The Edinburgh Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival with attendances of over 2 million. It has a history of showing cutting edge and thought provoking arts events, making it the ideal place to encourage more public openness and debate about death, dying and bereavement.
A number of shows running throughout the festival – some serious, some comical – aim to encourage people to think about what it means to live well and die well.
Through Death on the Fringe, Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief, hopes to promote more openness about death, dying and bereavement and make people aware of ways to live with death, dying and bereavement and help them feel better equipped to support each other through those difficult times.
“We’d like to think you will come out of one of our shows resolved to visit your elderly relatives, or to discuss end of life care with your loved ones, or to take time to remember those who have already passed on, or simply to make the most of your life.”
In addition to the launch event tonight at the University of Edinburgh – which will provide a taste of what’s to come – and two Death Cafes, other shows included in the programme include:
- Over It – in which Robyn Perkins recounts the unexpected, ridiculous aspects of dealing with the death of her partner.
- Chris is Dead – a drama which sees three housemates figure out how to cope with the death of the fourth.
- Date of Death – where stand up comedian Nathan Cassidy explores how life would be different if we all had a date of death.
- Jim – a play about two sons preparing to say goodbye to their dad.
- Duck, Death and the Tulip – family theatre, where a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death.
Find out more on the Death on the Fringe website, or follow @DeathOnFringe on Twitter.
Leave a Reply