Manchester Theatre News & Reviews
In Conversation with VICKY BINNS discussing The Memory of Water at the Octagon Theatre
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We chatted to Vicky Binns who is starring in the drama, The Memory of Water. The production is on at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton until Saturday 21st February 2026. Karen Ryder asks the questions.
Starring Helen Flanagan, Vicky Binns, Polly Lister and Victoria Brazier
THREE SISTERS AND A FUNERAL...
Winter, 1996. The Spice Girls are riding high in the charts, football has failed to come home, and Dolly the Sheep's been cloned. Meanwhile, on the eve of their mum’s funeral, Mary, Teresa and Catherine return to their Northern childhood home for the first time in years. As they sort through clothes, keepsakes and ghosts of the past, the whisky flows, resentments surface, and long-held silences crack open with unexpected laughter.
Hilarious yet deeply moving, this is a major 30th anniversary revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of Water, which won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy. A play about families, grief, and the unreliable narratives we inherit. A powerful exploration of how we remember and how much we choose to forget.
