Conversations We Never Had, As People We’ll Never Be - The Nerd Party at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Conversations We Never Had, As People We’ll Never Be is a thought-provoking exploration of memory, identity, and love. This play invites the audience to dive into the emotional turmoil that Gina and Frankie experience as they grapple with a thirty minute decision to erase their relationship from their memories. 

The clear inspiration from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is unmistakable, as like the film, the play examines the complexities of love and loss, questioning whether erasing painful memories could ever truly lead to peace. Both stories challenge the audience to consider the consequences of tampering with the past as playwright Lucy Harris asks us to consider how much of ourselves is tied to our memories of others and whether the pain of loss is worth the joy of connection. 
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What truly sets this play apart are the conversations between the two protagonists, Gina and Frankie. Played by Siobhan Cassidy and Lucy Harris, the ticking clock element forces secrets and fears to be shared in a dramatic, urgent fashion, compelling the characters to voice emotions that might otherwise remain unspoken. This heightened sense of time pressure amplifies the intensity of their revelations, making each moment fraught with the potential for life-altering decisions, capturing the essence of what it means to confront your hopes, fears, and grievances all at once and the often under-represented realities of queer relationships. The chemistry between Cassidy and Harris is electric, making their characters’ struggles and decisions feel intensely personal and real.

The play will ignite deep reflection in couples and individuals alike as they exit the theatre to the sound of Self Esteem’s anthem, 'I Do This All The Time'—a generational anthem also about self-acceptance and confronting past mistakes, as it invites us to consider what we would do in a similar situation: Would we choose to forget the person who changed our life, or is the pain of remembering worth holding onto? These discussions make the play a catalyst for introspection and debate, challenging audiences to confront their fears, desires, and what they value most in both past and present relationships.