Drum Theatre

The Drum Theatre produces and presents new plays. As part of the Theatre Royal Plymouth, it has built a national reputation for the quality of its programme and innovative work, winning the Peter Brook Empty Space Award in 2007. At the Drum Theatre, we often collaborate with other leading theatres and companies, including, most recently, the Royal Court, ATC, Told by an Idiot, the Lyric Hammersmith, Frantic Assembly and the Belgian company, Ontoerend Goed.


In 2009 we commissioned and produced Chris Goode's play about Edward Lear, King Pelican. We co-produced a new experiential work, Under the Influence, with Ontroerend Goed, for production in Plymouth and Ghent before touring internationally in 2010. Working with Told by an Idiot for the first time, we co-produced an adaptation of Michel Faber's The Fahrenheit Twins for national touring and a run at the Barbican Centre, London. We have had major success with a new 'horror' play, Grand Guignol, commissioned from Kneehigh's writer and performer, Carl Grose and most recently have co-produced DC Moore's The Empire with the Royal Court Theatre. The Theatre Royal's Young Company and People's Company, based at TR2, also perform in the Drum Theatre.