Memories bind us together, but what happens when those links break down?

Caught between clearing their mother’s flat, and visits to the nursing home, Sarah finds becomes immersed in a world of fragmented memories. As their mother slips between lucidity and confusion, Sarah sorts through notebooks and photographs, catching tantalising glimpses of the mother they knew. Amongst these fragments, lost stories emerge as Sarah pieces together their mother’s early life in Birmingham and North Devon. Encouraged by their friend Hetty sharing stories about her Bampa, Sarah’s search reveals stories about near misses during air raids in Birmingham and dance lessons in a room above a pub. 

Based on autobiographical experiences, Fragments is a piece of new writing by Sarah McCourt and Hetty Elliott. Directed by Katie Bottoms who has bought her own lived autobiographical experiences to the project, it’s a bitter-sweet performance about losing a parent to Alzheimer’s and finding a to remember her.

Previously performed at:
Exeter Fringe Festival
Fringe Theatrefest, Barnstaple