Conversational Performance

Memory Table is an informal performance and a conversation sat around a table. Two performers use a collection of everyday objects to share a series of tactile, sensory memories that transport participants to childhood recollections and recent experiences via fluffy jumpers, hot water bottles, sand, stones and more. Sometimes the objects are used as they are, and sometimes they’re transformed into objects of our imagination. 

Memory Table was created to explore how language and the craft of storytelling can evoke memory and sensation. It celebrates the non-linear, embodied, associative nature of memory and returns audiences to their porous, sensorial bodies and the beautiful materiality of the world. It is a simple but surprisingly profound experience.

Duration is variable according to presentation context: 20 mins - 1 hour. On-going durational performances can also be considered.

Capacity: This is a performance for 4 - 8 audience members at a time.

Memory Table is part of the wider collection of artworks, we are all memory bodies

CREDITS:

Concept & Direction: Charlotte Spencer
Co-creators and performance: Shivaangee Agrawal, Petra Söör, Vicky Malin
Dramaturgy: Orrow Amy Bell
Lighting: Marty Langthorne
Photography & Film: Zoe Manders
Audio Description & Access Consultation: Shivaangee Agrawal

PARTNERS:

Research commissioned by Brighton Festival and Arts Council England.

Fabrica via their Making Space Residency in February 2025.

Presentation partners in 2025: Brighton & Hove Libraries, West Sussex Libraries.