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The Memory of Water
Hilarious yet deeply moving, this is a major 30th anniversary revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s Olivier Award-winning play, directed by Lotte Wakeham.
On the eve of their mum’s funeral, Mary, Teresa and Catherine return to their Northern childhood home for the first time in years. 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.
Starring Vicky Binns (Coronation Street, Emmerdale) as Vi, Victoria Brazier (The Book Thief, Octagon Theatre) as Teresa, Reginald Edwards (The Walrus Has A Right to Adventure, Liverpool Everyman) as Frank, Charlie De Melo (Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Mike, Helen Flanagan (Coronation Street) as Catherine, Polly Lister (Animal Farm, Around the World in 80 Days, Octagon Theatre) as Mary, as well as Leah Marks (Vignettes 2025, HER Productions), and Charlie Ryan (The Jungle Book, Spring and Port Wine and Little Shop of Horrors, Octagon Theatre).
On the eve of their mum’s funeral, Mary, Teresa and Catherine return to their Northern childhood home for the first time in years. 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.
Starring Vicky Binns (Coronation Street, Emmerdale) as Vi, Victoria Brazier (The Book Thief, Octagon Theatre) as Teresa, Reginald Edwards (The Walrus Has A Right to Adventure, Liverpool Everyman) as Frank, Charlie De Melo (Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Mike, Helen Flanagan (Coronation Street) as Catherine, Polly Lister (Animal Farm, Around the World in 80 Days, Octagon Theatre) as Mary, as well as Leah Marks (Vignettes 2025, HER Productions), and Charlie Ryan (The Jungle Book, Spring and Port Wine and Little Shop of Horrors, Octagon Theatre).
Thu 29 Jan 26 to Sat 31 Jan 26, Mon 2 Feb 26 to Sat 7 Feb 26, Tue 10 Feb 26 to Sat 14 Feb 26, Tue 17 Feb 26 to Sat 21 Feb 26
Octagon Theatre
Howell Croft South Manchester BL1 1SB
Tickets from £15. Performances at 7.20pm
2pm matinee performances on Thursday 5 February, Saturday 7 February, Wednesday 11 February, Saturday 14 February, Wednesday 18 February, Saturday 21 February.
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Octagon Theatre Bolton
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