This Grief Thing Shop Opens In Manchester
Our new This Grief Thing shop opens in Manchester today as part of SICK! Festival, hosted by our co-artistic directors Sam Butler and David Harradine. Pop in for a chat or to browse the collection of clothing and objects designed to help conversations about grief to start. Every item is pay what you want, and everyone is welcome. The address is 58 King Street, Manchester, M2 4LY and it will be open every Wednesday – Saturday between 18 September and 4 October. We’ll also be hosting four Grief Gatherings, small, free group conversations about grief and grieving. Visit thisgriefthing.com for full… Read More
This Grief Thing in Nottingham
Following three unforgettable residencies in Preston, Middlesbrough and Manchester in 2018, the next This Grief Thing temporary shop will take place in Nottingham (address tba), between 7-24 March 2019 in partnership with Dance4. Opening Dates & Times Wednesday 13 March: 12-6pm Thursday 14 March: 12-5pm Friday 15 March: 12-6pm Saturday 16 March: 10am-5pm Sunday 17 March: 12pm-4pm Mon 18 March: closed Tue 19 March: closed Wed 20 Mar: closed Thursday 21 March: 12-6pm Friday 22 March: 12-6pm Saturday 23 March: 10am-3pm Sunday 24 March: 12.30pm-4pm Grief Gatherings Friday 15 March: 6.30-8pm Monday 18 March: 12:30-2pm Friday 22 March: 10-11.30am Saturday 23… Read More
This Grief Thing at The Whitworth, Manchester
This November we’ll be heading to Manchester to open a new temporary shop as part of This Grief Thing, our project that invites people to think, talk and learn about grief. We’ll be at the Whitworth, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M15 6ER (November 9 – 18) If you’d like to join us for a Grief Gathering, a small group conversation about grief, they’ll be taking place on Monday 12, 10-11.30am (*at St Mary’s Hospital), Thursday 15, 6.30 – 8pm and Friday 16, 10-11.30am at the shop. To book contact griefgatherings@feveredsleep.co.uk or Tel: 020 3815 6430 / 07932259834 If you can’t make it to the shop, you can now… Read More
Reflections on This Grief Thing In Preston
An excerpt from “A Space For Grief (This Grief Thing In Preston)” By David Harradine. This is our first shop. Before we arrive, we talk about what might happen. We acknowledge that nobody might come. We remind ourselves that we’re first and foremost trying to make grief visible, trying to refuse all the subtle and blunt and careless and well-intentioned and cruel ways it gets silenced and diverted and ignored. We tell ourselves it’s OK if nobody comes. Because even the presence of the project here, in this shopping centre, in this city, in Preston, makes it possible for conversations… Read More
This Grief Thing, Preston
This Grief Thing is a project that invites people to think, talk and learn about grief. It takes place in a series of shops where people can have conversations, and buy clothing and objects. It’s for people who have experienced grief, and for people who haven’t. The first temporary shop will be in Preston at St George’s Shopping Center from 14-23 September in partnership with Derelict Festival. For more information about opening dates and times, Grief Gatherings and more click here.