Stella Duffy OBE - on filling Fun Palaces with creative opportunity
The Possibility ClubJuly 02, 201837:2185.46 MB

Stella Duffy OBE - on filling Fun Palaces with creative opportunity

The Possibility Club is a movement to connect adventurers in business, culture and education. Richard Freeman's special guest this week is Stella Duffy OBE. Stella is many things. A multi-award winning author of 16 novels, spanning both literary and crime fiction, over 60 short stories and 10 plays, which have been performed at The Bush Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, and Lyric Hammersmith amongst many others. She is a comedy improviser, theatre director, screen actress and documentary film-maker. In 2016, Stella as awarded an OBE for services to the arts. For the past 4 years, Stella has been one of the driving forces behind Fun Palaces, a massive UK-wide celebration of culture, making, science, heritage and community that takes place every October. Richard and Stella spoke in mid May 2018, chatting about what makes a Fun Palace work, childhood, inclusion, class, opportunity, risk and creativity. Useful links http://funpalaces.co.uk/ https://stelladuffy.wordpress.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/18/fun-palaces-joan-littlewood-dream-realised-100-years-birth https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/ --- The Possibility Club is more than a podcast, but a peer network for adventurers who want to create, lead or innovate in the world. If you have a burning idea, project or business and want to get critical support from new friends - join for free at www.thepossibilityclub.org Richard Freeman is the host for always possible and this podcast is produced and edited by CJ Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.