The Nature of Forgetting

‘Profoundly moving’ BBC Radio 4

Following more than 200 performances worldwide, Theatre Re brings its explosive, powerful and joyous piece about what is left when memory is gone back to the UK for its landmark 10th Anniversary Season.


Since its 2017 premiere, The Nature of Forgetting has moved audiences from New York to Seoul, São Paulo to Shanghai, and played to sold-out houses across the US, China and beyond; establishing itself as one of the most powerful theatrical experiences of the past decade.


Tom is living with young onset dementia. We meet him as he prepares for his 55th birthday party and past memories come flooding back. Developed with Neuroscience Professor Kate Jeffery and the Alzheimer’s Society, The Nature of Forgetting is a life-affirming journey into a weakening mind, where fragmented does not have to mean defeated


As one of the UK’s leading visual theatre companies, Theatre Re combines original live music with striking visual performance to create deeply moving, non-verbal theatre about universal human challenges and the fragility of life.


★★★★★ ‘Incredible’ GQ Magazine

★★★★★ ‘Exquisitely beautiful and punishingly energetic’ The List

★★★★★ ‘Breath-taking and bold.’ Broadway World


Dates
Thu 11 - Fri 12 Feb 2027
Prices
£18.70 | £22.70 | £26.70
Access £18.70
Under 26s £10
School groups £12
Running Time
75 minutes
Access Details

A limited number of free Essential Companion tickets are available for patrons aged 14 and over with disability-related access needs. All children under 14 must be accompanied by a paying adult (18+) at all performances.

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Thu 11 Feb 2027
2.30pm
Thu 11 Feb 2027
7.30pm
Fri 12 Feb 2027
6.30pm

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