My Death Show

If you’ve ever wondered what song to have played at your funeral, this is the show for you! Ben has been to his own funeral five times so who better to accompany you on a weirdly fun and interactive look at the greatest certainty in life: death*.

(*Ben doesn’t die in the show).

"Super funny. Moving. Very informative. You think it's going to morbid but it isn't. Of course death is strangly taboo. That makes it funnier"

"I'm writing this from my father's bedside as he sleeps. He is now in palliative care having declined rapidly overnight following a hip operation last week. He probably has at most 48 hours left according to the doctors. Your play on death has been helpful to me in reflecting ahead of time on what to expect and what represents a good death. As a result I'm less shocked by the whole thing than I might've been. Death was as you’d described and I was glad of that knowledge."

"I wish we could be more open about the topic of death and our own mortality. I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer last year - Don’t get me wrong, some days I feel absolutely fine and empowered to live every day like it’s my last. Others, I think about what music I’d like at my funeral and how I’d want people to wear bright colours. I think about receiving the results of a bad scan and how I would relay this information to friends and family. But I can’t tell anyone about this because, well, we just don’t do that! Thank you for making this an approachable topic."

Age guidance: This performance is recommended for ages 12+.

Content warning: This performance contains themes of death.

Interval: This performance does not have an interval.

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Ben is a theatre maker, writer, and podcaster. He wears many hats and hope he gets them to fit.

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Logistics

Address Details: Theatre Deli, 107 Leadenhall Street, EC3A 4AF. It's a corporate looking entrance, go past the first guard reception on the ground floor through to the back where there is the Deli reception. Then wind your way round to the bar!

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