Bounce Arts Festival – The Mighty Pen – 2 Oct

Poetry, readings, and script-in-hand performance.

3:00 – 4:00 pm: Concrete Poetry – New Writings from Brain Injury Matters

Concrete poetry is a modern term for poetry that uses letter arrangement in visual form to convey meaning.

4:30 – 5:30 pm: ‘Words, Worlds and Wonder’ – Open Pen Writing Group (Open Arts) – Readings based on Gulliver’s Travels

This session presents writing from the Open Pen Group’s 2026 workshops inspired by wordplay, the alphabet, and Gulliver’s Travels.

6:00 – 7:30 pm: Off the Page with Bounce Festival – Rehearsed Table Readings

A special edition of Seamus Heaney Centre’s Off the Page script development programme, led by playwright Darcey Youngman. Four writers are supported by Darcey and other theatre-makers to prepare scripts in progress ahead of this public performance.

  • Seamus Heaney Centre, 38 University Rd, Belfast BT7 1NJ
  • 2 October 2026
  • Cost: £5 pass to all Mighty Pen events (free to participants)
  • Access: BSL.

More information and booking: https://www.ticketsource.com/university-of-atypical/the-mighty-pen-with-brain-injury-matters-open-arts-and-seamus-heaney-centre-at-queens/e-qraeor

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