AFTER ALL is a show about death. It is a celebration of our vulnerable and courageous existence using dance, theatre, storytelling and comedy to ask: how do we deal with the end? By exploring various funeral rites - ones we have, ones we have lost, and those yet to be invented - Solène confronts our transition between worlds head-on. AFTER ALL is a hopeful attempt to conjure a better sort of space for us to be with loss and collectively contemplate the finite nature of our lives.
Accompanying workshop Beyond AFTER ALL provides a space to speak about death together. It is facilitated time for group conversations to share any experiences, feelings or questions around death. It can host up to 20 participants, who are welcome to discuss any aspects of death and dying that they wish to. People are welcome to just come and listen with no pressure to speak, and it is open to anyone regardless of whether you have attended the show AFTER ALL or not. There will be some time afterwards to drink tea together, and for any further conversation if desired. It is not a space that offers grief support or counselling, but is inspired by and follows in the tradition of the Death Cafe movement (that began in the UK in 2011) and aims to host informal, respectful and confidential space.
Tickets for AFTER ALL cost £13.20 (includes 10% booking fee) and tickets for Beyond AFTER ALL are free (booking required). They are available to purchase online here, in-person at the Box Office in Mareel, or by calling on 01595 745 500 during opening hours of 10am-9pm, Tuesday - Sunday.
