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Memory Palace by Jane Madden & Creative Team

Galway Theatre Festival 2010

A collaboration between a creative ensemble of artists.

The devised piece explores the relationship between memory and identity.

Based on the Greek myth of Mnemosyne; the goddess of memory;

When we die we cross into the Underworld and are given a choice; to drink from the river Lethe and forget all our pain or to drink from the river Mnemsoyne and remember everything.

Lottie chooses to remember but at what cost……….

Cast includes Aoife Connolly, Andrea Scott, Andy Crowe and Musician Aisling Quinn

Creative ensemble includes Full Cast, Visual Artists Tamsyn Speight, Joanne Murray and Playwright Jane Madden.

Reviews

” Memory Palace reaches beyond an exploration of memory and identity..it imaginatively examines the interconnections of dreams, symbolism and representation itself..this collaborative ensemble has created intelligent truly inspiring theatre.” - Irish Theatre Magazine read full review

“ ..A highlight of the Galway Theatre Festival..Memory Palace bypassed its melodrama to become an ingenious exploration into symbolism itself…” -  Musings in Intermissions blogspot

” Bluepatch’s production is extremely interesting and current. It has traces of works that trace the female reawakening to a lost and broken past, as Olwen Fouere hauntingly did in Sodome My Love and it also has parallels with works with other exciting groups such as The Company who explore the identity and memory of the modern form. ” – Staged Reaction read full review

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