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Dani Gill is engaged as a Curator to source and co-ordinate the literary programme across the LIVE network. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">This year the programme will included an evening of spoken word and music led by Colm Keegan and Erin Fornoff, The event will kick off with a workshop with local aspiring writers and poets, who are then invited to share their work on stage as part of the evening performance. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The literary programme delivered at Backstage in 2025 includes:<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2018Every Blooming Thing\u2019 on 6th June 2025.<\/span><span lang=\"GA\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">A \u2018Yours Sincerely\u2019 letter writing project between a writer with local participants in Sept 2025<\/span><span lang=\"GA\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">A Poetry Day online sharing and book giveaway.<\/span><span lang=\"GA\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Give a Poem, Get a Poem workshop programme for school children in October 2025 <\/span><span lang=\"GA\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":39280,"template":"","class_list":["post-39279","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Literary Programme at Backstage Theatre - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Backstage Theatre will collaborate once again with the LIVE network of venues on the delivery of a literary programme for 2025, as part of our continued efforts to build an audience for literature and provide opportunities for people to engage with writers and poets.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/literary-programme-at-backstage-theatre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Literary Programme at Backstage Theatre - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Backstage Theatre will collaborate once again with the LIVE network of venues on the delivery of a literary programme for 2025, as part of our continued efforts to build an audience for literature and provide opportunities for people to engage with writers and poets. 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