Project Over View and Time Line : Can We Talk About Death

The Can We Talk About Death? Adaptation of Autobiographical Performance and ParticipantResponse in the Development of Performance to Enhance Conversations Around Death andDying project happened in 2023 at the University of Salford with a test performance (Can WeTalk About Death?) taking place in the May of that year. The project built on an earlier Practiceas Research (2019) entitled The Death, Dinner, and Performance: A Study of the Efficacy ofPerformance to Enhance Conversations Around Death and Dying project. While that projectaimed to look at autobiographical performance as a prompt for difficult conversations in anintimate setting, the Can We Talk About Death? project looked to adapt the earlier practice intoa public performance for an audience and in doing so, to explore that adaptation strategiesused in the process.