Sydney Theatre Company
Sumner Theatre, Melbourne
Presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company and Melbourne Festival

2008

The Clockwork Forest by Doug MacLeod
Directed by Chris Drummond
Sydney Theatre, Sydney
A co-production with Windmill Performing Arts, presented by Sydney Theatre Company.

Beetle Graduation by Susan Rogers
Directed by Chris Drummond
Space Theatre, Adelaide
Presented in association with the Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE Program.

When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, a collaboration with Brink Productions and Hossein Valamanesh
Directed by Chris Drummond
Scott Theatre, Adelaide
Originally commissioned and produced by Brink Productions. World Premiere co-presented by Brink Productions, State Theatre Company of South Australia and the 2008 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts

2007

The Clockwork Forest by Doug MacLeod
Directed by Chris Drummond
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide
A co-production with Windmill Performing Arts

this uncharted hour by Finegan Kruckemeyer
Directed by Chris Drummond
Space Theatre, Adelaide
A co-production with the State Theatre Company of South Australia
Presented in association with The Firm and the Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE Program. 

2006

4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane
Directed by Geordie Brookman
Queen's Theatre (Stables), Adelaide
Presented in association with Budgie Lung Theatre Company as part of the 2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival

2005

this uncharted hour (part one) by Finegan Kruckemeyer
Directed by Chris Drummond
Space Theatre, Adelaide
Presented in association with The Firm as part of the Adelaide Festival Centre's iNSPACE Program

Drums in the Night by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Finegan Kruckemeyer
Directed by Chris Drummond
Space Theatre, Adelaide
A co-production with the State Theatre Company of South Australia

2004

4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane
Directed by Geordie Brookman
Queen's Theatre, Adelaide
A co-production with Budgie Lung Theatre Company

The Duckshooter by Marty Denniss
Directed by Michael Hill
Space Theatre, Adelaide
A co-production with the State Theatre Company of South Australia

The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
Directed by Hannah Macdougall
The Odeon, Adelaide
Presented as part of the 2004 Adelaide Fringe Festival

2003

The Rope Project devised by the Brink Ensemble
Directed by Sam Haren
Space Theatre, Adelaide
Presented as part of the Adelaide Festival Centre's InSpace Program

2002

The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
Directed by Hannah Macdougall
Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney

Killer Joe by Tracey Letts
Directed by Hannah Macdougall
The Odeon, Adelaide
Presented as part of the 2002 Adelaide Fringe Festival

2001

A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard
Directed by Tim Maddock
Space Theatre, Adelaide

Killer Joe by Tracey Letts
Directed by Hannah Macdougall
Space Theatre, Adelaide
A co-production with the State Theatre Company of South Australia

Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter
Directed by John O'Hare
Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney

2000

Ursula by Howard Barker
Directed by Tim Maddock
Space Theatre, Adelaide

Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter
Directed by John O'Hare
Space Theatre, Adelaide

Quartet by Heiner Muller
Directed by Gerrard McArthur
Queen's Theatre, Adelaide

The Ecstatic Bible by Howard Barker
Directed by Howard Barker & Tim Maddock.
Scott Theatre, Adelaide.
A co-production with The Wrestling School for the 2000 Adelaide Festival of Arts

1999

A Dream Play by August Strindberg
Directed by Benedict Andrews
The Odeon, Adelaide

Mojo by Jez Butterworth
Directed by Benedict Andrews
Space Theatre, Adelaide

Roberto Zucco by Bernard Marie Koltes
Directed by Tim Maddock
The Balcony Theatre, Adelaide

1998

The Europeans by Howard Barker
Directed by Tim Maddock
The Balcony Theatre, Adelaide & Wharf 2 Theatre, Sydney

The Misanthrope by Moliere
Directed by Tim Maddock
The Balcony Theatre, Adelaide

Mojo by Jez Butterworth
Directed by Benedict Andrews
Red Shed Theatre, Adelaide & Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney

The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
Directed by Gina Tsikouras
Red Shed Theatre, Adelaide & The Old Fitzroy Hotel, Sydney

1997

[Uncle] Vanya by Howard Barker
Directed by Tim Maddock
Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney

1996

[Uncle] Vanya by Howard Barker
Directed by Tim Maddock
Red Shed Theatre, Adelaide