Getting out of the building
Fun Palaces take place in all kinds of cultural venues over the Fun Palaces Weekend in October: theatres, libraries, museums and arts centres (in addition to the ones made in community centres, on boats, in…
Unearthing hidden untapped talents and genius
Edwina Osborne made the first Leighton Buzzard Fun Palace in 2021. Now in planning for it’s 3rd year, she reflects on her journey so far, and shares advice on how you too could start a…
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Rupesh Shah had his idea for a Fun Palace during lockdown. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams was borne from a catastrophic day in which he’d been trying to fix a couple of lamps, and no…
Ideas Grow Like Seeds…
Below you can read a Maker story from Canopy Arts Jab Fun Palace – written by Roger Drury from Canopy Network (‘inspired by Fun Palaces’). “Canopy is a network of arts workers, artists and communities…
Bringing Back the Fun
Torriano Fun Palace, in North London are huge fans of the work of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price. Although you don’t need to know a single thing about Joan or Cedric to make a Fun…
A Fun Palaces Journey
Celine Elliot is the Fun Palaces Ambassador for Cornwall, which she does for one day a week as part of her job at the Cornwall Museums Partnership. In 2018 she made a Fun Palace at…
Online Fun Palaces
Last year Fun Palaces looked a little different, some were socially distanced, some went ahead online, some took place in the form of window displays and some were a mix of all three. Victoria Beesley…
Fun Palaces in Care Homes
Ruth Purdy is a visual artist, who set up a community arts company in Cornwall. In 2018 she joined with Astor Court and Devonpart extra care schemes and Nazareth House; part of a retirement village…
Making a Fun Palace with people with dementia, their carers – and everyone else!
“There is no door on our unit and people who come in often might not actively seek out becoming involved in a project like ours … We work with those with dementia and their carers…
Fun Palacing with XR Farnham
“What is necessary to remember is that as a creative community we can help. We have the resources to communicate issues to participants and we have the skills, knowingly or not, to enact change.” Farnham…
“Generous, radical creativity in action …”
The “Fun Palace Maker” hat is really helpful as it’s a conversation starter and there is enormous strength in being part of an ever-growing international movement. Emma Rucastle is a theatre director and creative practitioner…
Handing Over Our Library Space to the Community
We have had some fabulous heart-wrenching, scary, wonderful moments being part of Fun Palaces. And a big part of that was letting go and handing over our library space to the community and saying it’s…