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Kevin P. Gilday

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Glasgow City
Languages: English, Scots
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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)

 

Photo credit: Rhianonne Stone

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Mentoring; Panel event; Performance; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Audience will work with

Adult learners; English as an additional language (EAL); People experiencing mental health problems; Reluctant readers; Vulnerable young people (under 18); Vulnerable adults; Young people in the community (e.g. Youth clubs, Guides, Scouts)

Topics of work

Activism & protest; Class & society; Comedy, humour & funny books; Contemporary fiction; Death, grief & bereavement; Drug addiction, alcoholism & substance abuse; Emigration & immigration; Event production; Family; Health including mental health & wellbeing; Loneliness & isolation; Love & romance; Music; Politics; Poverty; Religion & beliefs; Self-publishing & independent publishing; Sports; Travel writing

Age groups published for

Teens; Adults

Age groups will work with

6-8; 9-11; 12-14; 15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+