Brent Palmer and Nick Pauling perform in this gritty, rich and entirely gripping noir tale of two Chicago police officers whose inner need to serve and protect both consumes them and rips them apart
Keith Huff’s award-winning hit Broadway play “A Steady Rain” takes the audience on a gripping, relentless journey. Using razor-sharp story-telling, writer Keith Huff weaves the perspectives of two Chicago police officers, Joey and Denny, into a harrowing story. Long time partners and best friends, Joey and Denny have serious problems. Joey struggles with alcohol while he secretly obsesses over Denny’s wife. Denny is resentful, aggressive and racist cheater. During the course of the compelling and devastating narrative, the audience is kept white-knuckled right until the moment the lights go down.
Nicholas Pauling’s theatre credits include: The Frontiersmen, Blue/Orange, The Pervert Laura, Waiting for the Barbarians, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Zoo Story, Cowboy Mouth, Who\’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Champ, Death of a Colonialist, King Lear, Mich Ado about Nothing, Comedy of Errors, Amadeus ( Fleur du Cap, Best Actor). His film and TV roles include: Black Butterflies, Challenger Final Flight, Death Race 2, Unfriend, Black Sails, Dominion, Bluestone 42, Apocolypse Slough, Leonardo, Book of Negroes
Brent Palmer, a London trained actor, comedian and writer is the man behind the 2015 SAFTA winning comedic short film Picture Perfect Heist. He is currently developing a feature film of the same name with Benchfilms. He also wrote and acted in the Fleur Du Cap nominated play called Bench. Over the last fifteen years Brent has worked professionally in theatre, television and film with his most recent television credits being Those who Can’t (SABC) and Jamillah and Aladdin (CBBC). Brent has also used his talents to direct shows for comedians such as Nik Rabinowitz, Siv Ngesi and Gaetan Scmidt. As a result of his passion for authentic and full expression, he runs workshops on speaking and presenting with confidence across the country to a large spectrum of corporate clients.
Adrian Collins’ extensive theatre work includes Hamlet, directed by Janet Suzman at the Baxter and Swan theatre in Stratford upon Avon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Birthday Party, for which he received a Fleur de Cap nomination. Adrian is a member of The Mechanicals theatre collective and most recently played the role of Edmund in King Lear.
WHAT: A Steady Rain – Drama, Written by Keith Huff | Directed by Adrian Collins | Starring Brent Palmer and Nick Pauling
WHEN: Tues 10 – Sat 14 Nov at 19:00; Mon 16 – Sat 21 Nov 2015 at 19:00
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