From Abney Park Trust

Posted on by Tony Harms

August Issue

Radio plays, Music Hall performers and live talks…
We have continued to work hard through lockdown as park visits have increased. The War Memorial has had a good clean and we hope to reopen the visitor centre soon so pop in if you want to meet our team.

We are also busy keeping the website and digital channels up to date with new material. This month we’ve got events and recordings galore for you to enjoy throughout August. Here we showcase just a sample of what’s on offer as part of our mission to bring the stories of Abney Park to life. 

Visit our website for a full listing

Live online talk and Q&A

If There’s Death, Let There Be Dancing: Discussing Cemetery Use

18/08/20

Join us for a fascinating live streamed lecture and Q&A session by Dr Romany Reagan. This talk will explore the Victorian garden cemetery today as a place for mortality mediation and shared community space. Building upon research from cemetery historians, mixed-use case studies, dark tourism, and her own research within Abney Park Cemetery, Romany will discuss the diverse secular thanatouristic practices within cemeteries today – and the future of navigating these practices within community contexts.
Book tickets

Audio play

‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’

Pay a small donation to download 09 Lives’ audio production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. This ingenious adaptation by Lil Warren stars the cast from last year’s, OFFIE commended and SOLD OUT promenade performance at Abney Park.
Download the recording

Audio talk

Music Hall star: Nellie Power

Listen to Rowan Lennon tell the story of  Abney Park resident Nellie Power. Power was a popular performer in Music Hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime, who achieved national fame before dying from pleurisy at the age of 32.
Listen to the podcast
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