Can We Talk About Death?

McCormick, Sheila

Abstract

Building on previous research in The Death Dinner Project: A study of the efficacy of autobiographical performance to provide a prompt for conversations on death and dying, this project explores the adaptation process undertaken to develop intimate performance into a communal performance event. Can We Take About Death adapts the autobiographical performance material used in the Death Dinners to create a performance supported with verbatim material gathered from the original dinners. It does so to create a further prompt from discussions on death and dying.

Citation

McCormick, S. (2023). Can We Talk About Death?. [Live performance]

• Other Type: Experiment
• Publication Date: May 25, 2023
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2024
• Keywords: death and dying, adaptation, autobiography, performance