Before It Rains
Paperback, 88 pages ISBN: 9781848422865Publication Date:
13 Sep 2012
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Ebook, 88 pages ISBN: 9781780017075Publication Date:
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First Staged:
Bristol Old Vic, 2012

Before It Rains

By Katherine Chandler

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  • Writers Guild Playwright Award, Theatre Critics of Wales Awards - 2012

Funny, brave and beautifully told, Before It Rains is a tale of parenthood, protection and provocation set on a proud, forgotten Cardiff estate.

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.

'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.'

Press Quotes

'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'

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Paperback,88 pages ISBN: 9781848422865Publication Date:
13 Sep 2012
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook,88 pages ISBN: 9781780017075Publication Date:
7 Apr 2016
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Katherine Chandler:

Thick As Thieves
Lose Yourself
Bird

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