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FORGET ME NOT: THE ALZHEIMER'S WHODUNNIT - VAN FRINGE 2018

13/9/2018

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This was a really enjoyable show. A touching look into our treatment of old people in our society, especially those with dementia and Alzheimer's as well as how the system treats those who look after them. Patients with these illnesses can so often get violent and aggressive. This, combined with the stresses and lack of support for nurses who care for them, can really burn out caregivers and de-humanize them who, in turn, de-humanize their patients. It is an important show to make us more aware of the sensitivity that is needed and how much systems like the NHS need to change. This is not just relevant to the UK treatment systems though.

I liked the Whodunnit aspect, it made it a little more entertaining and humourous, but I think once it was established it was put aside a little, to establish the other characters and possible suspects in a way that almost made you forget the whodunnit part and get lost in the new characters. Perhaps there is a way of introducing them that still feels much a part of the whodunnit mystery.

Gee uses music and lights to add depth to some characters and scenes. Worth seeing is his detective character that speaks in idioms and proverbs that are completely mashed together with other similar meaning idioms and proverbs. This performance is flawless and just when you think you won't laugh at it again, you find yourself chuckling again at his delivery. A must see whether you have any connection the Alzheimer's or not.

Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit by Rob Gee is playing at the Revue Stage 6 - 16 September as part of the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival.
~ reviewed by Ferne Brown
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Ferne Brown
13/9/2018 23:51:19

I kept saying cliches in the video but I meant that the one character spoke in idioms and proverbs constantly and switched them around. :)

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Danielle Benzon
15/9/2018 23:26:44

I just saw Forget Me Not. I thought it was extremely tight and well put together. I didn't find the characters confusing at all, I kept them all well in my head and to me they brought the place to life, but I'm also a fan of both genres (solo shows and shows about old people's homes? I'd never thought about it that way...) so perhaps I was primed. I was surprised at how compassionately he portrayed all the characters. I was expecting it to be a bit darker. As it was, the piece was mostly hilarious but also a sharp reminder of the way we treat the elderly and that if we're not careful it might happen to us.

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