Forgotten Things follows the story of one boy’s often futile fight to be heard above the noise of everyday life. Fusing puppetry, physical performance and theatrical trickery, Red Ladder create a visually enticing cross-generational show which makes young people and their families stop and listen.

Teenagers make mistakes, it is part of growing up; making that journey from a fumbling adolescent to adulthood is supposed to be complicated. Toby is a teenager whose feelings of hopelessness are overwhelming. Misunderstood by his self-absorbed parents he has come to the conclusion that he will never really be heard. In an attempt to comprehend their son’s past mistakes his parents enlist the help of Dr Kevin whose rather unorthodox methods of therapy push them to their limits. But Toby finds solace in the most unusual place; entrusted with the care of Grandma Lilly as she anxiously tries to unravel her past, he discovers that, despite her dementia, she is the only one who will ever truly listen.