by Andrew Bovell
a collaboration with Hossein Valamanesh and Brink Productions
Director: Chris Drummond
Writer: Andrew Bovell
Designer: Hossein Valamanesh
Lighting Designer : Niklas Pajanti
Video Design : Theima Gen
Producer: Kay Jamieson
Composer: Quentin Grant
Cast: Carmel Johnson, Kevin Harrington, Mandy McElhinney, Kris McQuade, Yalin Ozucelik, Anna Lise Phillips, Neil Pigot and musician, Quentin Grant.
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.
Brink Production's multi-award winning production of When The Rain Stops Falling returns to Adelaide in 2010 for five shows only. If you missed it last time, this is your last chance to see this acclaimed production, the surprise theatrical hit of the 2008 Adelaide Festival. If you've already seen it then come again and bring a friend. Impress them with a show hailed by critics as an Australian classic. You'll laugh and cry and gasp out loud.
Seen and loved by 56,000 people throughout the nation, this epic piece of theatrical storytelling is bold, brilliant and breathtaking.
‘…one of the most arresting productions of the past decade in Australian theatre …’ VARIETY (ONLINE)
‘…sad and exhilarating, sobering and unexpectedly comical, bittersweet and unforgettable.’ STAGE NOISE
‘…will haunt you long after the rain has finally stopped falling and the house lights turned on.’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
AWARDS: Winner - Ruby Award, Adelaide Critics' Circle Awards, Victorian and Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Oscarts, Adelaide Theatre Guide Awards, AWGIE, Sydney Theatre Award and Victorian Green Room Awards.
Photo Wend Lear
Stephen Davenport
When the Rain Stops Falling is a distinctive, portentous and mesmeric piece of theatre. Terrific entertainment from first to last, it’s an unlikely meditative and gut-wrenching tragedy, that crosses continents as it reveals the love, betrayal and abandonment within a family over four generations. Click here for more
Samela Harris
The revival season of Brink's When The Rain Stops Falling allows those who missed it in 2008 at last to understand what all the fuss was about. This beautifully-written Andrew Bovell play speaks to the heart of Anglo Australian heritage at the same time as it opens the sore that we call family. It depicts the geographic fragmentation of family and the inherent dysfunctionality of family. And it sings out loud a cultural lamentation for stiff upper lips and things forever left unsaid. Click here for more