Living. Dying. Dead. - Playing Dead Theatre
UK Premiere
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Who: Playing Dead Theatre
What: Living. Dying. Dead. Where: Unity 2 When: 4pm - Friday the 21st of April Age range: 14+ Tickets: £5/£7 Living. Dying. Dead - Unity Theatre (unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk) Day ticket £30 Liverpool Improvisation Festival 2023 - Friday Day Ticket (acc360.co.uk) Performers: Owen Scrivens, Rhiannon Jenkins, David Escobedo, Jeanette Clarke, Irina Wilder Show warning: The show deals with a realistic portrayal of death and dying. Reviewed by Robin Winter from The Reviews Hub - ★★★★★
Living.Dying.Dead - Unity Theatre, Liverpool - The Reviews Hub |
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Living. Dying. Dead. Was created by improvisers Owen Scrivens and Rhiannon Jenkins (along with an international cast of performers) because they both had extensive experience working with death, dying and bereavement and felt that it was still a taboo subject that needed to be discussed. Owen is an Intensive Care Consultant with an interest in palliative care and Rhiannon works for a company that helps people to prepare for the end of their lives.
The concept of the show is to use improvisation to provide an honest, open and enquiring look at how death can affect people, while still being an entertaining and engaging show. Spontaneous theatre is ideal for the subject matter because the cast and the audience are responding honestly to difficult situations that are often avoided. This allows for moving relationships, unexpected humour and moments of visceral response to be found together and all this is based on questions specifically asked by the audience.
The show opens with a character receiving a diagnosis of an incurable problem. We follow this character - as well as their family and friends as they respond to this situation. We also see life before this moment and after the characters death to fully explore life, dying, and how we respond to death.
The show has so far been performed at festivals across Europe and we are now very excited to bring it to Liverpool where the co-director Owen studied to be a doctor nearly 20 years ago.
The concept of the show is to use improvisation to provide an honest, open and enquiring look at how death can affect people, while still being an entertaining and engaging show. Spontaneous theatre is ideal for the subject matter because the cast and the audience are responding honestly to difficult situations that are often avoided. This allows for moving relationships, unexpected humour and moments of visceral response to be found together and all this is based on questions specifically asked by the audience.
The show opens with a character receiving a diagnosis of an incurable problem. We follow this character - as well as their family and friends as they respond to this situation. We also see life before this moment and after the characters death to fully explore life, dying, and how we respond to death.
The show has so far been performed at festivals across Europe and we are now very excited to bring it to Liverpool where the co-director Owen studied to be a doctor nearly 20 years ago.