A Rain Walk

I co-created A Rain Walk with artist Andy Field - an interactive audio walk for a rainy day, made remotely in collaboration with a group of 12 local children across multiple locations.

The project was first created with children in the UK and Ireland, commissioned by Dublin Fringe Festival, The Ark and Norfolk & Norwich Festival, with commissioning support from The Place. It premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival in 2020, and will be presented at The Place (London) in March 2021, and Norfolk & Norwich Festival in May 2021.

A second version of the project was created with children in Australia and New Zealand, commissioned by Festival of Colour and Melbourne Fringe, with ArtPlay and House of Muchness. It premiered at Melbourne Fringe in 2020, and will be presented at Festival of Colour (Wanaka) in April 2021.

We invite you to a rain walk – a walk in the rain accompanied by the recorded voices of local children. With their guidance the rainfall will become your own private theatre, a space in which to observe, imagine and play.

Because we are no better at predicting when it might rain than you are, everything you need to experience the show is contained within a little box that is handed to you when you purchase a ticket. Keep it safe until the weather turns.

Then, whether in a drizzle or a deluge, alone or with friends or family, we invite you to step outside, feel the rain on your face, and think about your place in a world that is changing so swiftly around you.

Photo: Jemima Yong