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	The year is 2015 the rich – poor divide is stark, particularly on the periphery of new urban development schemes. London is a Mega-City, the journey to work and back is long and tiring. Working hours are on the increase, leisure is a luxury afforded to few. Itroducing...TAKE PLACE – a performing arts organisation based in Elephant and Castle. The founders pf Take Place belive 'The City is a Stage'/ Our mission is to bring performance to local neighbourhoods, workplaces and commuter routes: weaving dance, theatre, musical performance into the fabric of the every-day. Pop-up performance spaces, that also function as large scale kinetic public culpture or modular street furniture, from stages where we invite artists to work with the community to put on shows. These new performance spaces become vibrant community destinations. The local community and council are involved in critical decisions regarding both the structure and the content of the programme. A rpbust organisational infrastructure ensures consistent flow of performances. Open theatre structures function as destinations in themselves, even when there is no performance.								The project describes pop-up structures for performance and display that activate non-places in the urban fabric.
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