How to Urn a Living

Berserk Theatre

At Fowler’s Funerals, our day starts when yours ends

5 Nov 2024 - 10 Nov 2024

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

5 Nov 2024
7.30pm,
Full: £16
Conc: £12
6 Nov 2024
7.30pm,
Full: £16
Conc: £12
10 Nov 2024
7.30pm,
Full: £16
Conc: £12

A merry story of murders and morality! Berserk Theatre’s new play spooks and delights with physical comedy and witty dialogue. This funeral home farce subverts expectations of death, questioning how class, religion, and traditions intersect with our own impermanence - and ultimately asks what are the consequences of capitalising on death.


For generations, Fowler’s Funerals has undertaken the responsibility of lifting the spirits of grieving people. But lately business has been dying down, forcing Mr. Fowler, his shop girl Lilith, and his mortician Wisteria to think outside the (pine) box or risk going under. Fowler suggests new business cards; Lilith, new flowers; Wisteria... something more sinister.


Unilaterally deciding her strategy is best, Wisteria enacts her plan and makes Lilith an unwilling accomplice. As they scramble to keep their business alive and satisfy their customers' bizarre requests, the lengths they will go to protect their (funeral) home are tested.


The performance on 10 November will be live streamed; book via The Space website.

Age recommendation: 12+
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £16
Languages: English, Norwegian, Sotho
Countries: Denmark, Norway, South Africa & United States
Access: Wheelchair accessible
Show accessibility: Live stream on 10 Nov
Content warnings: Discussions of death, suicide, abuse, cults, homophobia & depictions of death

Cast & Creatives

Written by: Zofia Zerphy


Directed by: Vilde Bjorkedal


Performers: Fiona Lotara, Tobias Ross Reymond, Yolanda Matji & Zofia Zerphy

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