Donmar Warehouse to Host ELEGY Pre-Show Discussions

The Donmar Warehouse's new play ELEGY by Evening Standard Award-winning playwright Nick Payne imagines a very-near future in which radical and unprecedented advances in medical science mean that it's now possible to augment and extend life. This is a world in which the brain is no longer a mystery to us. But at what cost?

The Donmar Warehouse invites audiences to two pre-show discussions to explore the creative process behind ELEGY.

DISCUSSION: MEMORY, IDENTITY AND SENSE OF SELF
17 MAY 2016
6pm - 6.45pm
On stage at the Donmar Warehouse.

Director Josie Rourke and Deborah Bowman, Professor of Bioethics, Clinical Ethics and Medical Law discuss how memory, identity and sense of self intertwine, and the impact of their loss on individuals and those that love them.

Who are we when our memories are compromised, diminished or lost?

Supported by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award
Book now: http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/elegy-qa-with-josie-rourke/donmar warehouse/
Tickets: £7.50

DISCUSSION: NEUROSCIENCE, MORALITY AND ETHICS
14 JUNE 2016
6pm - 6.45pm
On stage at the Donmar Warehouse.

Playwright Nick Payne, Dr Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, and Murray Shanahan, Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London, explore how advances in neuro-science intersect with issues of morality and ethics.

What if every neuron in the human brain could be mapped and decoded?

Supported by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award
Book now: http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/elegy-qa-with-nick-payne/donmar-warehouse/
Tickets: £7.50

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