The Death Show

It’s time to talk about the D word…

Death. A bit grim, isn’t it. Morbid, macabre and even unmentionable, but does it have to be that way?

Drawn together by their shared fear of death, “thanatophobes” Lucy Nicholls and Antonia Beck invite you to embark on a journey of discovery, contemplation and courage. Take time to celebrate your own mortality, laugh, cry, stick two fingers up at the grim reaper and discover why talking about death is ultimately life affirming.

The Death Show is the result of a fascinating research project carried out by the artists, that included training as celebrants, an artists’ residency at an undertaker’s and spending time with hospice patients.

“Through this project we realised how important and necessary it is for us as individuals and as a society to talk about death. It shouldn’t be a subject matter that is discussed in whispers; talking about death can be incredibly life affirming. With The Death Show, we hope that people will take up our invitation to come together to celebrate their own mortality, maybe laugh, maybe cry and ultimately bring death out of the shadows and into the light.”

“Brave, tenacious, funny and deeply thought provoking.” Claire Birch, Assistant Producer, RSC

Winner of the Artist Development Prize at Coventry’s Shoot Festival of performance.

 

Creative team:

Created and performed by Antonia Beck and Lucy Nicholls

Director: Bernadette Russell

Designer: Abigail King

Visuals: Liam d’Authreau

Photography: Graeme Braidwood and Pamela Raith

 

Tour dates 2018
26 January 8pm, 27 January 2.30pm & 8pm

Birmingham Repertory Theatre B1 2EP

www.birmingham-rep.co.uk

 

18 February, 5pm

The HUB at Slung Low, Leeds LS11 9UA

www.slunglow.org

 

21 & 22 February 7.30pm

Toynbee Studios, London E1 6AB

www.artsadmin.co.uk

 

25 February 7.30pm

Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol BS4 3EW

www.arnosvale.org.uk

 

Supported using public funding from Arts Council England, with additional support from Birmingham Repertory Theatre, BrumYODO, The Sir Barry Jackson Trust, mac Birmingham and Shoot Festival, Coventry.