Visit London Blog » death festival http://blog.visitlondon.com Enjoy the very best of London Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 In Pictures: Crazy Coffins at the Royal Festival Hall http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/01/in-pictures-crazy-coffins-at-the-royal-festival-hall/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/01/in-pictures-crazy-coffins-at-the-royal-festival-hall/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:12:30 +0000 Jenny http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=25120 Death isn’t all doom and gloom you know! Not with these colourful, unique and even humorous coffins currently on display at the Royal Festival Hall.

Boxed: Fabulous Coffins from UK and Ghana is a free exhibition displaying bespoke coffins from the collection of Pa Joe in Ghana and Crazy Coffins in Nottingham.

The display is part of the Southbank Centre’s Death-themed festival four days of music, performance, talks and poetry aiming to lift the (coffin) lid on the subject of death.

Boxed: Fabulous Coffins, in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall until 29 January 2012. Death Festival at the Southbank Centre, 27 to 30 January 2012

Photos by Baynes Media

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