The Memory of Water

by Site Admin on Saturday, August 9, 2008

by Shelagh Stephenson

Tuesday 19th to Saturday 23rd August
Swan Theatre, Worcester
Worcester Live box office: 01905 611 427

As part of the Worcester Festival.

The play

The Memory of Water is a powerful and funny play about three sisters.

Mary (a doctor), Teresa (a business woman), and Catherine (a free spirit), return to their family home in Yorkshire on the eve of their mother’s funeral.  When they meet, grief causes the conflicts and memories of the past to re-emerge. The result is a roller-coaster of emotions, veering from the darkly dramatic to the wryly humorous. As the sisters reacquaint with each other, hidden secrets are revealed through laughter and sorrow.

Shelagh Stephenson won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 2000 for this, her first stage play. It has been made into a film under the title of Before You Go.

Cast and crew

Vi — Barbara Wright
Mary — Jane Lush
Teresa — Gill Charles
Catherine — Amber Bluck
Mike — Peter Thorpe
Frank — Math Jones

Director — Derek Chaplain

Technical Manager — Andy Hares
Lighting — Howerd Brooksbank
Technicians — Sally Metcalfe and Michelle Whitfield

Performance

From the blog

• Audition notice: Memory of Water (2 March 2008)
• Remember the Memory audition (11 March 2008)
• Catch up! (6 August 2008)
• Worcester Standard anticipates “a powerful and funny play” (9 August 2008)
• The importance of being punctual (1 September 2008)

2 comments to “The Memory of Water”

Sally Metcalfe, September 28th, 2008 at 6:38 pm:

• Don’t forget Howerd Brooksbank who worked the lighting!

Site Admin, September 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am:

• Thanks, Sally. I’ve updated the cast and crew list above. (Folks - the information’s only as good as what’s given to me, so keep it coming!)
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