Incognito

Incognito

<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></p><p>Princeton, New Jersey. 1955. Thomas Stoltz Harvey performs the autopsy on Albert Einstein - and then steals his brain.</p><p>Bath, England. 1953. Henry undergoes pioneering brain surgery. The surgery changes Henry's life, and the history of neuroscience.</p><p>London, England. The Present. Martha is a clinical neuropsychologist. When her marriage breaks down she starts to make radically different choices.</p><p>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.</p><p>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>