Afterlives Festival: Batman (aka Naomi's Death Show)

Join Naomi Westerman for her award-winning, audience-interactive stage show as part of the Afterlives Festival.

Batman (aka Naomi’s Death Show) is a funny, surprising and deeply human live performance that takes audiences on a journey through our collective fascination with death, true crime and the extraordinary power of grieving together.The play explores the author’s personal experience of parental death and bereavement, satirises the true crime genre, takes audiences through games of Death Bingo and Serial Killer Family Fortunes, the experience of sitting Shiva for the dead, into the world of extreme art via a drowned mansion, and looks at how love can save us or condemn us. The audience gets to choose the direction of the show, and faces their own complicity: will they choose vengeance, or mercy?Naomi, bestselling author, playwright, former anthropologist and death acceptance activist, weaves personal story, sharp wit and genuine warmth into a show that will make you think, laugh and feel things you didn't expect. Her book Happy Death Club was a bestseller across the UK, USA and Canada. Now she's bringing it live to your library.

What to expect:

• An award-winning, interactive live stage performance
• Themes of death, grief, true crime and communal remembrance
• Humour, honesty and audience participation
• A post-show space for questions and conversation

Why come?

Death is one of the few things we all have in common — so why don't we talk about it more? Naomi’s Death Show makes that conversation not just possible but genuinely entertaining.

Who it's for:

Adults — some mature themes