Before It Rains
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 2M, 1F
- ISBN: 9781848422865
"In some cultures, the mams won't look after their babies if they finds out there's something wrong with them. I heard that. Pagans I think. Something like that. Animals do the same."
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! Writers Guild Playwright Award - Theatre Critic's of Wales Awards (2012)
Gloria is a single mum who enjoys sitting in her deckchair drinking her troubles away on her allotment, while her gentle son, Michael, digs the soil and makes sure everything is in order. From a relocated, troubled home, Carl - wild, unpredictable and near feral - watches both the mother and son with interest, bouncing his ball.
Katherine Chandler's play Before It Rains was first performed at the Bristol Old Vic in September 2012. The play won the Writers Guild Playwright Award at the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards 2012, and was a finalist for the 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
REVIEWS:
"A slice of raw life...draws the audience right into the heart of how we cope with intimidation from outside and within."
The Stage
"Sparse, tense and unnerving."
The Venue
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 1F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers, Good role(s) for younger performers
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Funny, brave and beautifully told, Before It Rains is a tale of parenthood, protection and provocation set on a proud, forgotten Cardiff estate. |
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