“Harry has a sense of theatre, of communication, and of the value of language that turned a fear of performing Pinter in front of the great man himself into a hunger and a relish to engage, to entertain and, frankly, to have fun. It’s a rare gift, and we the cast felt like the best had been brought out of us without us really noticing how.” — Jason Isaacs
Harry trained as an actor at the Central School, and later as a director with BBC Television. He has acted and directed in theatre, television, film and radio for over thirty-five years. Many highlights as a performer include playing Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal, Mozart’s FIGARO on BBC 2, and many other leading roles in Theatre, TV and film. Most recently, Harry starred as JS Bach in James Runcie’s The Great Passion at Dartington Festival and in the World Premiere of Gary Wilmot’s Sweet Lorraine, both in 2018.
Harry teaches and directs at many drama schools and universities. He lectures on the work of Harold Pinter internationally.
His directing credits include:
THEATRE: The Lover (Bridewell), The Room (Royal Court) & The Dumb Waiter (West End), all by Harold Pinter; Quartermaine's Terms (Theatre Royal, Windsor); I Found My Horn (Chichester, Hampstead & Trafalgar Studios); Where I Come From (Kentucky Repertory); The Leisure Society (Trafalgar Studios); What The Butler Saw (Associate Director, Vaudeville); Casualties (Park Theatre); Barking In Essex (Wyndham’s); The God Of Carnage (Copenhagen); Parzival (Arts Council, Sharpham House); Positive (Park Theatre); Blue On Blue (Tristan Bates Theatre); Madame Butterfly (Cadogan Hall); Spring & The Last Dance (Frontier Theatre); Out There On Fried Meat Ridge Road (White Bear Theatre/Trafalgar Studios 2017); The Dogwalker (2020 Jermyn Street Theatre). The Dwarfs (White Bear 2022);
RADIO: Ashes To Ashes (by Harold Pinter, with Dame Harriet Walter, BBC Radio).
TV/FILM: Working With Pinter (Channel 4 documentary about Harold Pinter); Thinspiration (drama for Channel 4); Robert Bly: A Thousand Years Of Joy (feature documentary, co-producer).
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