The Memory of Water at Gloucester Stage

Description

Written by Shelagh Stephenson and directed by Jennie Israel Water memory is the alleged ability of water to retain a memory of substances previously dissolved in it…and those properties of water, being in constant ebb and flow, changing, circling around, is where this play begins. Three estranged sisters meet in rural England on the eve of their mother’s funeral, struggling to connect even as they exist in drastically different memories of their childhood. The play was awarded the Olivier in England for comedy, and allows the audience moments of fantastic levity, emotional loss, and all the pieces in between; it is an appreciation of human nature in all it’s quirks and imperfections.