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'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)
Production Details
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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.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'It Caught the Zeitgeist' : An Interview with Andrew Bovell
Nathan Hastie
(interviewer),
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , May no. 78 2021; (p. 170-194) -
Return of Rain Ends Dry Spell
2016
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column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 April 2016; (p. 17) -
A Delicate and Fragile Dance
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Andrew Bovell : The Alchemy of Collaboration 2015; (p. 45-50) -
Family
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Andrew Bovell : The Alchemy of Collaboration 2015; (p. 23-27) -
Trust
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Andrew Bovell : The Alchemy of Collaboration 2015; (p. 17-20)
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Entrancing Journey in Time, and through Lives Bound by Mystery
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 May 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of When the Rain Stops Falling 2008 single work drama -
Fishing for Answers
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 17 May 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of When the Rain Stops Falling 2008 single work drama -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 October 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of When the Rain Stops Falling 2008 single work drama -
Reigning Playwright's Future Tense
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 October 2009; (p. 18)
— Review of When the Rain Stops Falling 2008 single work drama -
Confusion Rains in This Gloomy Epic
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Independent , 28 May 2009; (p. 16, 17)
— Review of When the Rain Stops Falling 2008 single work drama -
Family Ties in an Age of Melancholy
2007
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column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 September 2007; (p. 9) -
One for the Team
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 February 2008; (p. 11) -
Instant Classic to Become Toast of London
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 March 2009; (p. 19) Bryce Hallett reports on a planned production at London's Almeida Theatre of Andrew Bovell's When the Rain Stops Falling. The cast for the production will be mainly English actors, but will also feature Australians Leah Purcell and Simon Burke. -
It Never Rains, It Pours
2009
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column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 April 2009; (p. 8-9) -
Man of Fertile Ideas Casts Spell on a Dry Space
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 May 2009; (p. 12)
Awards
- 2009 winner Victorian Green Room Awards — New Writing for the Australian Stage
- 2009 winner Sydney Theatre Awards — Best New Australian Work Nominated for the 2009 Sydney Theatre Company and Brink Productions production.
- 2009 nominated Sydney Theatre Awards — Best Mainstage Production Nominated for the 2009 Sydney Theatre Company and Brink Productions production.
- 2009 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- 2009 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
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London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Alice Springs, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
- 1959
- 2039