What We Are Getting Up Too :)

We are currently producing material for our performance in May.

Through workshops at Hartrigg Oaks we have gained ideas in topics such as marriage, fashion, men and travelling.

Our workshops are including film, music and craft work. One of our recent workshops included watching clips of films from the 1940s and 1950s. This stimulated alot of conversation with the women around how they felt films and media had changed through the decades; how intimacy is shown more today and how fashion has allowed more flesh to be shown.

Create 13 :)

we are super duper excited about being part of the Create 13 festival at York St John University. Here is our photograph which will be printed in the promotional brochure.

hope you like it 🙂

The apple doesnt fall far from the tree 🙂

Our Mission Statement :)

Beyond Memory Theatre Company – Capturing memories from the source of the self.

Beyond Memory are a theatre company who use the techniques of reminiscence theatre to create poignant performances for all in society. We work with women as we feel we can relate to them more being an all-female theatre company; this avoids giving a false interpretation of the male gender and generation. Our themes throughout our work are health, society and senses, and how they affect, yet support people’s history, life and memory.

During a previous project our theatre company was formed; creating a reminiscence performance exploring women’s roles adventuring through 1940s wartime to present day. This was our first experience of using memory as a stimulus for performance, therefore sparking ideas for future projects.

Our aims are to…

• Create theatre for all ages through memories and the history of the older generations.
• Explore the social benefits of the older generations putting their voice back into the visual society through theatre and its techniques.
• Include wider art forms such as dance, music and poetry within workshops and performances for additional stimulus and influence, also to encourage engagement with the work.

All of our work, findings and creative material made will result in an end performance for the residents to reminisce within and for outer communities and societies to experience.

Rebecca Fenwick, Emma Johnson, Nicola Patrick and Laura Mercer.

We are Beyond Memory!

Hello everyone,

We are Beyond Memory Theatre Company. We are a reminiscence theatre company that works with elderly women with dementia to create work around their memories.

We are currently working with women at Hartrigg Oaks nursing home, looking at their memories surrounding the wartime effort and significant women within their lives.

All our work and preparation will be documented on this blog, feel free to read and ENJOY!! 🙂