Event

Dying to Please You

Directed by: John Wright
R&D facilitation and Drama Therapy by: Holly Stoppit
Starring: Tess Cartwright, Tristan Green and Sidney Robb

Dying to Please You is a dark comedy about death and
dying, which we started developing in 2016, based on
Tess Cartwright's personal journey with her late partner
Vid Warren, an iconic Bristol beatboxer who died of brain
cancer.

Dying to Please You is a mortally funny piece of theatre
exploring the comedy behind death, dying and grief.
Through music, dance and physical theatre we hope to
interpret the world of death and dying as gentle and
ridiculous. This project is an exploration into the
question: can we laugh in the face of death?

Death is not widely discussed in our society but it affects
everyone. Many people are affected by cancer, violence,
old age and all the other possible ways to lose a loved
one. We want to use comedy to uncover the raw nature
of what it is to be human: "We are born to die".