Shelagh Stephenson’s THE MEMORY OF WATER is a play of emotional complexity—a chamber piece centered on three sisters navigating the murky waters of grief, memory, and the lingering bruises of ...

THE MEMORY OF WATER will be presented for 13 performances spanning four weeks from January 15 through February 8 at Burbage Theatre Co’s Wendy Overly Studio Theatre. Jeff Church, Artistic Director, ...

In truth Shelagh Stephenson‘s play, an Olivier Award winner for Best Comedy in 2000, has its unsubtle side. For instance, I find it very hard to be convinced by any play that relies on instant ...

The Memory of Water at Bolton Octagon floods in like rising damp in a decaying childhood home. Familiar, slightly uncomfortable, and quietly revealing, the longer you sit with it. Shelagh Stephenson’s ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Playwrights from Sophocles (“Antigone”), to Shakespeare (“King Lear”), to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (“Appropriate”) have long plucked the marred fruit from the ancestral tree to devise ...

If it wasn’t so funny, I would have cringed watching this play about three sisters preparing to attend the funeral of their recently deceased mother. The Memory of Water at Shakespeare & Company ...

You’re never likely to laugh more at a funeral than you will at the Octagon’s latest production marking the 30th anniversary of Shelagh Stephenson’s award-winning black comedy The Memory of Water.