Incognito av Nick Payne

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<p><i>The brain builds a narrative to steady us from moment to moment, but it is absolutely an illusion. There is no me, there is no you, and there is certainly no self.</i><br><br>Princeton, New Jersey. 1955. Thomas Stoltz Harvey performs the autopsy on Albert Einstein - and then steals his brain.<br><br>Bath, England. 1953. Henry undergoes pioneering brain surgery. The surgery changes Henry''s life, and the history of neuroscience.<br><br>London, England. The Present. Martha is a clinical neuropsychologist. When her marriage breaks down she starts to make radically different choices.<br><br>Three interwoven stories exploring the nature of identity and how we are defined by what we remember, <i>Incognito</i> is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be human.<br><br>Nick Payne''s <i>Incognito </i>premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle, in April 2014 in a co-production with nabokov and HighTide Festival Theatre.</p>