LADY OF THE SHADOWS - Marcus Sedgwick on Santa Muerte: the Patron Saint of the Underworld
- 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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Sat, 20th Oct 2018 @ 17:00 - 18:30
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17:00 - 18:30
Santa Muerte (“Saint Death”) is a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in Latin America since the turn of the Millennium. Although condemned by the Catholic Church this folk saint's alleged divine powers appeal to millions of ordinary people in Mexico and the United States. Devotees believe “The Bony Lady” or “The Lady of the Shadows” (as she is affectionately nicknamed) to be the fastest and most effective miracle worker, and as such, her statuettes and paraphernalia now outsell those of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Saint Jude, two other sacred figures of Mexican Christianity.
Santa Muerte has become the patron saint of drug traffickers, playing an important role as protector of peddlers of crystal meth and marijuana; D.E.A. agents and Mexican police officers often find her altars in the safe houses of narcotics smugglers. Yet Saint Death plays other important roles: she is a supernatural healer, love doctor, money-maker, lawyer, and angel of death. In this talk, Marcus Sedgwick explores the legends of of Santa Muerte describing how she has become without doubt one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes.
Tickets £12 including a Hendrick's Gin cocktail.
Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick is a writer, illustrator and musician. His novel, Saint Death, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2018. His children’s books include Floodlands and The Dark Horse. He was Writer in Residence at Bath Spa University for three years, reviews for The Guardian newspaper and teaches creative writing at Arvon and Ty Newydd.
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Lady of the Shadows: Santa Muerte
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.
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