Daily: DISCO RETURNO – Why Britain needs nightclubs

<p>No one looks back and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep. But beyond a mere boogie, nightclubs play a vital role in shaping our collective and individual identity. Alex Andreou assembles an all-star spinning a-roundtable to chew on how COVID closures have impacted nighttime industries, why the pandemic has deprived us from more than a good party, and how culture goes beyond theatres and museums…</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mairi Mackenzie</strong> is a cultural historian and consultant curator for the V&amp;A Dundee exhibition <a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/exhibitions/night-fever-designing-club-culture" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Night Fever: Designing Club Culture</a>. <strong>Bay Sisouphanh</strong> is Head of Event Sales at London’s Village Underground. <strong>Mark Wood</strong> is one half of the London Readers Wifes who DJ at Vauxhall institution <a href="http://duckie.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Duckie</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“You find your tribe at nightclubs.” – </em><strong><em>Mark Wood</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“People will always find an outlet for that need for pleasure.” – </em><strong><em>Mairi Mackenzie</em></strong></li><li><em>“Forget about children going back to school. When can we send the gays back to nightclubs?” – </em><strong><em>Mark Wood</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“There's a lack of perception around the value of nightclubs to the gaiety and the mental health of the nation.” – </em><strong><em>Mark Wood</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/exhibitions/night-fever-designing-club-culture" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/exhibitions/night-fever-designing-clu