The Last Memory by Alan Stockdill at Millgate Arts Centre

All proceeds will go to supporting The Saddleworth Carers Group, a voluntary group who meet twice monthly to support and socialise with people who care for loved ones with memory problems.

“How can I go to heaven if I don’t know who I am?” says Ernest to his daughter Lynne when he’s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.  But he also has a plan: to leave a vital imprint of who he is. Lynne is to be the keeper of his memory, the guardian of their past.  Join them on their journey; share their hopes, fears, smiles, strength and tears.   Arrive with them as they seize the last memory and a carpe diem hope.

This powerful one-act play is inspired by a real-life situation with genuine stories and experiences.
The performance will be followed by an interval then an optional Q & A session with the writer/director and actors.

“The actors dealt with the difficult subject of dementia tenderly and compassionately, picking out the humour, the positives, the memories and the ‘carpe diem’ moments in a beautiful, truly touching way…”

“One of the most moving and inspirational pieces of theatre I've ever experienced…”
“Shows the sheer love a daughter has for her ‘Daddy who is struggling to remain with his beloved family…”

“Brilliant. There was not a dry eye in the house…”

TALKING STOCK PRODUCTIONS was formed in Spring 2013 by Alan Stockdill and Catherine Pasek. Their mission is to produce compelling theatre with a loving heart and a loud voice. Since then they have toured many productions which have had consistently good reviews. They describe themselves as a philanthropic theatre company with a keen social conscience as they have a continuing commitment to raise funds for local branches of charities through their work.

Over the past seven years they have raised over £30,000, benefiting Alzheimer’s Society, Childline, NSPCC, Overgate Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Support, Dementia UK, The Royal British Legion, Age UK, Bradford Cathedral Artspace, Manorlands Hospice. Ravenscliffe High School, Dementia UK, Sporting Memories Network, St John’s Hospice, Dogs for Good and Bloodwise. They have helped fund various Memory Cafés in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and the Dementia Friends groups in Ilkley, Bingley, Keighley and Hebden Bridge. They have also won awards at various drama Festivals and Fringes.

The company has been employed by the NHS Leadership Academy and various NHS trusts to perform ‘THE LAST MEMORY’ as a training and awareness-raising exercise for clinical, care and office staff and chief executives. They have also done work for the Leeds Health & Wellbeing Board.

Bookings can be made in person, by phone or online. The box office (at Delph Library) is open Tuesdays 2pm–5pm; Wednesdays  2pm–7pm; Thursdays 1pm-6pm and Fridays & Saturdays from 9:30am–1pm. The box office at Delph Library telephone number is 01457 874644. Tickets must be paid for at the time of booking. You can select your seats at the time of booking. Tickets are non-re-fundable.

Doors open half an hour before productions start (typically 7.00pm for a 7.30pm curtain up). The bar opens at the same time and is open during the interval and until 11.00pm Monday to Saturday or 10.30pm for any Sunday public performance.