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Australian Arts

The power of surprise

17 August 2024

9:00 AM

17 August 2024

9:00 AM

You would think that Andrew Bovell, the man who wrote Lantana, would not be subject to the petty indignities of an age of conformism. But no, his extraordinary work When the Rain Stops Falling seen years ago at Melbourne’s Malthouse with all its surprises left intact was staged by Flinders University Performing Arts Society in July with a set of warnings which effectively gave away the plot because it might shock people.

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