“Book Descriptions: We all live under the same sky. It's just that, beneath that sky, there's some arsehole saying "don't stand here, stand over there and shut your mouth".'
Elif shears sheep for a rich landowner. Every other waking hour she spends queuing outside the palace, hoping that the King will let her live within the city walls.
She comes from a far-away land. She is searching for sanctuary. And this is what we call a hostile environment.
A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain from award-winning playwright Sami Ibrahim is a poetic fable of an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own. It is premiered on UK tour by Paines Plough and Rose Theatre.” DRIVE