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.
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 |
There were films too, at the library, all week:
Cria Cuervos
Chronic
Death of a Superhero
Mr Holmes
Cria Cuervos
Chronic
Death of a Superhero
Mr Holmes
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.
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.
