08/05/2026
- Brink Celebrating 30 yrs in 2026 -
⭐ ARTIST SUPPORT ⭐
ANCIENT RAIN 2016 + 2017
Presented by Far and Away Productions, in associations with Brink Productions.
By Paul Kelly + Camille O'Sullivan with Feargal Murray
Iconic Australian singer-songwriter, Paul Kelly, and magnetic Irish-French chanteuse, Camille O’Sullivan, starred in this evocative new music theatre work, joined by O’Sullivan’s long-time collaborator, songwriter and pianist, Feargal Murray.
This word premiere was inspired by the works of W.B. Yeats and other great Irish poets, Ancient Rain combined the spoken word with a song-cycle of new compositions. Kelly and O’Sullivan, both mesmerising performers, inhabited a range of diverse characters as they reveal a tapestry of themes, from the cost of love and the price of independence, to the inadequacy of faith and the power of forgiveness.
PERFORMED AT [2016] Olympia Theatre [Dublin Theatre Festival], Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne [Melbourne Festival], Merrigong Theatre Company [Wollongong]
+ Canberra Theatre Centre.
PERFORMED AT [2017] Her Majesty's Theatre [Adelaide Cabaret Festival], Queensland Performing Arts Centre [Queensland Cabaret Festival], Hobart Federation Concert Hall [Dark M**o Festival].
CREATIVES Director Chris Drummond / Designer Gaelle Mellis / Lighting Designer Neil Simpson / Producer Lee-Anne Donnolley
MUSIC Paul Kelly / Camille O’Sullivan / Feargal Murray
WORDS Eavan Boland / Michael Hartnett / Seamus Heaney / James Joyce / Patrick Kavanagh / Donagh MacDonagh / Paula Meehan / Padraic Pearse / WB Yeats and more...
CAST Paul Kelly / Camille O’Sullivan / Feargal Murray