Stratford hosts several free fun events for all the family
“BRILLIANT, great fun!” – is how one visitor described their experience at the RSC’s Fun Palace events hosted across Stratford last weekend.
Fun Palaces is a nationwide campaign for cultural participation and Stratford had several Fun Palaces for people to enjoy including the RSC, the library, the Crown Plaza hotel, led by the Stratford Town Trust Community Hub and the Birthplace Trust.
A spokesperson from the organisers of Fun Palaces said:
“It was brilliant to see so many families from across our community come together, unleash their creativity, and take part in new activities. From creating poetry and music at Stratford Library and magical story writing at the Royal Shakespeare Company, to crafting spooky Halloween decorations with the Stratford Town Trust and engaging in hands-on activities inspired by Shakespeare’s First Folio with the learning team from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. we can’t wait to collaborate again with our partners next year for another exciting day of free fun.”
Nicola Salmon, RSC creative placemaking manager said:
“At the theatre we welcomed over 120 people to an immersive story writing workshop inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream and 275 to our free exhibition The Play’s The Thing. Visitors young and old were inspired by props from our shows, pictures from our Collection and even getting to meet Titania herself, to write their own stories of magic, some even in iambic pentameter. The really special part of the day was meeting new visitors to the building that have never been to the theatre before.”