Reminiscence and La Jetée

La Jetée: Next weekend (Saturday 13th, 2pm) my alma mater, Cardiff University, is screening the classic French film La Jetée (The Pier). This 28-minute, 1960s sci-fi inspired Gilliam’s excellent Twelve Monkeys and has a rather respectable score of 8.3 on IMDB. Come along!

Reminiscence: This piece of ‘total theatre’ is inspired by a famous case study featured in Oliver Sacks’ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (which I’ve written about previously) and premiers in London’s Jacksons Lane theatre early next week.
After the matinée performances on Sunday 14th (the one I’ll be attending) and Wednesday 17th there is a panel discussion on the issues raised by the play – personal, ethical and scientific. On this panel will be the creative team, professionals from Headway and Epilepsy Action, and Dr Vaughan Bell – a writer over at one of my favourite blogs, the excellent Mind Hacks.