Brink Productions
Brink Productions is a professional theatre company based in Adelaide, South Australia established in 1996 as an actor-driven collective of seven members, primarily graduates from the drama school of Flinders University,[1] in order to "improve artistic production" in Australian theatre.[2] Director Chris Drummond was appointed the inaugural Artistic Director in 2004 and has directed all the company's mainstage works since, with outside directors brought in to work on Gorge 09.[3] Brink's repertoire of work includes "epic narrative, re-imagined classics, music theatre and children's theatre".[4] Brink Productions develops and commissions new work as well as commissioning new translations/adaptations. Brink's most successful collaboration so far has been When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell. During 2008-2010 the Brink cast performed to 60,000 people in Adelaide (2008, 2010), Sydney (2009), Melbourne (2009), Brisbane (2010), Canberra (2010) and Alice Springs (2010). The script has also been performed at the Almeida Theatre in London[5] and the Lincoln Center in New York City.[6] The Executive Producer of the company is currently Kay Jamieson, who was appointed in 2007.
Brink's most recent works include Land & Sea by Nicki Bloom, Skip Miller's Hit Songs by Sean Riley, Harbinger by Matthew Whittet and The Hypochondriac by Moliere, a new adaptation by Paul Galloway. The company is currently working on Thursday by Bryony Lavery a collaboration with English Touring Theatre. The play takes reference from the story of Adelaide woman Gill Hicks who lost her legs in the 7 July 2005 London Bombings.
Production Awards
2011
Skip Miller's Hit Songs by Sean Riley
- Adelaide Fringe - John Chataway Digital Technology Award
2010
When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, a collaboration with Hossein Valamanesh & Brink Productions
- ACT Green Room Award - Production
2009
The Hypochondriac by Molière, a new adaptation by Paul Galloway
- Adelaide Critics' Circle Award - Group Prize (Brink Productions, producer)
2008
When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, a collaboration with Hossein Valamanesh & Brink Productions, presented with the State Theatre Company of South Australia and the Adelaide Festival of Arts
- Adelaide Critics' Circle Award – Group Prize (Brink Productions, producer);
- Adelaide Critics' Circle Award – Individual Prize(Andrew Bovell, playwright;
- Ruby Award - Best Work or Event;
- Curtain Call Awards – Best Drama & Best Technical for Set Design/Video Design & Projection;
- Victorian Premier’s 2008 Literary Awards (Louis Esson Prize for Drama;
- Queensland Premier’s 2008 Literary Awards (Drama Script – Stage - Award;
- Oscarts 2008 – Best of Everything;
2006
This Uncharted Hour by Finegan Kruckemeyer, co-production with the STCSA, presented in association with The Firm and the Adelaide Festival Centre's iNSPACE.
- ArtsSA: Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award (Note: won before entered into production with Brink)
2005
Drums in the Night by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Finegan Kruckemeyer, co-production with STCSA
- Adelaide Theatre Guide Curtain Call Awards: Best Show, Drama
2001
Killer Joe by Tracy Letts
- The Advertiser: Oscart for Best Production
2000
The Ecstatic Bible by Howard Barker, a co-production with The Wrestling School.
- Adelaide Critics' Circle: Excellence in Arts
1999
(Uncle) Vanya by Howard Barker
- Sun Herald: 'One of the Best Productions of the Decade'
1998
The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
- The Advertiser: Overall Artistic Excellence, Adelaide Fringe Festival
Mojo
- The Advertiser: Overall Artistic Excellence, Adelaide Fringe Festival
1996
(Uncle) Vanya by Howard Barker
- Adelaide Critics' Circle: Best Production
References
- ↑ Milne, G, 2004, Theatre Australia (un)limited, Rodopi Press, p289
- ↑ Moore, P, 2008, Longing to Belong: Trained Actors’ Attempts to Enter the Profession, http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/2547
- ↑ http://www.brinkproductions.com/brink-beginnings
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/may/22/theatre-review-when-the-rain-stops-falling
- ↑ http://events.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-ny/events/show/89182688-when-the-rain-stops-falling