This was unashamedly raw, poignant and utterly relatable!
For me, it has been a considerable time since I have watched a play that left me so emotionally exhausted that I couldn’t stop thinking about the production.
Shelagh Stevenson’s Oliver Award-Winning comedy delivered an outstanding 30th Anniversary revival at the Everyman Theatre as it conveys a realistic and deeply moving narrative, interspersed with many relatable ‘laugh out loud’ comedic moments. This is a production that has it all leaving audiences thinking about their own families and relationships with their siblings whilst simultaneously laughing and crying.
With superb writing from Shelagh Stevenson the play is taken to new heights under the expert production and direction from Lottie Wakeham. The cast were outstanding and really brought this play further to life. Each adeptly portraying their characters’ vulnerabilities and resentments making audiences feel the raw emotions each was experiencing over the loss of their mother. The three sisters’ relationship was only achieved due to the chemistry and comedic timing of the actors which catapulted the believability of their complex family dynamics ensuring that we rooted for a successful outcome for their current situation and future relationships.
This chaotic yet beautiful story is a must see production.
The Memory of Water runs at the Liverpool Everyman from Wednesday 25 February to Saturday 14 March, with ticket prices from £16–£47, available at www.everymanplayhouse.com/event/the-memory-of-water/ or in person from either The Everyman or Playhouse Box Offices.
Cast:
Victoria Brazier – Teresa
Polly Lister – Mary
Vicki Binns – Vi
Helen Flanagan – Catherine
Reginald Edwards – Frank
Charlie De Melo – Mike
Synopsis:
Set in the Winter of 1996, as The Spice Girls topped the charts, football had failed to come home, and Dolly the Sheep had just been cloned, The Memory of Water tells the story of Mary, Teresa, and Catherine. Three sisters who return to their Northern childhood home for the first time in years, for their mother’s funeral. As they sort through clothes, keepsakes, and ghosts of the past, the whisky flows, resentments surface, and long-held silences crack open with unexpected laughter.
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