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Out of Joint, in association with Karl Sydow, Ambassador Theatre Group, Cambridge Arts Theatre and the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, present
Drummers
by Simon Bennett
Director Max Stafford-Clark
Designer Nathalie Gibbs
Lighting Johanna Town
Sound John Harris
Original
cast:
Callum Dixon, Ewan Hooper, Maggie McCarthy, Paul Ritter, Peter Sullivan
World Premiere: 4 August 1999, Cambridge Arts Theatre
London Premiere: 1 September 1999, New Ambassadors Theatre
Ray was stitched up and now he’s out of jail, he’s out to settle the score. Whatever it takes. In this darkly comic story of burglary, double-dealing and brotherly hate, there is no honour among thieves.
Informed by his own experience, Simon Bennett’s play concerns the crisis in the life of a recently released house-breaker. Authentic, vivid and brutally funny, Drummers pushes family loyalty to dangerous limits and makes for compulsive viewing. Full of sharp action and quick-fire dialogue, it would be a crime to miss this striking new voice from the inside.
‘has
the unmistakable and satisfying tang of lived experience...a horribly
entertaining play’
Daily Telegraph
‘Max
Stafford-Clark has a scoop on his hands’
Independent on Sunday
‘acted
with sharp, shining brilliance’
The Guardian
‘Max
Stafford-Clark’s beautiful production…rivetingly illuminates a closed
world’
Evening Standard
