The Nature of Forgetting

Internationally acclaimed theatre company Theatre Re celebrates the 10th anniversary of its award-winning production The Nature of Forgetting with a major UK and international tour spanning Autumn 2026 and Spring 2027. The tour also coincides with Theatre Re’s 15th anniversary as a company. The Nature of Forgetting has become the company’s defining work of the past decade. 

In this breathtaking and explosive production, audiences meet Tom, who is living with early onset dementia. As he prepares for his 55th birthday party, he is swept away into a whirlwind of memories: classroom antics, his first kiss, his wedding day and the key moments that shape our lives. The Nature of Forgetting takes audiences on a life-affirming journey into a weakening mind, asking what remains when memory begins to disappear. Developed in collaboration with neuroscience professor Kate Jeffery and the Alzheimer’s Society, the production offers a carefully researched and deeply human portrayal of memory loss.

Since its premiere in 2017, the production has been performed over 200 times around the world, moved audiences from New York to Seoul, São Paulo to Shanghai, and played to sold-out houses across the US, China and beyond. The anniversary tour opens with a special London performance at Hackney Empire on 8th October 2026 before touring nationally through to March 2027. 

The tour runs in collaboration with Dementia UK. Through this partnership, Admiral Nurses will join post-show discussions at venues across the tour, offering audiences additional insight into early-onset dementia and the realities of living with memory loss.

LONDON, Hackney Empire
Oct 8th - 7.30pm  - BOOK TICKETS
JERSEY, Jersey Opera House
Oct 13th to 15th - 7.30pm & 1.30pm - BOOK TICKETS
LEICESTER, Curve
Nov 9th & 10th - 7.30pm & 2.15pm - BOOK TICKETS
HERTFORD, BEAM
Nov 11th & 12th - 7.30pm - BOOK TICKETS
LEEDS, Leeds Playhouse
Feb 24th & 25th - On sale shortly
CHESTER, The Storyhouse
March 3rd & 4th - 7pm - BOOK TICKETS
WORKSHOPS - 2026 & 2027
Sunday sessions Spring 2026
LONDON, Shoreditch Town Hall - Sun June 21st 10am to 3pm - BOOK YOUR PLACE
Week-long immersion Autumn 2026
LONDON, Shoreditch Town Hall - from Oct 19th to 23rd - Booking Soon

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