The Memory of Water - 15th Apr to 24th Jun 2004 - More Information
The Memory of Water
Touring
15th Apr to 24th Jun 2004
by Shelagh Stephenson
directed by Muriel Romanes
A co-production with the Byre, St Andrews and The Tron, Glasgow
Scottish premiere: 16 April 2004, followed by a Scotland-wide tour until 26 June 2004.
The Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland, August 2004.
‘An insightful and witty joy you’d be a fool to miss.’
(Metro, 23 April)
‘Bitter, sharp humour and rich female energy – raunchy, gossipy, sexual and genuinely passionate about men… Beautifully paced, meticulously detailed but passionately performed.’
(Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman, 21 April)
‘Altogether, this is a master-class on how to make popular theatre…Cast with first-class actors at the top of their game’
(Robert Dawson Scott, The Times, 27 May)
‘Muriel Romanes’ production is of the highest order… They’re a dazzling team who perform with infectious enthusiasm.’
(The List, 29 April)
THE MEMORY BANK
Shelagh Stephenson’s play evokes memories in the audience, often of events that have been forgotten since they actually happened. During the Scotland-wide tour of The Memory of Water we invited audiences to share memories with their fellow audience members. In certain venues, we ran Outreach Workshops with groups of women, exploring memory, how we recall and how the play addresses the notion of memory, particularly amongst the 3 sisters, Mary, Catherine and Teresa.
Memories were recorded on luggage labels and posted into a giant steamer trunk that accompanied the tour. It is planned that these writings be used as the creative impulse for a new play, allowing Stellar Quines greater collaboration with our audience than ever before.
TOUR DATES MEMORY OF WATER
Byre Theatre St. Andrews 15 April – 1 May
Tron Theatre Glasgow 13 – 29 May
Brunton Theatre Musselburgh 1 June
Lemon Tree Aberdeen 2 June
Eastgate Theatre Peebles 4 June
Cumbernauld Theatre 5 June
Lyth Arts Center Wick 8 June
Traverse Theatre Edinburgh 10 – 12 June
Plockton Village Hall 15 June
Aultbea Community Hall 16 June
Ardross Community Hall 17 June
Birnam Institute Dunkeld 18 June
Carnegie Hall Dunfermline 19 June
North Edinburgh Arts Center 22 – 23 June
Dundee Rep Theatre 24 – 26 June
Kilkenny Arts Festival August 2004
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