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Kevin P. Gilday
Kevin P. Gilday is an award-winning poet and performer from Glasgow. He is a National Theatre of Scotland Associate Artist, a BBC Writersroom Scottish Voice and one of Scotland’s most celebrated contemporary poets. He was recently included in the Saltire Society’s ‘40 under 40’ list celebrating outstanding Scottish creative talent.
Kevin has performed his poems internationally, from Hollywood to East Kilbride, including major festivals like Glastonbury, runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and large-scale tours of the UK, Europe, the US and Canada.
Kevin is an experienced workshop facilitator capable of creating engaging and bespoke courses for varied abilities and ages. He has facilitated workshops for the likes of The Poetry Society, Scottish Book Trust, Scottish Poetry Library, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Unite Union, The Prince's Trust, Toonspeak Youth Theatre, the Scottish Youth Poetry Slam as well as countless schools and local authorities around the UK.
He specialises in inclusive learning practices, engaging reticent participants and encouraging personal experience as a source of poetic inspiration. Using performance techniques to build confidence in public speaking and writing exercises to facilitate self-expression, Kevin’s workshops look to create an organic love of poetry through active participation.
He holds an up-to-date PVG licence.
(Works in Scots)
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