Edinburgh Fringe 2017–Pleasance
Courtyard (Venue 33), 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ, 24-28 at 1.40pm (1hr) Tickets £7 – £12/concessions
£8-£11 Recommended 12+ (restriction).
Warning – Contains Strong Language
Confabulation! at EdFringe – new comedy theatre show exploring memory by writer and performer Eamonn Fleming
Experienced actor-turned writer, storyteller and performer Eamonn Fleming is hitting the Fringe for the first time as a solo artist with his third show – Confabulation! Inspired by the startling revelation that something he remembers from his teenage years turns out to be completely false,
Confabulation! is an hilarious, entertaining and very human show exploring the mysteries of the science of memory and how what we remember defines us. Can we really trust everything we remember?
Join Eamonn, O level biologist (grade C) as he stumbles through the amazing
world of memory palaces, false memories and Werther’s Originals, calling on his own personal stories to unlock a world of remembering and making stuff up.
Says Eamonn: “Every act of remembering is an act of storytelling. Confabulation! starts with my memory of being a spotty teenager at a Motorhead gig. The bellowing fans, the smell of beer and sweat, the thunderous music – when I think back, it’s all so vivid and real. But I discovered only recently that I can’t possibly have been there. It’s all completely made up! That fascinated me and sowed the seeds for my third show as a solo performer.”
Eamonn starts off the show by recreating the sticky atmosphere of the heavy metal gig using his electric guitar, and adds in old school projection slides, free sweets and even a bit of joining in (though nothing too scary). Confabulation! ends at the cutting edge of memory research. After doing some research of his own into the workings of the memory, Eamonn was lucky enough to get the
chance to meet none other than the award-winning forensic psychologist, memory scientist and author of The Memory Illusion Dr Julia Shaw, whose work helped Eamonn explore the science of memory.
In 2018 Eamonn will take his latest work on a national tour.
