STEPHEN MURRAY started writing poetry at eight years of age. “A teacher, Mr Spark, told us to write a poem based on A Christmas Carol by Dickens. I wrote Marley’s Ghost. Mr Spark said it was brilliant. After that he encouraged me.”

Irish theatre company Fishamble will bring its acclaimed production of Tadhg Stray Wandered In, by Michael Collins, to the Prague Fringe Festival from June 3 to June 6.