About

Harry Clayton-Wright is a critically acclaimed performance artist, multi award-winning theatre-maker and director hailing from Blackpool, with multiple international tours under his belt. Harry has worked with cabaret and circus ensembles, created and produced live theatre, short films, zines and durational performances and has been a commissioned artist on LGBTQ+ heritage projects across the country. Harry has been an Associate Artist with Marlborough Productions since 2016 and is the Creative Director of Queer Amusements, a multi-artform festival taking place in Blackpool which launched in 2024 and returns in 2026. 

Sex Education, Harry’s debut solo theatre show, won a Brighton Fringe award and was nominated for a Total Theatre award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sex Education toured the UK and also was part of the Sydney Mardi Gras festival in 2020. Harry returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, directing the multi-award winning No Apologies by Emma Frankland which ran at Summerhall and sets out on a world tour in 2026. 

Mr Blackpool, Harry’s new theatre work described as an “end of the pier show at the end of the world” premiered in November 2025 and toured to Northern Stage, Southbank Centre, Unity Theatre as part of Homotopia, then continued in 2026 with performances at Lowry, Brighton Festival and finished with a Homecoming Gala at the Blackpool Grand Theatre. 

Harry was named as one of the British Council’s Artists to Watch in 2019, and made a small cameo appearance as Gaëtan Dugas (1952-1984), the man incorrectly named as ‘Patient Zero’, in the Channel 4 award winning drama It’s a Sin (2021). 

About Harry’s Previous Work

“Extraordinary” – The Guardian

“Extraordinary” – The Scotsman

“Truly stunning. A work of legitimately radical power.” – Cosmopolitan

“A delectably disruptive force in theatre, film and installation.” – Attitude Magazine

Photo by James Barnett.