This Is How We Die

I produced Christopher Brett Bailey’s theatre and spoken word show THIS IS HOW WE DIE, which premiered in 2013 and toured to 25 venues in the UK, and was presented internationally at: Sydney Festival, SummerWorks’ Progress Festival (Toronto), inTACTO festival (Vitoria), Alkantara at Culturgest (Lisbon), Frascati (Amsterdam) and Black Box Teater (Oslo).


The piece received the Arches Brick Award, an Off West End Award, and was shortlisted for Stückemarkt, Berliner Festspiele 2016.
 The script was published by Oberon, and there is a double vinyl audiobook and soundtrack of the show is available here.

A motor-mouthed collage of spoken word and storytelling. Tales of paranoia, young love and ultra-violence.  From the desk of Christopher Brett Bailey comes a spiraling odyssey of pitch-black humour and nightmarish prose.

THIS IS HOW WE DIE is a prime slice of surrealist trash, an Americana death trip and a dizzying exorcism for a world convinced it is dying...

‘a visceral, world-burning piece of theatre....a brutal, vital, incredible show’ Total Theatre

The Guardian ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ Exeunt ★★★★★
The Scotsman ★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ The Stage ★★★★

Originally commissioned by Ovalhouse, and made with support from Arts Council England, the Basement, Cambridge Junction and Norwich Arts Centre.

Photo: Jemima Yong