Audiences will be spellbound when Brink Productions’ multi‐award‐winning production of When The Rain Stops Falling, by Andrew Bovell, returns to Adelaide this October for five shows only.
Directed by Chris Drummond When The Rain Stops Falling takes audiences on an unforgettable journey, from a claustrophobic London flat, to the windswept coast of South Australia and into the heart of the Australian desert, tracing a familial story of what we do to each other, what we do to the planet and the legacy we leave behind.
Alice Springs in the year 2039. A fish falls from the sky and lands at the feet of Gabriel York. It still smells of the sea. It's been raining for days and Gabriel knows something is wrong. Eighty years earlier, his grandfather, Henry Law predicted that, in 2039, fish would fall from the sky heralding a great flood that would overcome the human race. When The Rain Stops Falling spans two continents,80 years and four generations of one family in an epic piece of theatrical storytelling.
Brink Productions’ artistic director Chris Drummond says, “The success of this production has been overwhelming. We knew that we had an amazing story to tell, so for audiences everywhere to embrace it so wholeheartedly has been really marvellous. It really left people wanting more. It will make you laugh and cry and gasp out loud. When The Rain Stops Falling is a story that captures the collective dreaming of a group of artists and profoundly communicates that dream to its audience.”
When The Rain Stops Falling which had its world premiere in Adelaide in 2008, was the theatrical hit of the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts that year and went on to win a swathe of local and national awards. Brink’s celebrated production has been seen and loved by more than 56,000 people throughout the nation. New productions of the Brink‐commissioned script were produced by Almeida Theatre in London in 2009 as well as Lincoln Center Theater in New York and Silo Theatre in Auckland during 2010. It will have it first foreign language premiere in Germany in December 2010.
When The Rain Stops Falling, will play at Her Majesty's Theatre from 14 October to 16 October 2010 with one preview only on 13 October. Live captioning will be provided on Friday 15 October for deaf and hearing‐impaired patrons. Tickets are available through BASS on 131 246 or www.bass.net.au.
Bakehouse Theatre are offering ShoGo members free tix to tonight's performance of Monstrous regiment.
No RSVPs are necessary - simply say you are a ShoGo member at the door.
Read the ShoGo Monstrous regiment page for more information about venue and time.
The Adelaide Theatre Guild by special arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd presents a moved play reading of Some girl(s) by Neil LaBute.
Some girl(s) follows the story of Guy, who is charming, funny, vulnerable, naughty, enthusiastic, sensitive, disgraceful, persuasive and unfailingly loveable. Too loveable.
And now Guy is getting married. But Guy's way of preparing for marital bliss is to spend all of his savings jetting around the USA, catching up with his old lovers.
Four girls, four hotel roms in four cities, four scathing and emotionally raw pieces. Some girl(s) is blisteringly funny and darkly chilling. It is an honest and compelling examination of modern sexual politics. Hilarious but unsettling.
Directed as a moved play reading by John Wells, who previously directed the award-winning The real inspector hound and The underpants for the Adelaide Theatre Guild, it features Simon Davey, Trician Ryan, Daniela Taddeo, Rachel Burfield and Kate Fraser.
When: Friday 15 & Saturday 16 October 2010 at 7.30pm
Where: Little Theatre, Adelaide Uni, after hours parking is available on the Adelaide Uni grounds (ticket machine) at Gate 10 near Cloisters
How much: All tickets $15, to book call (08) 8303 5999 (phone credit card bookings, fee applies) or at the door, subject to availability
For further information contact Melanie Hibberd on (08) 8303 5999 or melanie.hibberd@adelaide.edu.au
Are you under 30 and have a penchant for theatre?
Come along to the State Theatre Company of SA's Red Carpet launch, a free event at The Banque, North Adelaide on Thursday 14 October, 5.30pm-7.30pm.
You'll get to hear all about the State Theatre Company's 2011 program while enjoying drinks and nibbles.
RSVP robyn@statetheatrecompany.com.au if you would like to attend.
Australian Dance Theatre's Artistic Director Garry Stewart has spent the last ten years bringing ADT's unique style to audiences both in Australia and worldwide.
ADT and the Adelaide Festival Centre's Performing arts collection will celebrate this past decade with an impressive exhibition of costumes, photographs and designs on display in the Festival Theatre foyer from 10 September - 29 November 2010.
Just some of the items on display in Garry Stewart & Australian Dance Theatre include costumes from ADT works Devolution, Birdbrain, Be your self and G, head cages from The age of unbeauty, robots and designs from Devolution, as well as wonderful photographs from Chris Herzfeld and large posters.
