DEATH BY MISADVENTURE - Sticky ends over the ages with Robert Stephenson
- Brompton Cemetery Chapel
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Pop-Up, Something A Little Different and Theatre/Arts
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Tickets from £13.20
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Sun, 14th Oct 2018 @ 17:00 - 18:30
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17:00 - 18:30
The ancient Greeks set the bar high in terms of bizarre deaths: Draco, the Athenian lawmaker, who gave us the word “draconian” was reputedly smothered to death by
gifts of hats and cloaks showered on him by appreciative citizens of the island of Aegina; the philosopher Heraclitus was said to have been devoured by dogs after smearing himself with cow manure in an attempt to cure his dropsy; Aeschylus, the playwright, was killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle that had mistaken his bald head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell of the reptile; while the philosopher Empedocles of Acragas leapt to his death into the volcanic crater of Mount Etna in an unsuccessful attempt to prove that he was immortal.
These were just some of the earliest contenders for the Darwin Awards, the accolades given out to people who contribute to improving the human gene pool by removing their own contribution to it.
From swallowing a toothpick to dying of laughter, Robert Stephenson will expound on some of the strangest ways that people have managed to inadvertently do away with themselves.
Tickets £12 including a Hendrick's Gin cocktail.
ROBERT STEPHENSON
Robert Stephenson is a qualified City of London Culture and Heritage guide and a trustee at Kensal Green and Brompton cemeteries. He teaches on London and death studies. Robert is also chairman of the National Federation of Cemetery Friends.
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Death by Misadventure
Includes a Hendrick's Gin Cocktail
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17:00 - 18:30 | £13.20 |
Location
Address
Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Entrances on Fulham Road or Brompton Road, London, SW10 9UG
Nearest Station
West Brompton (Tube)
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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