Performance

Venue	Summerhall
	Also: Roundabout
Town	Edinburgh
County	Edinburgh
From	3rd August 2022
To	28th August 2022
Summerhall (V0556715916)
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Date of change: 3 Aug 22 - T261155311

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

Work:: A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain (S719225958)

'We all live under the same sky. It's just that, beneath that sky, there's some arsehole saying "don't stand here, stand over there and shut your mouth".' Elif shears sheep for a rich landowner. Every other waking hour she spends queuing outside the palace, hoping that the King will let her live within the city walls. She comes from a far-away land. She is searching for sanctuary. And this is what we call a hostile environment

Author

Sami Ibrahim

Production:: (T261155311)

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain from award-winning playwright Sami Ibrahim is a poetic fable of an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.

Producer	Paines Plough
Producer	Rose Theatre (in association with Gate Theatre)
Director	Yasmin Hafesji
Design	Ryan Dawson Laight
Lighting	Rory Beaton
Music	Roly Botha
Sound	Roly Botha
Director	Annelie Powell (CDG - casting)
Director	Yami Lofvenberg (movement)
Director	Joelle Ikwa (assistant)
Dramaturg	Deirdre O'Halloran
Other	Guy Ongley (touring production manager)
Stage Manager	Verity Clayton
Stage Manager	Charlotte Smith-Barker (assistant)
Other	Jack Ryan (LX programmer and LX associate)
Design	Hannah Boothman (design associate)
Other	Charlie Mann (LX programmer)
Performer	Sara Hazemi
Performer	Rincess Khumalo
Performer	Samuel Tracy

Listing:: L341547980

Production details

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain from award-winning playwright Sami Ibrahim is a poetic fable of an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.

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