ADT Artistic Director Garry Stewart said: "How much can you pack into a decade? At ADT it's been a lot! So many dancers and a plethora of other artists and arts workers have joined me in creating a body of work that they feel very proud of. As these works have travelled around the globe they have in their own way made no small contribution to the perception of Australian culture.
"For us at ADT, these works themselves are like colleagues or friends. They possess their own personalities and idiosyncrasies, their own strengths and weaknesses, their own specific histories and stories. For me they evoke a strong sense of nostalgia as I recall their making, the many performances and the response from so many audiences the world over.
"Being the Artistic Director of ADT is just as much a privilege as it is a challenge. Being a custodian of a heritage arts company but it also carries significant responsbility in regard to the necessity for extending the boundaries of the art form and contributing meaningfully to the discourse on what constitutes dance making in our current epoch.
"I'd like to extend my thanks and love to the enormous community of artists, colleagues, arts workers and supporters who have enabled the success and continuance of this valued Australian company."
ADT most recently dazzled South Australian audiences with the Ignition 2010 series.
What: Garry Stewart & Australian Dance Theatre
When: 10 September - 29 November 2010
Venue: Festival Theatre foyer, Adelaide Festival Centre
Hours: 9am - 6pm Monday - Friday and performance times
Cost: FREE entry
For more information contact Amelia Doherty on (08) 8216 8540 or amelia.doherty@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
Vitalstatistix's BASS outlet has opened its doors downstairs in The Deli at the Vitals home on 11 Nile Street, Port Adelaide.
Every ticket Vitals sells (even non-Vitals events) helps them to make a profit, so hop onto the BASS website and have a look-see. If anything catches your eye, be sure to visit the Vitals team for your ticket purchases.
Trapped, a hit of the 2006 Adelaide Fringe from No String Attached Theatre of Disability, is about to tour Vanuatu.
No Strings Attached will perform with Wan Smolbag Theatre, with No Strings cast and crew leaving for Port Vila on Wednesday 8 September.
Devised by two No Strings Attached performers, Kym Mackenzie and Alirio Zavarace, Trapped tells the story of two strangers who meet by chance and in violent circumstances; in what could be a prison, a detention centre, a hospital... One character doesn't speak English well while the other doesn't hear well, so the place is a mystery.
Venezuelan-born actor-director Alirio Zavarace is well-known to Adelaide audiences through his roles in The wizard of Oz for Windmill Theatre and Vs Macbeth and other productions with The Border Project.
Kym Mackenzie, a stalwart of No Strings Attached, has performed in Australia and Canada with the company.
Wan Smolbag Theatre has been working in the South Pacific for over 20 years and now has a staff of more than 100. It uses drama to educate and inform people about health, lifestyle, environmental and political issues.
Fringe Creative Producer Sasha Zahra is managing the tour and Artistic Director PJ Rose is producing.
Collaborating with Wan Smolbag, the Vanuatu Society for Disabled People and Disability Promotion Advocacy, No Strings Attached will run workshops all over the island to raise awareness of the many abilities of people with disabilities, in addition to 14 Trapped performances.
This tour of Trapped is supported by Arts SA and Loose Canon Art Services.
For more information contact PJ Rose on 0439 811 200 or pj.rose@nostringsattached.org.au
Congratulations to all the ShoGo company winners and nominees from last night's 2010 Ruby awards!
It was lovely to see so many members of these companies out painting the town Ruby red, and lucky ShoGoers were also able to attend due to a recent Perks competition. Keep you eyes peeled for more events Perks in the future...
The coveted Premier's lifetime achievement award was given to Marjorie Fitz-Gerald, an inspiration to many in the local arts and cultural community.
Ruby winners with a ShoGo connection:
- Geoff Crowhurst memorial prize: Margie Fischer, who founded Vitalstatistix and was Artistic Director of the company between 1984-1997, and was also instrumental in establishing the Feast Festival back in 1997.
- Sustained contribution (individual): Mary Moore, who has created award winning set designs for companies such as State Theatre Company of SA, State Opera of SA, Australian Dance Theatre, Leigh Warren & Dancers and Windmill Theatre.
- Best work: Man Covets Bird by Slingsby
- Community impact (over $100,000): Windmill Theatre & Mimili Anangu Partnership
- Sustained contribution (group): Restless Dance Theatre
Ruby nominees with a ShoGo connection:
- Best work: Be your self by Australian Dance Theatre
- Best work: The wizard of Oz by Windmill Theatre
- Innovation: Me and my shadow by Patch Theatre Company
- Community impact (under $100,000): Party house - on tour! by Southern Youth Theatre Ensemble
- Sustained contribution (individual): Garry Stewart, Artistic Director of Australian Dance Theatre
Be sure to visit the 2010 Ruby Awards website for a full list of winners and to download a copy of the special AbaF / Ruby book.