2401 Objects - Paperback

by Analogue (Author), Lewis Hetherington (Author), Hannah Barker (Author)

2011 Fringe First Award Winner

"Henry, are you awake?"

Henry lives each day like the last. Exactly like the last. Every day, he tries to make sense of the world around him; the girl sitting on the lawn outside his window, the pages of a book filled with the same sentence, the 80 year old man looking at him in the mirror.

In 2009 Patient H.M.'s brain is dissected live on the internet to a global audience of 400,000 people, cut into carefully preserved slices: manuscripts of tissue like the pages of a book.

In 1953 Henry Molaison emerges from experimental brain surgery without any recollection of the last two years of his life or the ability to form new memories.

In 1935 nine-year old Henry is knocked over by a bike, leaving him unconscious for five minutes.

Following Analogue's critically acclaimed Mile End and Beachy Head and inspired by the world's most important neuroscientific case-study, 2401 Objects tells the remarkable story of a man who could no longer remember, but who has proven impossible to forget.

Author Biography

ANALOGUE is a British multi-disciplinary performance company whose work is led by the directors and created collectively with Associate Artists who are invited to collaborate on new projects. Described by The Herald the as "the natural heirs to Suspect Culture and Frantic Assembly" and by the Metro as "visionary young company", this theatre company is one to watch.

LEWIS HETHERINGTON is a theatre-maker based in Glasgow and author of bodies unfinished. An associate artist of Analogue, he co-wrote and performed in their first two shows, Mile End and Beachy Head.

HANNAH BARKER is Co-Artistic Director and co-founder of Analogue and also works as a journalist and education facilitator. Hannah has also written, directed and performed at the Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe festivals.

LIAM JARVIS is Co-Director and co-founder of Analogue. He has also worked with artists and institutions such as Gecko, Theatre-Rites, Chris Goode and The Young Vic.