The project "Rain Always Comes From the Sky" is an independent theatrical project that we launched with a collective of friends* passionate about the world of performance. We presented our play at the 'Courants d'Airs' festival at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, a festival that showcases young artists. I worked on the set design, lighting design, and stage management.

The central theme of "Rain always come from the sky" is the universality of death and how it reflects reality back to us. The dramaturgy is therefore aimed at using mourning, unexpected, incomprehensible, and revolting, as a pretext for a discourse on a profound existential crisis. This is embodied through the three central characters: Arthur's crisis of faith confronts spirituality, sensitive and vulnerable, of Angélique, or Pierre's almost nihilistic indifference.

However, the theme is far from limited to the tormented minds of the protagonists. The crisis explored on stage is indeed the same as that which resides in the heart of our generation, lost in the face of a world evaporating before its eyes.

synopsis:

Pierre, Angélique, and Arthur find themselves confronted with the disappearance of Milo, their friend and pillar. Faced with the hermeticism of death, they struggle to find answers, searching for any spark to reignite when darkness gradually engulfs them after this sudden loss. The struggle of the rational against the absurdity of fate transforms into a spiritual quest through experiences of absence and loss, from collapse to transcendence. Thus, the group and their absence, named Milo, test the bonds that unite them, stretching and distorting them, sometimes through resentment or bitterness, sometimes through comfort. It is in the most unexpected moments that poetry surfaces, as the three friends try to regain their footing in the uncertain flow of their lives.

*Jérôme Lefèbvre, François Jacob, Rachel D'Aietti, Alice Goffaux

French Press Kit here

Images of the project

Photo of the moment 0, just before the begening of the scene 1. With François Jacob, Jérome Lefèbvre, Rachel D'Aietti

Photo of the "dance scene" in the middle of the performance. with Rachel D'Aietti and François Jacob.

Photo of a part of a scene at the end of the performance. With Rachel D'Aietti.

Photo at the end of the performance. With François Jacob, Jérôme Lefèbvre and Rachel D'Aietti.

Photo of the very end of the performance.