Upcoming events
Weds Feb 19th Play Dead :
The Art of the final Farewell, part 1,
Play Dead is a quirky exhibition of Dead Barbies, celebrating a wide range of
death practices and methods of body disposal across cultures and time,
and celebrating the multitude of creative and artistic ways people remember and honour their dead
The Arthouse 7.30-9.30
More info at Face book event HERE Tickets £6-£8 HERE
Thurs March 12th 2020 Vamos Theatre at The Point Eastleigh
We are very happy to share our Dead Good name with
Vamos Theatre's production 'Dead Good'.
For £5 reduction (£10 instead of £15) log in/register
online at The Point BEFORE buying your tickets,
then enter promo code 'DeadGood10'
or phone 023 8065 2333
Tickets available HERE
May 2020
Southampton area events coinciding with Dying Matters Awareness Week.
Sun May 3rd Pet Death 11am - 2pm
with Sarah Filmer at Gods House Tower, Tickets here soon
Join Artist and vet, Sarah Filmer, for an afternoon of chatting about and drawing death.
Sharing some of her thoughts and experiences as an 'agent of death'. as a veterinary surgeon,
she has the extreme privilege of being able to help alleviate suffering of our pets and wildlife
through the act of euthanasia.
There will be the opportunity to draw a selection of little dead wildlife bodies.
"Let us gaze upon death together and see what emerges
by way of imagery and conversation "
Weds May 6th 2020 7.30pm Rob Gee
Death - A Romantic Comedy
The Arthouse Southampton Tickets at Eventbrite
“A powerhouse of a storyteller. He’s smart, wicked funny, and makes it all look effortless...
Gee weaves together seemingly unrelated tales of loss, love and drinking into one amazing narrative.”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ★★★★
Weds May 13th 2020 12-2pm Carers Lunch with Carers in Southampton
Regular monthly session. This month's theme - Palliative and Hospice care
Thurs May 14th 2020 10.30-5pm
Jonathan Terry Funeral Directors Open Day
'Behind the Scenes'...a chance to visit chat and explore the background happenings at Jonathan Terrys Peartree premises
Thurs May 14th 2020, 7.30pm
'Dead Good' the Film at Solent University Sonar Cinema
followed by QnA with Director and Arka Funerals
“Beautifully crafted, so comforting as well as moving
and gives the wisdom forth so simply and compellingly.
Everyone should see this.”
Dame Emma Thompson
Weds May 20th 7.30 - 9.30pm
The Art of the Final Farewell with Helen Corvus
(also 3rd weds Feb, Mar, April) at The Arthouse
Entertaining, challenging and creative workshops of pre-planning your own funeral
· Play Dead with Barbies· - The Gift : the whys, hows and whats
· Poetry when ordinary words just won’t do
· Swansong : songs to depart to· Ambience, environment and greening your funeral
· Eulogies-Looking back to look forward.
Sun May 24th 2020, A Dead Good Day Out
11am-5pm NST Theatre Southampton
Free
A jam packed, family friendly day of workshops , talks,
performances, exhibitions, information advice
and creative conversations
- all helping to make difficult times less so!
Past Events 2019
Thurs Oct 10th The Wonders of the Wake Kevin Toolis Portsmouth
June Coffin Club UK
Thur May 16th Death Chat Cafe at October Books What's On
Sat Mar 23rd Dead Good Days will be at Umbrella Arts Festival
Weds Apr 3rd Outside the Box - A lively play about Death. Chesil Theatre Winchester
Past Events 2018
Tues Oct 23rd am - Advance Care Plans Workshop, Highfield Church
Tues Oct 23rd eve - SOLD OUT 'Outside The Box' Play CMH
Thurs Oct 25th eve - Death Chat Cafe The Art House
Friday Oct 26th eve - Dead Good Music Night 1865 Club
Sunday Oct 28th 1.30pm- FULLY BOOKED Lively walk with Death Old So'ton Cemetery
Thurs Nov 1st eve - Deathly Storytelling Club The Art House
Thurs Nov 1st eve - A Dead Good Watercolour Workshop, Docks Cafe
Sat Nov 3rd pm - Pet Death and still life drawing The Arches Studio
Weds Nov 7th eve - A Dead Good Drawing Workshop The Art House
Thurs Nov 8th eve - Dead Good Research Cafe, Cafe Thrive
Sat Nov 10th All Day - A Dead Good Day Out St Deny's Church
Wed Nov 14th - Is This The End? - Human Worlds Festival , Sot'on Crematorium
Sat Nov 17th day time Face Facts Death Poetry Avenue Campus Hands on Humanities
Sat Nov 17th - Eve Dark Tales, Love Death and The Devil's Son by Jason Buck, The Art House
Fri May 22nd 7.30- 9pm. Wonders of The Wake with
Kevin Toolis. Southampton Crematorium SO16 3QB.
Tickets £8 at Eventbrite Southampton City Council are not making any charges for the event,All ticket money goes to the artist.
At an unusual yet relevant venue, writer, producer and director and playwright, Kevin Toolis presents ' Wonders of the Wake.
A unique celebration of one of the oldest rites of Humanity, the Irish Wake
'We’ve lost our way with death', says Kevin Toolis – 'but the Irish wake, where the living, the bereaved and the dead remain bound together, shows us the way things could be done. My father’s dying, his wake, his willing sharing of his own death, would too be his last parental lesson to his children and his community. A gift.’
Fri May 29th Moving Voices 8-10pm
A Dead Good Poetry Night at The Arthouse
Come join local poets with a chance to perform your own words too
Tuesday Oct 23rd
Outside the Box SOLD OUT! Liz Rothschild's
'A LIVE show about Death'Countess Mountbatten House
Tues Oct 23rd Advance Care Planning
Lizzie, Alex and Ali of Living Well Dying Well
10am -1pm Highfield Church Centre
Thurs Oct 25th Death Chat Cafe
with Max Mackay-JamesThe Art House 6.30-8.30pm
Thursday Nov 1st , 7-9pm, £10,
‘A Dead Good Watercolour Workshop’
With Daff Workshops, All materials provided, suitable for beginners. Fb event here
The Docks Coffee House, Oxford Street SO14 3DP
Thurs Nov 1st
Southampton Story Club at The Arthouse 8pm
£5 on the Door
Sat Nov 3rd
'Pet Death' -Very Dead Still Life Drawing
with Artist/Vet Sarah Filmer drawing and chat over a few small dead birds and creatures. 1pm -4.00 The Arches Studio 4
Thurs Nov 8th
Research Cafe...The University meets the Community ..this time the theme is varied and engaging themes on Death at Cafe Thrive 6.30pm
Wednesday Nov 7th , 7.30-9pm, £10,
‘A Dead Good Drawing Workshop’
All materials provided, suitable for beginners.
With Daff Workshops
At The Art House, Above Bar Street Fb event Here
Bonus Events!
Weds Nov 14th
'Is This The End?' join university Archaeologists and Historians at So'ton Crematorium Free. 6-8pm with Drinks reception. Part of Human Worlds Festival
Sat Nov 17th 7.30pm
Dark Tales : Love ,Death and The Devil's Son by Jason Buck at The ArtHouse