Death Cafe at the Coffin works
The Coffin Works 13 - 15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThis year Museums at Night falls during Dying Matters Week, so the Coffin Works have taken the opportunity to open late and talk death! They are kicking off with a FREE Death Café at 6.30pm, facilitated by Laura Joyce their writer in residence. In the Death Cafe there are no hierarchies. We all meet simply as people who are going to die. […]
Night time tour of the Coffin Works
The Coffin Works 13 - 15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThis year Museums at Night falls during Dying Matters Week and A Matter of Life and Death Festival, so the Coffin Works have taken the opportunity to open late and talk death! They are offering the chance to experience an atmospheric evening guided tour of the Victorian factory with one of their award-winning tour guides. Tickets […]
Open Day at Sandwell Valley Crematorium
Sandwell Valley Crematorium Newton Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, United KingdomBehind the scenes at Sandwell Valley Crematorium, a chance to see what goes on, what your choices are and how you can plan in advance.
Archaeology in the graveyard – talk
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomAn illustrated talk into the archaeology of Park Street burial ground, being excavated as part of the preparatory work for HS2 rail line. This investigation of a 19th century graveyard is giving archaeologists the opportunity to learn about life and death in Birmingham as it changed from a market town to industrial city. Archaeologists from […]
Incantations: A Creative Workshop at the Coffin Works
The Coffin Works 13 - 15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThis new event is brought to the festival by Jodie Kim, Lecturer in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, and Laura Joyce the Coffin work's writer in residence. They are working on a project that collects together incantations that relate to histories, mourning, and memories. This workshop will draw on that research and practice to invite participants […]
