Harry Giles : Home
the cyberpace home of the London-based theatre director, performance poet, and general doer of thingsGigs, Shows, Videos, Publications
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Bibliography (i.e. places my poetry has been published)
- Two Poems in Pank 6.07: London Calling (spring 2011)
- An experiment was carried out in Drey 2: Random (spring 2011)
- Dole haiku in Haiku Scotland 29 (spring 2011)
- Two semi-automatic poems in anything anymore anywhere: summer 2011
- Piercings in Magma 52: Taking off the mask (spring 2012)
- Two poems at a handful of small stones (spring 2012)
- also student journals, self-published napkins, &c. &c.
Videography (i.e. places you can find me performing the popular stuff)
- Holidarity (a poem for Climate Camp): VisionOnTV
- An Immodest Proposal: VisionOnTv
- Untitled love poem: Chill Pill @ 3m13s
- Movement: Inky Fingers
- Chocolate Lightbulb stories: Keats House
Gigography (i.e. significant poetry gigs I’ve done)
- Mar 08: StAnza Poetry Festival, StAnza Slam, 2nd Place
- May 08: PencilFest: UK Student Slam, 1st Place
- Sep 08 – May 09: Inklight Slam Series, Organiser / MC
- Jun 09: BBC Scotland Slam, 1st Place
- Dec 09: Farrago Seasonal Slam, 1st Place
- May 10: Keats House Forum, Feature Poet
- May 10: Fishbowl, Featyre Poet
- May 10 / Nov 11: Chill Pill Poetry, Feature Poet
- Oct 10: Express Excess: Feature Poet
- Oct 10 – present: Inky Fingers Edinburgh, Manager / MC
- Dec 10: Glasgow Slam, 1st Place
- Jan 11: London Zoo Awards, Best Performance by a UK Poet (Nominated)
- May 11: Last Monday at Rio, Feature Poet
- Jun 11: Demented Eloquence, Feature Poet
- Aug 11: Blind Poetics, Feature Poet
- Aug 11: Catherine Brogan’s Poetry Hitch, Feature Poet
- Aug 11: The Howling Trinity, Feature Poet
- Feb 12: 10Red, Feature Poet
Showography (i.e. theatre productions I’ve been involved in)
- 23rd Oct 2011: This is not a riot, Director (The Yard, Hackney)
- 7th – 10th Jul 2011: Marx in Soho / The Fever, Producer (Forest Hall, Edinburgh)
- 11th – 25th Mar, 1st – 8th May 2011: PROPERTY&THEFT, Director (Tollcross Community Centre, Edinburgh; the Glue Factory, Glasgow)
- 5th – 29th Aug 2010: The Secret Grove, Director / Facilitator (Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh)
- 19th – 26th Apr 2010: Israel/Palestine, Director (Clifftown Studios, Southend; Corbett Theatre, London; Byre Theatre, St Andrews; The Forest, Edinburgh)
- 12th Apr 2010: STEAL THIS PLAY, Director (Soho Theatre, London)
- 29th – 31st Jan 2010: The Real Britain, Assistant Director (Clifftown Studios, Southend)
- 18th – 25th Apr 2009: Cloud 9, Director (Byre Theatre, St Andrews)
- 9th – 14th Feb 2009: 4.48 Psychosis, Director (Barron Theatre, St Andrews)
- 7th – 15th Dec 2008: Terrorism, Director (Barron Theatre, St Andrews)
- 31st Oct – 6th Nov 2008: The Call of Cthulhu, Director (Barron Theatre, St Andrews)
- 13th – 20th Dec 2007: Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore, Director 9Byre Theatre, St Andrews)
- 1st – 29th Aug 2007: Twelfth Night, Design / Music (St Augustine’s, Edinburgh)
- also many student and amateur acting credits, once upon a time
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