A blurred image depicting a bicycle and three figures in front of a red background. All performers on stage with backlights on. Main character looking looking straight ahead. Four performers close together looking at an imaginary patisserie display Six performers celebrating Happy New Year Two characters seating and arguing In the foreground a BSL Interpreter. In the background five performers posing for a school photo Four performers in school kids uniforms raise their arms to ask a question to a fifth performet playing the teacher One performer hugs another character.
Theatre

The Nature of Forgetting

Theatre Re

Edinburgh

Pleasance Courtyard
Grand

13:15

75 mins

8+

From £19.00

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9th Aug - 23rd Aug

Following more than 200 performances across the globe, Theatre Re, 'one of the UK's most admired physical theatre companies' (Scotsman), returns with its explosive and joyous five-star sell-out international hit about what is left when memory is gone.

Tom is living with early onset dementia. We meet him as he prepares for his 55th birthday party and past memories come flooding back.

'Profoundly moving... an action-packed celebration of life' BBC Radio 4

'Extraordinary... special, surprising and magical' Sarah Jessica Parker

'A moving and enthralling spectacle' Stage

'Incredible' GQ

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ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES

Signed Performance: All performances of this show will be interpreted. (British Sign Language)

BSL Interpreter: Anna Kitson

Signer Position: Down Stage Left

Accessible concessions available online. 

Access Tickets

To book in access tickets including complimentary personal assistant tickets, wheelchair accessible seating or to arrange any additional venue assistance, (such as hearing loops, early venue access or specific seat requests), please contact the box office directly to make your booking.

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Phone: 020 7609 1800
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‘Exquisitely beautiful and punishingly energetic... This is a special show.’

The List

‘Renders superlatives near redundant... Utterly unmissable.’

The Edinburgh Reporter

‘Breath-taking and bold... A must see.’

Broadway World

‘This is a work of serious importance.’

ThreeWeeks Edinburgh

‘This is an exceptionally fine piece of high-energy physical theatre.’

Edinburgh Guide

‘A joy to watch... Theatre Re has created something very special.’

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‘One of those incredibly beautiful pieces of theatre you are likely to remember for a long,
long time.’

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'A phenomenal example of true theatrical magic.'

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The Nature of Forgetting

Edinburgh

Pleasance Courtyard
Grand

(75 mins)

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