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T02023991955STYX is an award-winning theatre-concert about family, myth and memory loss from new theatre company Second Body. Performed by an international supergroup of musicians, it tells the true story of a grandmother and grandson piecing together the memories that connect them across time. Weaving together riotous songs, intimate storytelling and a journey through the neuroscience of memory, STYX brings light to the experience of living and dying with Alzheimer's and the extraordinary power music has to reignite fading memories. After theatremaker Max Barton's grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's he started recording interviews with her to preserve a record of her life. Through their conversations he discovered a parallel between a series of songs he had written based on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth and a music club founded by her and her husband in the fifties called the Orpheus Club. This serendipity led him on a journey of investigation to track down any remaining traces of the club and the people who frequented it, unearthing a wonderful story of music and memory along the way. Featuring a band of musicians from Australian alt-rock bands Jebediah, Axe Girl, The Love Junkies and The Tommyhawks, STYX brings together the original songs, recordings and myth with an exploration of the neuroscience of memory and the therapeutic effect music can have on brains damaged by dementia. | |
| 2 Sep 19 to 5 Sep 19 | The Playground Theatre, Inner London :: V34310877 listing details L01352820068 |
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| 18 Jun 05 | Eventim Apollo, West End :: V265 listing details L1533615313 |
| 15 Jun 05 | Scottish Events Campus, Glasgow :: V1986850853 listing details L435461386 |
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| 4 Jun 19 | The London Palladium, West End :: V398 listing details L1310809893 |
