
Jude Kelly
Theatre director | Founder of WOW Festival

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Jude Kelly led the Southbank Centre for over a decade and founded WOW - Women of the World Festival, now running in 20+ countries. A theatre director who has worked with the RSC and National Theatre, she champions the arts as tools for social change. Jude speaks on creativity, womens leadership, and the role of culture in society.
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Why women should tell the stories of humanity
For many centuries (and for many reasons) critically acclaimed creative genius has generally come from a male perspective. As theater director Jude Kelly points out in this passionately reasoned talk, that skew affects how we interpret even non-fictional women's stories and rights. She thinks there's a more useful, more inclusive way to look at the world, and she calls on artists -- women and men -- to paint, draw, write about, film and imagine a gender-equal society.
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