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Ugly Chief

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Format Paperback / softback
ISBN-10 1786823705
ISBN-13 9781786823700
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Oct 31st, 2017
Print length 64 Pages
Weight 148 grams
Dimensions 12.90 x 21.00 x 1.70 cms
KSh 2,000.00
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Exploring the British funeral industry and how we deal with death, Ugly Chief is about the true story of Victoria Melody planning her father’s funeral, then finding out he isn’t going to die.

In 2013, Mike was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and given five years to live. Mike’s daughter Victoria was put in charge of planning the funeral. But a year later the doctors realised they had misdiagnosed Mike.

Victoria and Mike decided to go ahead with the funeral anyway and Victoria went to Port Talbot to train as a funeral director. Ugly Chief plays out the funeral Victoria planned, including her experieences of training at a funeral home

Ugly Chief is a comic take on what we want and expect from a funerals and how the deceased might behave if they were actually there to see it. It also explores a father/daughter relationship, and "father and daughter reassess their relationship in the very act of making and performing the show" (The Guardian).

The publication includes colour photographs from the premiere at Battersea Arts Centre and an interview with Victoria Melody.


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