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Childrens Poetry and Story-telling classes (10+)

Childrens Poetry and Story-telling classes (10+)

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A gift voucher for a course at Kinsale Pottery and Art School makes an ideal gift.

Price: €150 per child for 10 weeks (sibling discounts)

Prize winning poet, Adam Wyeth and Cork actress, Paula McGlinchey, will be facilitating this unique and fun programme combining creative writing and drama in parallel sessions each week. 

Paula McGlinchey
Paula is an Actor living in County Cork. She studied Contemporary dance at the London Studio Centre and BA Drama at Durban University. In 2000 Paula attended the Drama studies course in performance/Theory at the Kinsale Further Education College. She worked in Political Theatre in Kwamashu Township, in South Africa with teenagers and adults and was the Artistic Director of the International Chimanimani Arts Festival in Zimbabwe. There she was also the Drama teacher at Mvurachena and choreographer for the school productions. On returning to Ireland, she has given numerous Drama workshops for young people in Cork County and has given master classes at the Kinsale College in dance movement. Paula incorporates physical creativity in her drama workshops and has a keen interest in mask work. She is a Co. Founder of Metamorphic Theatre Company and a member of Cyclone Repertory Company.
Adam Wyeth runs various Creative Writing and Poetry Appreciation classes in Cork and the county. Currently, Adam teaches private workshops weekly in Cork, and is running a ten-week workshop working with young people at Turners Cross Community Centre, supported by Cork City Council. Earlier in the year Adam was invited into six primary schools in Kinsale, to teach poetry and creative writing. An anthology was published of the children’s achievements and was launched in July during Kinsale Arts Week. The project was supported by Kinsale Arts Week and Cork County Library. Prior to that, Adam was a workshop facilitator with the Unfinished Book Project under the auspices of the Cork Library Service. The project involves the selection of five Cork writers, each year, to work with students of five secondary schools. Each writer undertakes a weekly workshop with transition year students in a city library. The outcome of which is the publication of the students work in a book, launched on World Book Day.

 

Adam has been published in numerous magazines, including Poetry London, Magma, The Shop, Southword and The Stinging Fly. He has been anthologized in the Bisto award winning Something Beginning with P, (O’Brien Press) and was a runner-up in the 2006 Arvon International Poetry Competition; the poem was published in their 25th anniversary anthology. He was a featured poet in Agenda magazine (UK) and selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series, 2007. He was also selected by The Munster Literature Centre to be mentored by Matthew Sweeney. He has made two films on poetry, A Life in the Day of Desmond O’Grady, first screened at The Cork Film Festival, 2004; and a full length feature, Soundeye: Cork International Poetry Festival, 2005. He is host of Kinsale’s WORD UP! Poetry Nights, supported by Kinsale Arts Week and Poetryireland.


Course Times: Weds Jan 27th for 10 weeks
Weds Sept 15th for 10 weeks
4.30-6pm to classes in parallel: 10-12s and 13-16s

From: 2010-01-27 end date: 2010-11-10

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