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 […]
Death and Literature Reading Group at the Coffin Works: Sarah Hall “Sudden Traveller”
Sunday 19th May at 2.30pm To round out A Matter of Life and Death at Coffin Works this Dying Matters Week, the Coffin Works are launching a new death and literature reading group. We will come together to discuss topics of death and dying in literature, starting with the reading of Sarah Hall’s short story […]
