Grief Gathering in the Garden with Sam Butler & David Harradine
THE GALLERY CAFE, ST MARGARET’S HOUSE
Sunday 6 June 2021, 3-4.30pm
We’d like to invite you to take part in a small group conversation called a Grief Gathering as part of our project This Grief Thing which addresses the silence around grief and grieving. This event is presented in partnership with St Margaret’s House.
We’re living at a time when many people find death and grief - our own grief or other people’s - almost impossible to talk about. We don’t know what to say, what to do, or how to act. So we stay silent, we pretend that grief doesn’t exist, or we hide it.
We’re really keen to hear from all sorts of people about how easy or difficult they find it to talk about their own or other people’s grief. There is no obligation to talk, you’re welcome to just sit and listen.
The conversation will be hosted by our Artistic Directors Sam Butler and David Harradine who will be joined by Nurjahan Julie Begum, our Community Engagement Associate. It will last approximately 90 minutes, is free to attend, open to everyone, and will take place in the garden of The Gallery Cafe at St. Margaret’s House. Booking is required.
Nurjahan Julie Begum
Julie started youth and community work in 1986 and, from 1992, went onto teaching adults English for Speakers of Other Languages. In 2002 she began working in the heritage sector and in 2017 started work in adult social care. Julie has written about the Bengali Language Movement, The World in the East End at the V&A Museum of Childhood and a bi-lingual play The Altab Ali Story, which was dramatised in the Season of Bangla Drama. In 2000 she helped set up the Swadhinata Trust and, in 2017, received the Award for Outstanding Service to the Community. It will last approximately 90 minutes and is free to attend.
If you require a British Sign Language interpreter or would like to talk to us about your access needs, or for any other queries, please contact: griefgatherings@feveredsleep.co.uk
This Grief Thing by Fevered Sleep
Supported by
Arts Council England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Wellcome
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
We acknowledge the assistance of the 2018 Banff Playwrights Lab – a partnership between the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Canada Council for the Arts - in the development of This Grief Thing.
This Grief Thing Manchester 2019 photo by Richard Tymon
“It was incredibly useful for me to hear others share how they feel. Even just being able to identify my feelings in others made me feel soothed and brought me a feeling of relief. ”
Grief Gathering Participant
“It was so beautiful. Something about it meant we could just talk gently, and openly, and follow the shared lines of enquiry together, in the last light of the day. It felt like a piece of art in itself. ”
Grief Gathering Participant