PLAY-BACK 2021
Teatro contemporaneo italiano / Contemporary Italian Theatre
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Melbourne / Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne
Cura di / Curated by Elvira Frosini e Daniele Timpano
When the Rain Stops Falling
Written by Australian playwriter Andrew Bovell, When the Rain Stops Falling (translated by Margherita Mauro) is a heartrending drama about family, betrayal, and forgiveness spanning four generations and two hemispheres. The play interweaves a series of connected stories as seven people confront the mysteries of their past in order to understand their future revealing how patterns of betrayal, love, and abandonment are passed on. Until finally, as the desert is inundated with rain, one young man finds the courage to defy the legacy.