Where we are

•  Northbrook memory; a space where the building memories are stored. Snippets from shows, flyers, videos, songs, some live, some recorded.
•  A lecture / show about how memory in the brain works. Contains silks. Memory video on Brain Observatory website best to help. http://thebrainobservatory.ucsd.edu/content/video-scientia-nova-memory
• A Henry room that contains his brain, information about him, a piece        
• A discussion and piece on collective and historical memory. Sitted around a big round table?
• A wall, maze, space where people’s written memories are displayed. We have began collecting these.
• A museum of memory experiments, real and bizarre. Maybe divide theatre adn have this at the back? Reference museum of Jurassic technologies
• An autobiographical memory space. Audience hear both memories? Choose to enter and be immersed in either Toby’s or Carmen’s personal memory.
• A space where a brain is hooked to a projector.
• A quiz at the end. In the bar? Great jingle ready!

Characters

·         Henry, the wandering old man who tries to re collect his memories. His is the brain that the building was built to examine.

·         The brain observatory brain surgeon. Jacopo Annese. Nice suits and is on skates. Obsessed with the science of the brain.

·         A theatre company commissioned by the brain observatory to create a piece for open day to explain to public how memory works in the brain.

·         Characters in the memory museum; Carmen trying to teach Romanian song; tom trying to memorise dv8 choreography; shaune trying to memorise card trick. Weird and bizarre memory finds. The first pea brain? The first memory ever held? A lost and found memory box?

·         A memory thief?

·         Demonstrators, doctors (designers?)

Costumes

·         Some snazzy  suits for everyone at the brain observatory? That contain their own memories inside.

·         Costumes for the theatre company. Or do we just use extravagant props?

·         Ushers with lab coats. That could be the designers. Or is this a slightly weird utopia?

·         Henry, falling apart, rebuilding, remembering only the past but trying, trying. He cannot make new memories.

·         The comeback man.