Bilingual, volunteer-based theatre company
highlights Alzheimer Awareness Month


Ottawa, January 13, 2004 – In an homage to those who no longer remember, Productions Nemesis is presenting Slipping Mind, a one-woman play about a family struggling with Alzheimer Disease, to highlight Alzheimer Awareness Month.

With Slipping Mind, Ottawa playwright Arianne M. Matte has written a touching tribute to her grandmother.

“Slipping Mind is drawn from my own family’s experience, from my grandmother’s experience with Alzheimer Disease,” says Matte. “The story is told from four different points of view. The audience gets to know the woman with the disease, her daughter, her granddaughter and her caregiver. It’s poignant, it’s real, and it’s enlightening.”

Brought to stage by veteran director Patsy Royer, Slipping Mind is premiering at the National Arts Centre at the end of January. 

Productions Nemesis is producing Slipping Mind with the support of the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa. The Society is promoting the play at its many events and meetings, and the theatre company is pledging to donate a portion of the play’s profits to the Society.

"I've had the opportunity to read the script and I think it will be entertaining as well as educational," says Kathy Wright, Executive Director of the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa. "Arianne Matte's show Slipping Mind really captures many of the feelings and questions a family struggles with when a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease."

Slipping Mind will be at the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage on January 30th and 31st at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available at the NAC box office, through Ticketmaster, or via Productions Nemesis by calling 567-6673. For more information about Productions Nemesis, visit the web site at www.ProductionsNemesis.org.

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For further information or for interviews:

Productions Nemesis
(613) 567-6673
(613) 294-7749
www.ProductionsNemesis.org