When the Rain Stops Falling

Ameera Conrad is an international award-winning actress, writer, and director, who has worked predominantly in mainstream and devised theatre since 2016. Her work focuses on decolonising the canon of theatre & amplifying the stories of marginalised groups through race, gender and sexuality. Ameera has a two-pronged approach to decolonising the canon; on one hand, she creates new texts through devising, and on the other hand, she takes pre-existing texts and politically occupy them. Her aesthetic is non-realistic, clean-lined, maximalist, with throbbing bass lines and its tongue firmly in its cheek.

She is one of the Mail and Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans (2024), a twice-published playwright, and an alumnus of the Lincoln Centre Theater's Directors Lab (2017). Ameera is currently an associate artist at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, a visiting lecturer at Mountview London, the former Artistic Director of The Furies Co-Operative, the former Associate Artistic Director for 20 Stories High, and former Associate Director for the Actors Touring Company and LAMDA.

Andrew Bovell is a critically acclaimed Australian playwright and screenwriter.

His theatre credits include Things I Know To Be True (Frantic Assembly and the State Theatre Company of South Australia, 2016); The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company, 2013 Sydney Festival and 2016 national tour, winner of six Helpmann Awards including Best Play, as well as Best New Work Sydney Theatre Awards); When the Rain Stops Falling (Brink Production/State Theatre Company, 2008 Adelaide Festival, Almeida Theatre, Lincoln Centre NYC, winner of five Lucille Lortell Awards). Earlier works include Speaking in Tongues and Holy Day.

Film credits include Strictly Ballroom, A Most Wanted Man, Edge of Darkness,  Blessed, Lantana, and Head On.

Contains themes of suicide, parental loss, paedophilia, memory loss, the kidnapping of a child, alcohol addiction, death and minor references to an eating disorder. Minor use of blood and strong language.  

There are no depictions of child abuse and no children in the play. 

This is an amateur production presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. 

Pricing and concessions 

Tickets cost £14, but we have £7 concessions tickets available to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, schools, students, or people who are over 65, under 18 or are on Job Seeker's Allowance. You'll just need to provide proof of your eligibility when you collect your tickets at the Box Office. We offer a complimentary ticket for carers, to book please call the box office on 020 8834 0500. If you belong to our Pathways Programme or work with any of our Pathways Partners you are entitled to complimentary tickets. Please contact the box office to book.

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Group tickets 

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E-Tickets

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Refunds 

Unfortunately, all tickets are non-refundable.

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