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From Joan to now: How well do you know Fun Palaces?

Donkey rides, giant brains, a building that was never built. How much of the Fun Palaces story do you actually know? Ten questions on where Fun Palaces came from, who dreamed it up, and what we've made of it since. Whatever you score, there's a place for you in the story - and a Fun Palace waiting to be made. 

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Where did the idea of Fun Palaces originally come from?
A government arts strategy
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A collaboration between a theatre director and an architect
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A museum education programme
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A university research project
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Why was it called 
a "Fun Palace"?
To attract children
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To sound entertaining
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To challenge who culture is for
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Because it was based in a palace
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What was Joan Littlewood known for?
Writing novels
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Experimental theatre and working-class storytelling
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Architecture
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Running museums
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Which of these WASN'T a real Fun Palace activity?
Orange peel art
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Piezoelectricy sound with crystals
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Creating a giant brain
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Competitive ironing championship
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What inspired the revival of Fun Palaces in 2014?
A government cultural policy
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A commemoration of Joan Littlewood's centenary
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A TV programme
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A museum exhibition
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What's the main idea behind Fun Palaces?
Culture should be led by experts
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Culture belongs to everyone
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Culture happens in institutions
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Culture should be preserved unchanged
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How many Fun Palaces have taken place since 2014?
Around 50
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Around 300
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Nearly 3,000
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Approx 10,000
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Which famous building reflects ideas similar to Cedric Price's flexible architecture?
Centre Pompidou
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Buckingham Palace
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Colosseum
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Stonehenge
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At the Stratford Fair, what did local children tell Joan they wanted in the Fair?
A science lab
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Mud pies
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A library
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Donkey rides
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What makes a Fun Palace?
A big budget
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Professional artists
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People coming together to share what they love with others
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A permanent building
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"Just arrived at the Fun Palace!"

You're new here... and that's the best seat in the house! Every single Fun Palace started with someone who didn't know the history and made one anyway.

The story's gorgeous: a theatre director called Joan, an architect called Cedric, a palace of fun that never got built but turned into a movement instead. You don't need to pass a test to be part of it. You already are.
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"Regular at the Laboratory of Fun"


You've got the spirit and most of the story - Joan and Cedric, the 2014 revival, culture belonging to everyone, not just the experts. You've nailed the bit that counts: this is a movement anyone can join.

So here's where it gets good - real people already doing it. A crafting club in a Rotherham library, a tiny Fun Palace in a Norfolk front room, 312 people turning up in the Cwm Garw valley.

Have a read, pinch an idea, then make it your own.
Browse Fun Palace Maker stories for inspiration ->
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"Graduate of the University of the Streets!"

You know your Joan from your Cedric, your donkey rides from your piezoelectric crystals. The history's safe with you.

And you'll know better than most that none of it was ever meant to sit still - the story stays alive because people keep making new chapters of it.

So: what are you going to make in your community?
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