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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