'It begins with a miracle. On a rainy day in Alice Springs in 2039 a fish falls like manna from heaven to bless the reunion of a father with his long lost son. Perhaps it's a sign that the pattern of betrayal and abandonment that began on another rainy day in London in 1959 will come to an end.
'Who'll stop the rain? Andrew Bovell's award-winning When the Rain Stops Falling is powerful storytelling in which the voices of our past echo into our future.' (Publisher's blurb)
World premiere at Scott Theatre, Adelaide, from 23 February to 15 March 2008. Director: Chris Dummond.
Also produced at the Almeida Theatre, London, 14 May to 4 June 2009. Director: Michael Attenborough. And scheduled for an off-Broadway production at The Lincoln Center Theater in March 2010.
Director: David Cromer.
Performed at the Browns Mart Theatre, Darwin 8 March, 2016.
Scheduled for production by Theatre Works and Iron Lung Theatre, 29 July - 16 August 2020.
Director: Briony Dunn.
Lighting Designer: Clare Springett.
Sound Designer: James Paul and Darrin Verhagen.
Production Manager: Julia Landberg.
Cast: Francis Greenslade, Esther Van Doornum, Nicholas Denton, Margaret Mills, Alex Pinder, and Lucie Chaix.
Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rescheduled for production by Theatre Works and Iron Lung Theatre from 12 July - 15 August 2021.
Director: Briony Dunn.
Lighting Designer: Clare Springett.
Sound Designer: Darrin Verhagen.
Production Manager: Julia Landberg.
Cast: Francis Greenslade, Heather Bolton, Esther Van Doornum, Darcy Kent, Margaret Mills, Alex Pinder, and Lucie Chaix.
Production cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, effective from 16 July.
Scheduled for production by Theatre Works and Iron Lung Theatre at Theatre Works, St Kilda, 27 April - 14 May 2022.
Director: Briony Dunn.
Lighting Designer: Clare Springett.
Sound Designer: Darrin Verhagen.
Production Manager: Julia Landberg.
Cast: Francis Greenslade, Heather Bolton, Esther Van Doornum, Darcy Kent, Margaret Mills, Alex Pinder, and Lucie Chaix.
'Andrew Bovell's 2008 intergenerational family saga, set against a backdrop of climate change and psycho-geographical trauma, returns to the stage.'
