What happens if you die without family or money? - Evie King

Name: What happens if you die without family or money? - Evie King
Start: 2025-01-22T19:30:00+00:00
Location: The Wardrobe Theatre

Schedule

Wed, 22 Jan, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Wardrobe Theatre | Bristol, EN

Bristol Skeptics Society is delighted to present another instalment of Skeptics in the P̶u̶b̶… Theatre!
Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly lecture series, hosting academics from the world of science and skepticism, to share their unique research and insights. The goal is for every talk to delight and inspire, and help us understand our complex world a little better.
In January we are delighted to be hosting Evie King fresh off her appearance last month at QED! In her talk 'What happens if you die without family or money?' council funeral officer Evie King explains the systems that support people who fall through the societal cracks after their deaths, and along the way tries to bust a few myths about the kinds of people these may be. By shining a light on her caseload she seeks to show that these people are not outliers, but all of us, and by extinguishing those eerie shadows she hopes to send you home having let go of your 3am fears about dying alone and all of its connotations.
Evie is a council worker, writer and a former stand up comedian. She has written short form pieces in the margins of her various day jobs, contributing to New Humanist, Guardian Comment is Free, BBC Comedy and Viz Comic. Since moving to the seaside and going part-time she has had more time for writing and has completed her first book - Ashes to Admin - about her job arranging council funerals under her pen name. She is currently working on a second.
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