PIE Talks Launched in Bath for The Forever Friends Appeal

This year Mea Fabula Films are bringing you the chance to meet new and interesting people in your community. The newly launched PIE talks aim to introduce passionate and like-minded people, as well as fundraising for the Forever Friends Appeal.

Mea Fabula Films are proud to announce that this September they will be bringing you the first of three monthly ‘PIE talks’, all to raise money for The Forever Friends Appeal, the primary fundraising charity for the Royal United Hospital (RUH), Bath.

PIE stands for Passionate, Intelligent and Engaging, and these talks are designed to bring people together to discuss their passions and how their life has shaped them. The purpose of the events is to meet and learn about the people in our community, to encourage new connections and to have conversations that will stimulate our thinking in new and interesting ways.

Two expert local speakers will be at each event, talking about what excites them and the story behind their passion. There is a Q&A plus a live band afterwards, which gives the audience a chance to interact directly with the speakers and continue their discussions. The evening as a whole is a great opportunity to meet people and engage in inspiring conversations.

The speakers for the first event are Piers Taylor, architect and presenter of BBC’s “The House that £100k Built”, and Penny Hay, Director Of Research at 5x5x5=creativity and behind May’s “Forest Of Imagination” in Bath’s Queen Square.

Taylor’s talk is called “Challenging Orthodoxy” and Hay’s “Permission to Follow Your Passions”. The band performing is Silver Phoenix, who plays music from the 60s and 70s with a few modern ones thrown in. Ticket prices are £8 for an adult, £2 for a child and the money raised is donated to the Forever Friends Appeal at the RUH.

About Piers Taylor

Piers Taylor is an international practicing architect. He is also an academic who was expelled from three schools. He has founded several renowned educational programmes and two award winning architecture practices - Invisible Studio and Bath based Mitchell Taylor Workshop.

He has taught at a number of Universities including Cambridge, Bath, Cardiff and London's Architectural Association, and is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Sheffield which explores the role of making in design. Piers also presents BBC2’s ‘The House that £100k Built’.

About Penny Hay

Penny Hay is an artist and educator. She is part-time Senior Lecturer in Arts Education at Bath Spa University and Director of Research for 5x5x5=creativity, an arts research charity. Hay was previously a primary teacher, advisory teacher for the arts and lecturer in arts education at Goldsmiths College, the Institute of Education, University of London, Roehampton Institute and the University of the West of England.

She was a Creative Agent for Creativity Culture and Education (CCE) 2008-11 and also co-hosts the SW Research hub: Cambridge Primary Review Trust. Her doctoral research is focused on how, as adults, we support children’s identity as artists. She is an elected Fellow of the RSA and has an award from Action for Children’s Arts for her contribution to arts education.