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Carbon Theatre, in association with Birmingham Rep, presents Bright Places at Hull Truck Theatre

I was 23 when it came crashing into my life; without warning, when everything was going so well, just when I was really, really happy… With 90s pop, a costume box and a whole heap of glitter, Bright Places (Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd October) is a darkly funny and deeply honest autobiographical story about growing up in the shadow of chronic illness.

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Managing the estate of a deceased loved one – as a family

No one handles the death of a loved one with ease. Losing someone close to you is one of the cruellest things that live can deliver, and an event that does nothing less than permanently shape your life going forwards. There are a great many emotional knots in the processing of a death – but their existence doesn’t negate the legal responsibility that is often inherited along with the grief.

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