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The Smell of Envy

Thursday 18 April, 7.30pm

A (lecture) theatre performance for those who love the smell of yesterday.

The Smell of Envy investigates the neuroscience of smell, memory and place in a collaboration between Pigeon Theatre and cognitive neuroscientist Dr Colin Lever. Using a smell-scape of familiar and unfamiliar smells and a company of older actors, this is a show about smell, memory, place, love, death, nostalgia, ageing, desire, loathing and envy.

Spring 1994: White musk (for men), the flat in the Elephant and Castle (smell no. 48)
Summer 1965: Potato peelings and soap, my mother's kitchen (smell no. 217)
October 1956: Printer's ink, the old house with the linoleum floor (smell no. 18)

Pigeon Theatre, founded in 2001, are a Manchester and Leeds-based contemporary performance company whose work is experimental and interactive.

Supported by Wellcome Trust and DepArts.

~ Parental guidance advised due to adult themes and strong language