Terry McDonagh


	Terry McDonagh offers Creative writing workshops Drama workshops Help with book-week planning In-service for teachers Poetry readings for children and adults His workshops can be tailored for students between the ages of 9 and 99. Cost: Negotiated according to agreed programme

	Comments

		Terry has worked with students at Bonn International School on three separate occasions. Each time he has entertained them, engaged them emotionally, challenged their notions of poetry and literature in general, steered them towards precision and clarity in their writing and inspired them to create their own work and enjoy the whole creative process in general. As teachers, we have been able to follow up on the work Terry has done and have been astonished at the powers of perception he manages to unleash from the bonds of safety and sterility in thinking and writing.... John Duffy - Head of English, Bonn International School. Terry McDonagh’s energy and ability to bring poetry and drama to life is special and truly amazing... Joe Waldron, PLC Coordinator, St. Louis Community School, Kiltimagh. Last Friday was the best Friday of the year! I was really interested in using imagination. I would pay for Terry to return…Cian Geraghty




	Friday was fun and interesting. I loved doing our own poems and then reading them. The games were really good and fun. It would be great if he came back and did it again…Megan Dever. Last Friday was the best Friday in school ever. I really like doing poetry and learning how to write one properly. I’d love if he came back again. It was class…Sheena. I thought Friday with the poet was great. He was full of energy and his poems were fantastic. The exercises we had in the hall were brilliant…Dearbhla Terry was a brilliant poet! He was really funny and the drama we did after break was fantastic. He did really fun poems with us as well…Stephanie

Poet brings literature to life

Terry McDonagh, the poet and dramatist of international acclaim, arrived in Davitt College recently. Throughout the course of his visit he hosted a variety of workshops, which catered for the Transition Year and fifth year students within the school.

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		Examples of workshops

1995-2005: Various aspects of creative writing and theatre in education workshops for European Council of International Schools in Nice, Paris, Hamburg, Berlin – 1995 to 2002 / He was founder member of Hamburg’s First Int. Writers’ Festival (’97) / Dramatising Poetry – a workshop for Drama teachers in Shakespeare Centre, Stratford upon Avon (1999) / Creative writing residencies in Bonn, London, Dublin, Melbourne, Sydney, Ireland, Brussels, Stuttgart, Budapest, Kuwait city and, recently, in Coole Park, Bangkok, Singapore / Writer in residence in Melbourne 2001 – University of Melbourne, RMIT, Caulfield Grammar and other schools / Writing/Drama: ‘silence between words’ workshop in Hannover for Association of German International Schools (2003) / Introduction to creative writing/drama for teachers in the Mayo Ed. Centre, Castlebar, 2002) / Co-founder of FELT theatre in education, company, Hamburg, 2003 / Ubud/Bali International Writers Festival, and readings/lecture Universitas Sanata Dhama, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2004, Toured Melbourne and Sydney with Hamburg Int. School Theatre Group / Workshops/readings in Mayo County libraries 2006: Writer in residence in Bangkok and Singapore in spring / Writer in residence in Coole Park, Co. Galway / Introduction to creative writing and drama, for primary teachers, Mayo Education Centre, summer / Artistic Director of In Sight of Raftery, Arts Festival, Kiltimagh, June / Creative writing, readings and workshops in Slough Libraries (England) / Creative writing workshop in Museum of Country Life Castlebar / Creative writing workshops in National Library of Ireland, Dublin / Worked with active retirement groups and other writing groups throughout 2006: Ongoing workshops with Poetry Ireland, Writer in Schools programme / Armagh libraries / Clifden Arts Festival, Co. Galway / Baboro International Arts Festival in Galway, for young people / Sonas Arts festival 2006, Louisburg, Co. Mayo / Mayo Libraries 2006 / Hamburg Rover Rep, / Museum of Country Life, Castlebar / Ongoing readings/workshops with Poetry Ireland, Writers in Schools programme throughout Ireland / Workshops, in National Library, Dublin. / Junior writers’ club in Museum of Country Life 2007: Dubai/Abu Dhabi. / In Sight of Raftery festival in Kiltimagh / Ed. Centre Sligo / Raithneach in Museum of Country Life / Ballina, Kerouac, Beat festival Scotland / Raithneach at Clarinbridge Arts Festival / Workshop in Coole park / J.C.S.P. Dublin, workshop / Culfada national School, Sligo 2008: Hamburg Reading in Rover Rep Theatre sponsored by Irish Embassy Berlin / A.G.I.S. Workshop in Hannover / J.C.S.P workshops Dublin / Brandenburg International School, Berlin / International School Hamburg / Museum of Country Life / Sligo Ed. Centr / Poetry Irl/Clifden Festival, Outreach programme / Poetry Irl/Killnadeema/Loughrea, Co Galway / Launches of Cill Aodain & Nowhere Else / Education Centre Sligo / Recorded The Adventures of Spike the Hedgehog / Clifden Arts Festival / Workshops in Schlewig-Holstein with Ida Ehre Schule Hamburg / CBI readings in libraries / Clarinbridge Arts Festival / Our Lady’s The Bower Arts festival Athlone / PEN & Ink Writers Kiltimagh / Living Scenes, Clarlestown (ongoing) / In Sight of Raftery Festival, Kiltimagh / Reading from CillAodain & Nowhere Else in Park Hotel Kiltimagh / St Louis Community School, Kiltimagh, Drama, Creative Writing programmes / Kilkenny: With Poetry Ireland and Barnstorm Theatre Co. workshops in schools / ‘Living Scenes’ programme in St Joseph’s, Charlestown (supported by NUIG) / Clare libraries poetry competition. Prizes to be presented on World Book Day, March 5th in Ennis / Drama: Directing, TAKEN, by Sean Walsh (Rehearsals in progress) 2010: Booklaunch in Booksellers, Madrid. Thanks to John Liddy, The British Council, Irish Ambassador, Justin Harman, Matthew Loughney of James Joyce Pub for his generosity and Vaughan Radio for making my visit such a success / Education Centre Castlebar: May 4th and 5th / Hoechstadt Library, Germany, May 8th.


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