On October 22 at 3pm, Puppetmongers Theatre is honoured to host The Rain Bride at their studio - a workshop performance for adults and youth 14+ from award-winning theatre director, puppeteer and performer Afsaneh Zamani!

“The Rain Bride” is a rain ritual from west Iran, traditionally performed with puppets, based on latent themes of femininity and fertility. During drought, young women build a wooden cross and adorn it with colourful fabrics to make it look like a young woman whom they call “The Rain Bride.” Afterwards, they walk her through the town, singing and encouraging onlookers to give money and food to the bride as an offering for her holy marriage to Heaven.

This workshop performance is the first development phase of an immersive project in which participants will take part in a journey to create their own "Rain Bride" and share food.

Please bring some food as the offering, such as fruits and snacks.

VERY limited tickets available!

Pre-booking required, no walk-ups.