The Birch:
Funerary feast

A grieving community gathers for a funeral meal, each guest carrying more than just their hunger—secrets, guilt, and the weight of tradition settle at the table. As toasts are raised, emotions spill over, and an unseen presence looms: Janica, the departed, lingers in silence, her judgment felt but never spoken. Through whispered regrets, bitter accusations, and the haze of drink, the mourners must confront the past—was her death fate, neglect, or something far more personal?

This LARP delves into the fragile space between remembrance and reckoning, forcing participants to question the boundaries between the living and the dead, truth and denial, guilt and absolution. Each character embodies a force shaping the community: the grieving mother, the resentful widow, the skeptic priest, the accused healer—voices clashing in a battle over memory, morality, and meaning. The ghost of Janica is both witness and mirror, her silent presence a canvas onto which each mourner projects their own sins, doubts, and justifications.

At its core, The Birch: Funerary feast explores:

• Grief and Judgment – How do the dead live on in our minds? Are we mourning them—or the versions of ourselves that died with them?

• Truth and Lies – What is remembered, and what is rewritten? In the absence of justice, does silence become complicity?

• Guilt and Redemption – Can those left behind ever truly make amends, or does the past own them forever?

• Superstition and Faith – When the impossible stares back, do we embrace it, deny it, or let it destroy us?

The night unfolds as a dialogue-driven journey, where words carry weight and silence speaks loudest. Each toast is a choice—honor, expose, or deceive—shaping not just Janica’s legacy, but the futures of those left behind. As wine flows and illusions fracture, one question lingers in the air like the scent of wax and wilted flowers:

When the dead return, do they come for vengeance—or the truth?

This experience invites participants into an intimate, emotionally charged exploration of human fragility, forcing them to face what remains unsaid. Through rising tension, uncomfortable revelations, and the looming specter of unfinished business, The Last Feast is a journey of memory, reckoning, and the inescapable ghosts we carry within.