Help us build the Monument to Fun Palace the way you want it!  We’re building a slightly smaller version (a lot smaller actually!) of the Fun Palace – Central structure is The Floating Theatre surrounded by a whole lot of scaffolding.  With the help of the UCOL design Fine Arts students and theatre maker/architect Stephen Bain and theatre designer/ ceramicist/ artist Oliver Morse we’re building the monument in honour of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price’s original Fun Palace.  Then we’re asking you, the Whanganui community to help us put on the finishing touches!

Come along and and hear what the neighbours think with Small Talks, make junk fashion and junk instruments and then parade around Pukenamu with the Norns, make a mess in the Monument, or make some weird noise with the Sound Mechanics Neil and Rosie with their extraordinary instruments, make a song without words in Body Sound with Whetu Fala, make more noise with Yee Ley Lau in Organicity or get squidgy in the plasticine gallery, make a Zine or simply get creative your way with the folks from Whanganui Creative Spaces or bring in your broken but irreplaceables and sort things out with Whanganui Repair Cafe.  We hope there's just about something for everyone.  

Paint, upcycle, fabricate, smoosh, squish, think, play and create. Whoever you are, young, old or in-between, the Fun Palace is a space for everyone to embrace their creativity and culture whatever that looks like.

Fun Palace events are FREE, and even if you aren’t registered, you are able to attend events on the day. If you have any questions, please contact us directly on Facebook: @funpalaceswhanganui

The monument is being built on the forecourt of the Whanganui War Memorial Centre and we have some satellite hubs as well joining in the fun:  The Whanganui Musicians club, Te Whare o Rehua Serjeant Gallery, and Alexander Library.