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When the Rain Stops Falling
When the Rain Stops Falling is a play about family, secret legacies, betrayal and forgiveness seen across four generations and spanning two continents. The drama had its world premiere as part of the 2008 Adelaide Festival of Arts.
It was written by renowned Australian playwright and screenwriter, Andrew Bovell.
The play opens to the sound of falling rain in the desert region of Alice Springs, Australia in 2039.
Itinerant, eccentric wanderer, Gabriel York, is waiting for a visit from his adult English son, Andrew, after years of estrangement. Gabriel is keen to make a good impression. With an empty wallet, empty fridge and flooding barring the roads, Gabriel has no idea what to serve his son or where to find food. Suddenly a fish falls from the sky, landing at his feet.
The action then shifts to the past, to a modest flat in London in 1959.
The relationship between married couple Henry and Elizabeth Law (Gabriel York's grandparents) begins to suffer soon after their son (Gabriel Law) is born. In the same flat in 1988, Gabriel Law's relationship is strained due to his mother Elizabeth's refusal to shed light on his father's mysterious disappearance when he was only seven.
Keen to retrace his father's footsteps and piece together his family's past, Gabriel Law journeys to Australia where he meets a vulnerable young roadhouse waitress, Gabrielle York. Gabrielle is troubled by her own tragic past, having lost both her parents in the aftermath of her brother's disappearance. The pair discover the truth about their family histories.
The play takes place in various timeframes between 1959 and 2039, in rural Alice Springs and Coorong, Australia and London, England. The 2039 scenes feel faintly apocalyptic. Much of the action is staged around a dining room table, where family members almost "catch glimpses of one another across time". Famous Australian landmark, Uluru can be seen as a surreal backdrop in several scenes.
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When the Rain Stops Falling
When the Rain Stops Falling is a play about family, secret legacies, betrayal and forgiveness seen across four generations and spanning two continents. The drama had its world premiere as part of the 2008 Adelaide Festival of Arts.
It was written by renowned Australian playwright and screenwriter, Andrew Bovell.
The play opens to the sound of falling rain in the desert region of Alice Springs, Australia in 2039.
Itinerant, eccentric wanderer, Gabriel York, is waiting for a visit from his adult English son, Andrew, after years of estrangement. Gabriel is keen to make a good impression. With an empty wallet, empty fridge and flooding barring the roads, Gabriel has no idea what to serve his son or where to find food. Suddenly a fish falls from the sky, landing at his feet.
The action then shifts to the past, to a modest flat in London in 1959.
The relationship between married couple Henry and Elizabeth Law (Gabriel York's grandparents) begins to suffer soon after their son (Gabriel Law) is born. In the same flat in 1988, Gabriel Law's relationship is strained due to his mother Elizabeth's refusal to shed light on his father's mysterious disappearance when he was only seven.
Keen to retrace his father's footsteps and piece together his family's past, Gabriel Law journeys to Australia where he meets a vulnerable young roadhouse waitress, Gabrielle York. Gabrielle is troubled by her own tragic past, having lost both her parents in the aftermath of her brother's disappearance. The pair discover the truth about their family histories.
The play takes place in various timeframes between 1959 and 2039, in rural Alice Springs and Coorong, Australia and London, England. The 2039 scenes feel faintly apocalyptic. Much of the action is staged around a dining room table, where family members almost "catch glimpses of one another across time". Famous Australian landmark, Uluru can be seen as a surreal backdrop in several scenes.