We step into the “arrangement room”, where people first come if they’re organising a funeral. Victoria hands us a booklet about shock, and recollects organising her parents’ funerals. Jude shares stories of the first funerals in the building, and Skye tells us what happens after a death. We hear an intimate and powerful story of a father navigating the death of his wife, and finding meaningful ways to involve their daughter.

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This is a safe and creative story about the-end-of-life, and we understand there may be some topics that are sensitive for people with lived experience. Specific topics by timecode in this episode:

17:00 - 23:20 Cancer, and talking to children about the death of a parent

Here We Are, The Living is a Quiet Night production made by Jess Hamilton and Victoria Spence of Life Rites Funerals. Original music by Adam Connelly and Billy Ward. Mix by Jess Hamilton and Laura Brierley-Newtown. Editorial Support by Farz Edraki. Artwork by Annie Hamilton. This episode features Victoria Spence, Ben Gibson, Jude Neeme-Samson, Lei Chen and Skye Robertson.

This project was made with support of Create NSW, Content is Queen and many individual supporters through the Australian Cultural Fund.

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