Dead Good Days Southampton
Events 2024!
Sat May 18th, A Dead Good Day Out, St Denys Church 11am - 5pm
Free entry for family friendly activities looking at Death, Dying and Loss.
10 min Death Bite Talks
11.45-12.15 & 1.30-2.00
Palliative Care, 'What to Say?', Wills, Family Funeral fights, Death Dummies, Greener & Cheaper.
1 Hour Workshops, sign up on day
12.30 Being With someone who is Dying
2.15 Plan Barbies Funeral
3.15 Advanced Care Plans
Throughout the day,Advance Care Planning, Coffin painting, Ichabods, local services, Simon Says,Funeral planning, Art exhibition, Book Displays.
Thurs May 2nd, 7pm
The Nettle Dress
A Film by Allan Brown,
at October Books, Portswood.
'A husband’s grief becomes a thing of beauty in lyrical documentary' Guardian review
Ticket link Here
Friday May 3rd 7.30
Death - A Romantic Comedy
Gods House Tower
“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.”
tickets £7 here Gods House Tower
Sat May 4th 11am-1pm
Death Chat Cafe
with Ruth Allen at October Books
Free, with refreshments available
Just drop in or reserve a place.
More details Here
Sunday May 5th 11am -5pm
Earth Talks - ReWild Your Heart
A time for guided reflection on our emotional response and grief when considering Biodiversity and Habitat Loss & Climate Change...but leave with some positive hope and action!
The Design Chapel, more details and tickets £15 or by donation
Tues May 7th
Suicide Bereavement and Support
Upstairs chapel at Edmund Kell Chapel, Bellevue Rd SO15 2AY
Free , book your place HERE For any further questions please email southampton@uksobs.org
Beeb has facilitated SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide) groups for the last 8 years. She will be talking about what language to use regarding suicide, how to support someone or get support following a bereavement, some myths, facts and complications and the long term effects. She will be drawing on her own personal living experience as a suicide bereaved mum and training as a grief educator plus having supported many hundreds of people since her daughter Bryony died in 2012.
Weds May 8th 7pm - 8.30pm
'A Dead Good Chat... On the Sofa with Deb & Tone'
Join Ex-Hospice Nurse Deb Wilkes and Soul Midwife/Artist Antonia Rolls for an eyeopening chat between them on their stories, anecdotes and insights.
All on the Sofa at The Design Chapel with time for all to chat and refreshments.
Tickets £5 Here
Thurs May 9th
This is Not a Film Club
Free/pay what you feel
films presented by GHT and Oxfam Music
with May being films of a 'Deathly' Nature
Tickets and more at GHT Whats On?
Thurs May 9th 6.30-9pm
Into The Quiet Arch 4 Captains Place
join artist and vet, sarah filmer, as we draw small dead wild creatures. this is a workshop for anyone who would like to be in the presence of these beautiful bodies, and consider how we can re-engage with our own mortality by taking close notice of a body without its life. no drawing experience or skill is required
basic paper, ink and some drawing boards will be available to use, but feel free to bring your own materials if you wish.
book through Eventbrite Here
£12.50 per ticket - there are some free places available - let me know if you would like one - contact via eventbrite link
Sun May 12th
Human Writes - A Death Row Story
12.30pm - 2pm
Friends Meeting House , Ordnance Road SO15 2AZ
Free tickets Here
Maggie Allder writes to prisoners on Death Row.
Karl was one of these, to whom she made visits and attended his execution.
In this short film Maggie tells her story.
This will be followed by a general conversation with Maggie around her experience of befriending someone on Death Row
Human Writes is an UK based organisation coordinating pen pals fr prisoners on Death Row in the USA
Past Events
some happened, some were cancelled but a flavour of what we had planned pre Covid!
Outside The Box
with Liz Rothschild
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Bookshop Alehouse
21 Portswood Road Southampton
Thurs May 13th 7pm
Liz and 'Dead Good Days' have teamed up with October Books to put on this live Zoom event for Dying Matters Awareness Week.
It is a free event, but please go to the link to get tickets for it. LINK HERE
The book is also available now in the bookshop....
Death In Turbulent Times. Thurs May 14th 7pm -8.15 on Zoom. Free. Facebook event HERE
or please email deadgooddays@gmail.com to book
It's Dying Matters Awareness Week May 11-17, & we wanted to bring you something topical.
Rosie Inman-Cook will be introducing the role of The Natural Death Centre and then talk more specifically about their reponse in these Covid times. There are a lot of myths out there and she will give you the chance to find out what is actually happening - how have the rules changed and what we can do differently.
You will have the chance to post questions that she will answer during the session. Rosie has many years experience in the Natural Death Movement. She values liasing with the public to inform them of all options available, including pragmatic advice on DIY funerals. She has a passion for making sure that choices are available for all families.
Thurs March 12th 7.30
Vamos Theatre at The Point Eastleigh
We are very happy to share our Dead Good name with
Vamos Theatre's production 'Dead Good'.
Sun May 3rd 11am - 2pm
Pet Death and Drawing with Sarah Filmer
Gods House Tower
Join Artist and vet, Sarah, 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"
Sat May 9th 2-4pm
Staring at the Sun, Life in Death and Death in Life
with Hugh Knopf.
October Books 189 Portswood Road
A Buddhist and Existential perspective with reflections , meditation and conversation
Weds May 13th 12-2pm
Carers Lunch with Carers in Southampton
Victory Gospel Centre Portswood
Regular free monthly session. This month's theme - Palliative and Hospice care
Thurs May 14th 10.30-5pm
'Behind the Scenes' Funeral Directors' Open Day
Jonathan Terry's Peartree premises
...a chance to visit, chat and explore the background happenings with staff and one of the dead good team. Drop in.
Thurs May 14th 7.30pm
'Dead Good' the Film
at Solent University Sonar Cinema
followed by QnA with Director Rehana and Cara from 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
The Arthouse
Entertaining, challenging and creative workshops of pre-planning your own funeral
Fri May 22nd 7.30 - 9pm
Wonders of The Wake, KevinToolis
Southampton Crematorium SO16 3QB.
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.’
Southampton City Council are not making any charges for the event,
Sun May 24th 11am - 5pm,
A Dead Good Day Out
NST Theatre Southampton,
A free, jam packed, family friendly day of workshops, talks,
performances, exhibitions, information advice and creative conversations - all helping to make difficult times less so!
Fri May 29th 8-10pm
Moving Voices A Dead Good Poetry Night
The Arthouse
Come join local poets with a chance to perform your own words too!
By Donation
