earthfall

He said some locals in Iraq now refer to the dust storm activity as “soilfall” or “earthfall,” because the winds kick up layers of soil.

Children who left for school before the earthfall returned to find their clay and cement houses had been buried.

Love flourishes in a cold, wet climate in Earthfall's adaptation, first seen in 2005, of Jamie O'Neill's novel At Swim, Two Boys.

Picking up on the most passionate scenes in the novel, where the boys go swimming together, water becomes the fundamental element of Earthfall's production: steadily trickling down the corrugated iron wall that dominates the stage, pooling on to the floor.

The latest show comes from renowned Welsh artist Marc Rees, who has previously worked with physical theatre companies Brith Gof, Earthfall and DV8 and who recently won the Wales bid for the cultural Olympiad.