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    When the Rain Stops Falling

    Written by
    Andrew Bovell

    Directed by
    Mark Gaal

    28 Oct – 03 Nov 2020
    NIDA Theatres, Playhouse
    115 minutes, 1 act, no interval

    About the show

    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 had predicted that fish would fall from the sky heralding a great flood that would overcome the human race.  

    Written by award-winning Australia playwright Andrew Bovell, the mastermind behind the stage adaptation of Kate Grenville’s The Secret River, the action takes place between the worlds of these two men over the course of eight decades.  

    Interweaving and overlaying human stories with environmental concerns as it traverses back and forth between London and the Australian desert, When The Rain Stops Falling asks the audience to put the pieces together. As we trace the history of a family, we learn that we cannot begin to understand the future unless we understand the past.

    This dynamic new production is directed by opera and theatre director and NIDA alumni Mark Gaal. Parallel narratives trigger images of layering and repetition as we hurtle through the decades in a design team including award-winning set designer Isabel Hudson.

    Cast

    In order of appearance

    Henry Law / Gabriel York 
    Nathaniel Langworthy

    Gabriel Law / Andrew Price 
    Thomas Hughes

    Elizabeth Law 1960
    Ayla Beaufils

    Elizabeth Law 1988 
    Alex Stamell

    Joe Ryan
    Jason Jeffries

    Gabrielle York 1988
    Anna Clark

    Gabrielle York 2013
    Melissa Kahraman*

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    Creative Team

    Director
    Mark Gaal**

    Assistant Director 
    Ruby Rees
    Mark Bolotin

    Set Designer 
    Milla Gentil & Isabel Hudson**

    Costume Designer 
    Rita Naidu

    Lighting Designer
    Mali Tauro-Cesca

    Video Designer 
    Cameron Smith

    Sound Designer
    Krystelle Quartermain

    MFA Voice Coach 
    Raechyl French

    Production Team

    Stage Manager 
    Sophia Wallace

    Assistant Stage Manager
    Alexis Worthing

    Head Electrician
    Sophie Jones

    Video Systems 
    Joel Mallett

    Costume Supervisor 
    Sarah Murdoch

    Construction Manager
    Nick Day**

    Costume Assistant
    Lily Mateljan

    Props Maker
    Connor McCool

    Design Assistant 
    Hailley Hunt

    Technical Assistants 
    McLane Catterall
    Scott Cleggett
    Zoe Davis
    Jessie McGuigan
    Pip Morey
    Jess Pizzinga
    Bella Thompson

    Meet the Cast

    * Guest
    ** Staff
    *** Diploma of Stage and Screen Performance

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