Synopsis
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 predicted that, in 2039, fish would fall from the sky heralding a great flood that would overcome the human race.

When The Rain Stops Falling takes place between the worlds of these two men – between a prediction in 1959 and its outcome eighty years later. Through four generations of interconnected stories, from the claustrophobia of a small 1950s London flat to the windswept coast of South Australia and into the heart of the Australian desert, When The Rain Stops Falling follows the central journey of Gabriel Law as he retraces his father Henry's footsteps in an attempt to solve the mystery of his disappearance.

At a roadhouse in the Coorong he meets a young woman named Gabrielle York. Two wounded souls in a wild landscape, their connection is instant and powerful. As the young lovers' story unfolds amidst the interweaving narratives of their ancestors and descendants we are led back to 2039... to Gabriel York as he arrives home with the fish to await the arrival of his own estranged son. A son he knows will come seeking answers. A son he knows will want to understand the past. But for Gabriel York the past is as mysterious as the fish.

Brink Productions
Founded in 1996 Brink Productions has a reputation for creating powerfully imaginative theatre that communicates complex ideas and feelings with great insight and clarity. Brink's work is surprising and thought provoking, sometimes challenging but always accessible to a wide-ranging audience. Under Chris Drummond, Brink's Artistic Director since 2005, the company's collaborative process and fundamental commitment to ensemble-based practices continues to attract Australia's leading artists and thinkers.

Brink's recent successes include its award-winning 2005 adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's Drums in the Night (translated by Finegan Kruckemeyer) and this uncharted hour, a music-theatre work created in collaboration with new music collective The Firm. The script for this uncharted hour (also written by Kruckemeyer) was a recipient of the 2006 Jill Blewett Playwrights' Award. Both productions were co-presented by Brink Productions and State Theatre Company of South Australia.

In October 2007 Brink Productions and Windmill Performing Arts co-produced The Clockwork Forest by Doug MacLeod, with design by Gabriela Tylesova, a work for children and families.

Brink Productions' newest work, When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, a collaboration with Hossein Valamanesh and Brink Productions, was conceived and developed by the company over three years, working collaboratively with its creative team and ensemble members and with special funding from Arts SA Major Commissions and the Australia Council through it New Australian Stories Initiative. The world premiere will be presented by Brink Productions, State Theatre Company of South Australia and Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts in February 2008.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts' New Australian Stories Initiative, ARTS SA Major Commissions, Maureen Ritchie and Pratt Foundation.

Contact:
Kay Jamieson
Brink Productions
c/- The Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
King William Road
Adelaide SA 5000
Tel +61 8 8211 6565
Fax +61 8 8211 6513
Mob 0417 556 580
kay@brinkproductions.com
www.brinkproductions.com