Coronavirus makes for perfect excuse to laugh in the face of death

WITH humanity’s survival being tested through the coronavirus pandemic, KC Martin-Stone’s comedy show I See Dead People will take a deeper look into life and death

KC Martin-Stone's D-FEST show I See Dead People puts a twisted but comedic spin on death and how humans embrace and deal with the passing of our loved ones. Picture: Katrina Bridgeford.

WITH humanity’s survival being tested through the coronavirus pandemic, KC Martin-Stone’s comedy show I See Dead People will take a deeper look into life and death.

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Performing at Darwin Festival for the first time this year, Ms Martin-Stone said

she wanted make people laugh while thinking outside the box of how they live and die.

“People can expect to see something both light and dark, something thought provoking and funny,” she said.

KC Martin-Stone's D-FEST show I See Dead People puts a twisted but comedic spin on death and how humans embrace and deal with the passing of our loved ones. Picture: Katrina Bridgeford.

“My material looks at what makes us human, we’re the only species in the animal kingdom who looks after our dead the way we do, so I look at why we do it and how we do it.”

Ms Martin-Stone said she had become a silver lining of coronavirus, with more locals given the chance to make the stage their own.

“It’s super exciting to see the whole Darwin community get out and get behind the local shows,” she said.

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“We like to think ourselves as the pinnacle of civilisation but there’s lots of things we can learn from the past.

“My show is laughing in the face of death so it couldn’t be more appropriate I think.”

KC Martin-Stone’s I See Dead People runs August 11 and 12 at 6.30pm at the Darwin Railway Club.