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Synopsis

Andrew Bovell’s sprawling family drama, When the Rain Stops Falling, spans four generations of dysfunction in one family’s lineage of secrets, abandonment, and searching for answers. In 1960’s London, Henry and Elizabeth Law give birth to a son, Gabriel, before Henry mysteriously departs for Australia, never to return to his family again. Two decades later, Gabriel travels to Australia, following in his father’s footsteps, desperate to find some connection to the man he never knew. There, he meets and falls in love with Gabrielle York, who gives birth to their son, Gabriel York. But just like his father, Gabriel grows up abandoned by his parents and later does the same to his own son. In the near future, as the end of the world looms, Gabriel is confronted by his own son, searching for answers of his own just as his father and grandfather did before him. When the Rain Stops Falling is an epic work of drama, traveling backwards and forwards through time as each generation struggles to come to terms with family, legacy, abandonment and betrayal, inherited secrets, and the search for connection and forgiveness.

Show Information

Book Andrew Bovell Category Play Age Guidance Mature Audiences (M) Number of Acts 1 First Produced 2008 Genres Drama Settings Contemporary Time & Place London and Australia, 1959-2039 Cast Size medium Licensor Nick Hern Book Ideal For College/University, Community Theatre, Ensemble Cast, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Young Adult Characters, Medium Cast

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View all 9 characters Henry Law Male View Breakdown Elizabeth Law (Younger) Female View Breakdown Elizabeth Law (Older) Female View Breakdown Gabriel Law Male View Breakdown Gabrielle York (Younger) Female View Breakdown Gabrielle York (Older) Female View Breakdown Joe Ryan Male View Breakdown Gabriel York Male View Breakdown View all characters in When the Rain Stops Falling

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  Stephanie Wilson

  Gabrielle York (2023)

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