By Sami Ibrahim

Elif shears sheep, her employer counts the herd. It’s hard to break out of your given role in life but when you’re an immigrant, unregistered, when the country you’re in considers you illegal, it’s damn near impossible. A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain is a contemporary parable of borders, boundaries and what it takes to transcend them in a time when the walls are getting taller and the channels wider.

By turns poetic, grounded and absurd, Sami Ibrahim’s play is a concentrated shot, precisely aimed, sure to leave an impression. The clouds are lowering and when they fall, it’s going to be a downpour.

The text of the play references sex, murder and includes depictions of racist abuse. For more information please contact the theatre.

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