The Power of Visuals
by Christian Baines
Alan and Anna are siblings whose respective marriages are both on the brink of disaster. The key difference? Anna knows it, though much of the problem may lie within her own head.
When It Rains is a story about life’s most universal realities – love, sex, birth, death – all vividly explored by the innovative use of projections in lieu of any specific set or lighting. The piece rarely employs set pieces any more complicated than two chairs, allowing its four highly talented cast-members and designer Nick Bottomley’s graphic novel-inspired imagery to propel the narrative.
