Transitus

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FIRST TRANSITUS FESTIVAL

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The Exchange, Sturminster Newton, Dorset
Saturday 20th June 2009, 10.30 - 6.30

Keynote Speaker:

Dr Peter Fenwick

'The Art of Dying’

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About the Festival

Last year the Department of Health issued a new policy document entitled 'End of Life Care Strategy' with the aim of improving quality and freedom of choice for those approaching death.

This first Transitus Festival is concerned with all the issues surrounding the end of life, but it seeks to address these questions in a wide context, based on cutting-edge developments and research on all aspects of death and what lies beyond.

Whether your special interest is in caring for the dying, funeral celebration, disposal of the body or afterlife research, the Transitus Festival aims to redefine your understanding of the event that all of us will have to face.

Activities on the day

Recitals of poetry and music
Display of coffins, urns and shrouds
Books, magazines and newsletters
Music and water-colour workshops
Exhibitions of artwork
Short film

Organic food and refreshments

Admission to the Festival: Free

(includes entry to the Opening, the Keynote Lecture, the exhibitions, and the poetry and music recitals).

Entry to any of the talks, workshops and the play is possible only with a Festival Pass, which may be purchased on the day for £25 (£20 concs).

Or... Special Offer: Buy an ‘Early Bird’ Festival Pass up to seven days before the Festival begins at the discounted price of £15 by calling The Exchange Box Office on: 01258 475137

Note: Access to any event is subject to space available at that event on the day

Enquiries: 0870 321 0230

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Special Offer

Buy an ‘Early Bird’ Festival Pass up to seven days before the Festival begins at the discounted price of £15 by calling The Exchange Box Office on: 01258 475137

Festival programme

10.30 Exhibitions open

11.00 Festival Opening

by Carmella B'Hahn, author of Benjaya's Gifts and Mourning has Broken

11.30 Keynote Lecture by internationally renowned neuropsychiatrist, Dr Peter Fenwick: The Art of Dying - based on his recent book bearing the same title. Dr Fenwick is Britain's leading clinical authority on near-death experiences and holds appointments at the Maudsley Hospital, the John Radcliffe Hospital, and the Broadmoor Special Hospital for Violent Offenders.

12.30-3.30 Workshops & Recitals (click for details)
A choice of ten short talks and workshops on caring for the dying, soul midwifery, green funerals, imaginative celebrations and afterlife research. Music and poetry recitals in Stour Hall.

4.00 PLAY: Colder than Here. In a review of the London West End production, John Peter wrote in The Sunday Times: 'Laura Wade's play is a 90-minute masterpiece, a jewel, dark but translucent. It is a play of love, death and grief that is hardest to bear, because it begins before the loved one dies...'

Taboo Amateur Theatre Company, director Craig White. For full details please click here

5.30 After-Play Discussion (20 minutes)

6.00 Meditation for friends and loved ones in the afterlife

6.30 Close (exhibitions close at 4.30)

Our Sponsors

Transitus thanks the following sponsors for making this event possible:

The Martinsey Isle Trust

Bromige Ltd