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Episode Synopsis "Fun Palaces"
Fun Palaces co-director Stella Duffy speaks about the Fun Palaces Weekend 3 - 4 October 2020, how the original idea came about, and how 2020 will be about having tiny ones. Fun Palaces Maker Lorena Hodgson shares lots of ideas about how you can get involved with Fun Palaces this year and two Fun Palaces Ambassadors Lewis Hou and Beverley Nunn will give you some info about the Fun Palaces that are already live on the official Fun Palaces map. Also, Eddie McCleneghan drops by to read us a poem! About Fun Palaces Fun Palaces is an onging campaign for culural democracy and a weekend of action and celebration, taking place on the first weekend of October every year - during which communities come together to make pop-up Fun Palaces. Cultural democracy is an approach to arts and culture that engages everyone in deciding what counts as culture, where it happens, who makes it and who experiences it. Stella Duffy and Sarah-Jane Rawlings co-founded Fun Palaces in 2013 to celebrate revolutionary theatre director, Joan Littlewood's centenary on the 6th October 2014. As more communities, individuals and organisations across the UK asked if they could join in, it quickly became clear that it was never going to be a one-off. In 2021 Kirsty Lothian and Makala Cheung took over as co-directors of the organisation. Inspired by Joan Littlewood and architect Cedric Price's never-built 1960s vision of one building for all arts and science, free to the local community of the East End of London, the 21st century Fun Palaces is about reclaiming public space, encouraging cultural venues to throw open their doors, shining a light on unsung community activism and supporting local people to step up to co-create their own community events. Learning from the communities that take part every year, Fun Palaces has changed and grown, and is now as varied as the people who take part. Find out more at: www.funpalaces.co.uk Follow us on Instagram: @FunPalaces Producer: Dan Vo Editor: Samuel Gunn Guests: Lewis Hou, Stella Duffy, Lorena Hodgson, Beverley Nunn and Eddie McCleneghan. Made with help from: Stella Duffy, Sarah Jane Rawlings, Ravina Bajwa, Kirsty Lothian and Daniel King
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