Have you ever been taken unawares by something in the air - transported to another place and time by an intangible but achingly familiar scent? On the Scent explores the elusive connections between smell and memory. The performance takes place in a home through which audience members are invited on intimate and distinctly aromatic journeys. Scents mingle and intertwine in the livingroom, kitchen and bedroom as three distinctly different performances exude their own haunting, darkly humorous and seductive essences throughout the house. On the Scent features live performances by Helen Paris and Leslie Hill and Lois Weaver.

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Researched in collaboration with Dr. Upinder Bhalla, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India. The project is supported by a Wellcome Trust Science on Stage and Screen Award, an AHRB Innovation Award and London Arts. On the Scent premiered at FIERCE! in Birmingham in June, 2003 and has toured to North and South America, Europe, China and Australia, with over 400 performances to date.