Brink Productions is an Australiantheatre company based inAdelaide,South Australia, specialising in the ensemble-development of new writing. Founded in 1996, its productions have toured interstate, and as of 2024^[update] the company continues to produce stage performances in Adelaide and regional South Australia. Stephen Nicolazzo has beenartistic director since April 2024.

Brink Productions was established in 1996 as acollective of seven actors, primarily graduates from thedrama school of Flinders University,^[1] in order to "improve artistic production" in Australian theatre.^[2] Brink's founding members were Michaela Cantwell, Michaela Coventry, Lizzy Falkland,Victoria Hill, Richard Kelly, David Mealor, John Molloy, and Paul Moore, joined soon after by director Benedict Andrews. DirectorChris Drummond was appointed artistic director in 2004.^[3]

One of Brink's most successful collaborations wasWhen The Rain Stops Falling,^[4] written byAndrew Bovell with designs by visual artistHossein Valamanesh and music by Quentin Grant. During 2008-2010 the Brink cast performed the play to over 60,000 people in Adelaide (2008, 2010),Sydney Theatre Company (2009),Melbourne Theatre Company (2009),Queensland Theatre Company (2010), Canberra Theatre Centre (2010) and theAraluen Arts Centre,Alice Springs (2010).^[5][6][7][8] The script has been performed all over the world including seasons at theAlmeida Theatre in London^[9] and theLincoln Center in New York City.

In 2016–17, Brink worked in association with Far & Away Productions to produceAncient Rain,^[10] created with songwriterPaul Kelly, singerCamille O'Sullivan and musician Feargal Murray. The theatrical song cycle featured the poems ofSeamus Heaney,James Joyce,Patrick Kavanagh,Paula Meehan,Padraic Pearse andW. B. Yeats and was presented at the 2016Dublin Theatre Festival, 2016Melbourne Festival, Canberra Theatre Centre, Merrigoing Theatre, 2017Dark Mofo,QPAC and the 2017 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.^{[11][12][13][14]}

In 2018, Brink premieredMemorial at the 2018Adelaide Festival, before touring it to the 2018Brisbane Festival and theBarbican Centre.^[15][16][17] Memorial was a stage adaptation ofAlice Oswald'sMemorial: An Excavation of the Iliad,^[18] with music byJocelyn Pook. Staged as a theatricalsoliloquy performed byHelen Morse, it featured 200 chorus members^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, the company touredThe Aspirations of Daise Morrow^[19] toCanberra Theatre Centre, Merrigong Theatre, the 2018Galway Festival and theAssembly Rooms at the 2018Edinburgh Fringe.^[20][21][22]The Aspirations of Daise Morrow is Brink's adaptation ofPatrick White's short story Down at the Dump, fromThe Burnt Ones.^{[citation needed]}

Brink has worked with a broad array of other artists not mentioned above, includingRoz Hervey,^[23]Benedict Andrews,Howard Barker,Paul Blackwell,Kate Box,Geordie Brookman,Paul Capsis,Lenny Grigoryan, andSlava Grigoryan.^{[citation needed]} Its repertoire of work includes "epic narrative, re-imagined classics, music theatre, and children's theatre".^[24]

Chris Drummond wasartistic director of the company from 2004 until the end of July 2023, when he stepped down. He continued to work part-time on several projects during the recruitment process for a new AD.^[25]

In November 2023, Stephen Nicolazzo was appointed as artistic director, and became full-time in the role from April 2024 onwards.^[26]

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• 2018:Memorial Adelaide Critics Circle Award - Best Group
• 2017:Long Tan Curtain Call Award - Best Design
• 2015:The Aspirations of Daise Morrow Adelaide Critics Circle Award - Best Group
• 2013:Thursday Curtain Call Award - Best Ensemble
• 2011:Skip Miller's Hit Songs by Sean RileyAdelaide Fringe - John Chataway Digital Technology Award
• 2010:When the Rain Stops Falling byAndrew Bovell, a collaboration withHossein Valamanesh & Brink Productions - ACT Green Room Award - Production
• 2009:The Hypochondriac byMolière, a new adaptation by Paul Galloway (Brink Productions, producer) - Adelaide Critics' Circle Award - Group Prize
• 2008:When the Rain Stops Falling, a collaboration with Hossein Valamanesh & Brink Productions, presented with theState Theatre Company of South Australia and theAdelaide 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 theAdelaide Festival Centre's Inspace - ArtsSA:Jill Blewett Playwright's Award
• 2005:Drums in the Night byBertolt Brecht, translated by Finegan Kruckemeyer, co-production with STCSA - Adelaide Theatre Guide Curtain Call Awards: Best Show, Drama
• 2001:Killer Joe byTracy 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
• 1998:The Dumb Waiter byHarold Pinter -The Advertiser: Overall Artistic Excellence, Adelaide Fringe Festival
• 1998MojoThe Advertiser: Overall Artistic Excellence, Adelaide Fringe Festival
• 1996:(Uncle) Vanya by Howard Barker -Adelaide Critics' Circle: Best Production

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