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Jonathan Kay was born in 1950 and moved to Winchester in 1971 after completing his training at East 15 Drama School. Coming to Winchester, his aim was to bring his form of theatre to the city, which he calls Attic Theatre, deriving from Attica in Ancient Greece, and is a particular style of working with the community where individuals come together to create festivals and celebratory happenings. Jonathan has been working with and training street performers, actors, midwives, doctors, barristers, young people and old people in a style culminating in the start of the Nomadic Academy of Fools in 2007, which travels around Europe and the UK, taking those who want to create and learn to be more than audience on a journey into the world of the Fool. Part of this work has been the Hat Fair, which started in St John's Rooms in Winchester 35 years ago. It has always been his intention to have a place in Winchester where people of a creative intention can meet, talk, socialise and create. The Hat Fair is a catalsyt for change in the arts, street arts, making theatre more relevant to the everyday person who lives in Winchester. In 2008 he received an Honoury Fellowship from the University of Winchester.