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Get Writing Jokes With Ciaran Murtagh

Workshop

Hay Festival 2011, 
Time for a rip-roaring, side-splitting workshop with this very funny writer. Trust us, he’s a pro and by the end of this session you’ll have plenty of material to wow your friends with.

Duration 60 mins.

9+ years 

Each young person attending this workshop without an accompanying adult must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.

Ciaran Murtagh
Ciaran is a writer and actor. He is the co-creator of the hit improvised comedy show for kids Professor Bumm's Story Machine and has enjoyed sell-out runs in London's West End, at the Edinburgh Festival and across the UK. He has appeared in CBBC's The Slammer and is also a writer on the show. Most recently he has been scripting TV shows for Dick and Dom of Da Bungalow fame and TFI's Sam and Mark. He is an unapologetic fan of the music of A-ha and still sucks his thumb. It is unclear which of these two facts is more embarrassing to his friends and family. His most recent book is Dinoball