What is shown exists. What is not shown

disappears. In 1965, amid the Civil Rights Movement and profound social transformation in America, Steve Reich recorded the voice of Black street preacher Brother Walter declaring: “It’s gonna rain.” A warning of catastrophe became a loop: repeated, fractured and transformed. Sixty years later, Opera Lab Berlin reimagines Reich’s It’s Gonna Rain, Come Out and Piano Phase as a new work of music and dance theatre.

Author & Director Sorina Gajewski
Camera Hannes Schulze
Sound Nils Plambeck
Producer Robin Fischer, Sebastian Wirsching
Produktionsfirma Nie und Immer Studios
Performers Astan Meyer, Francesca Verga, Omí, Evan Gardner, Ruben Nsue
Music Steve Reich & Opera Lab Berlin Director & Choreographer Ruben Nsue Musical Director: Youka Snell
Associate Director Ben Goldby
Dramaturgy Ben Goldby & Samuel Chalela Puccini
Production Manager Christo Schleiff Costume & Stage Designer Ela Bahena
Director Samuel Chalela Puccini
Kamera Hannes Schulze