Harry Giles : Home
the cyberpace home of the London-based theatre director, performance poet, and general doer of thingsAbout
Harry Giles is from Orkney, Scotland, and is:
- a theatre director (MA Theatre Directing, East 15 Acting School 2010)
- a performance poet
- an environmental specialist
- working with Forest, Edinburgh’s radical multi-arts venue
- a facilitator and workshop-leader
- a cyborg
- an author of interactive fiction
- a rebel clown
- a youtuber and a twitterer, for his sins
- a self-publicist
As a theatre director, specialising in interactive performance and social engagement, Harry’s work has been produced at a huge range of venues from the Soho Theatre, London to the Forest Fringe, Edinburgh. As a poet, I perform and give workshops across the UK, and have won awards and multiple slams for my performances, including the PencilFest Slam 2008, the BBC Scotland Slam 2009, the Glasgow Slam 2010, and a nomination for Best Performance by a UK Poet at the Farrago Zoo Awards 2011.
You can download my professional cv and portfolio, read my professional credits and contact me at harry.lodestone@gmail.com.
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