Pushing Up Daisies Todmorden 2018
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Highlights from 2016

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2016 saw the second year of our amazing week long festival about all things related to Death and Dying. Not only did Pushing Up Daisies grow rapidly in size from 2015, we were also so proud to win the Dying Matters Awareness Initiative of the Year from the National Council for Palliative Care




The 2016 festival opened with a bang on Sunday 8th May: - poetry from Winston Plowes, a one-woman show by Ellie Harrison, improvised story-telling from Threadbare Playback Theatre and Tod's own Three Valleys Gospel Choir.
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Other performance stuff included: - 

Lifetimes Improv show
Reading of the Letters 
The Fiery Folky Funeral Feast ​

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Kids events included : -

Thingumajig Theatre's Hullaba Lulu puppet show  
'Type Cast' and family films shown at the Library
The Final Fling on Fielden Wharf - craft, activities, music and dancing for all the family 


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2016 saw tons of diverse workshops to learn new stuff about death and dying - they included: -

Stages of Bereavement 
Organ, tissue and body donation 
​Unexpected Death 
Compassionate Communities 
Dignity in Dying 
What to expect When Someone is Dying 
Islam and Death 
Getting your House in Order 

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There were also plenty of opportunities to share our feelings with others, and explore what different aspects of death and dying meant to us 

People affected by Suicide 
When Mummy or Daddy Don't Come Home 
​Death Cafe 
Men's Grief Group 
Coping with the Death of a Pet 

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Even more amazing workshops included: - 

A Year to Live 
Women's Grief Dances 
Type Cast 
The Darker Side of Death 
The Crossing 
Writing the Big Emotions 
Authentic Movement 
Sacred Anointing 

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There were films too, at the library, all week:

Cria Cuervos
Chronic 
Death of a Superhero 
Mr Holmes 


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And finally we had exhibitions running throughout the entire festival duration 

Bob's Long Cold Rest - where Bob Follen laid for 100 hours in a coffin at the Unitarian Church in order to raise money for Overgate Hospice 

What is Left​ - was on at the Library all week showing stunning portraits accompanied by recorded interviews exploring the theme of being left something ... Ellie Harrison

All things must die - at the Unitarian Church. 


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