Ian Clayton

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Ian Clayton (b. 4 September 1959 in Featherstone, West Yorkshire) is a British writer and broadcaster. In over 20 years of freelance adventure he has edited and authored more than forty books and broadcast on TV and radio. As an animator, Ian has run education workshops from infant schools to University’s, working regularly with musicians on opera and music theater projects. He has worked across Europe as well as the United States.

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[edit] Current Work

Ian has worked with Yorkshire Art Circus for twenty five years. He currently presents a documentary series for Yorkshire TV called My Yorkshire and is a regular radio broadcaster and workshop leader for numerous cultural institutions. An interview with Ian was broadcast in May 2008 on BBC Radio4's 'Woman's Hour' which is available on 'listen again' online on the BBC website.

[edit] Selected Books

  • Bringing It All Back Home (Route Publishing, 2007 (Hardback) ISBN 978-1901927337 (Paperback) ISBN 978-1901927351)
  • Entertaining Angels (Saint George's Church & Crypt, 2002 ISBN 0953446417)
  • What the Eck Is That Over There? (Yorkshire Art Circus, 1996 ISBN 1898311277)
  • When Push Comes To Shove Volume 2 - Centenary Edition (Yorkshire Art Circus, 1995, ISBN 1898311145)
  • When Push Comes To Shove (Yorkshire Art Circus, 1993, ISBN 094778098X) - The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year
  • Running For Clocks and Dessert Spoons (Yorkshire Art Circus, 1988, ISBN 0947780327)

[edit] Selected projects as writing workshop leader.

  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
  • Opera North.
  • London Sinfonietta.
  • English National Opera at Sky TV.
  • Royal Festival Hall.
  • Benjamin Britton School of Advanced Music Study.
  • National Youth Orchestra Summer School.

[edit] Television

  • With a little Help from our Friends - UNESCO prize nominee.
  • Wakefield Jailhouse Opera - BBC Late Show.
  • My Yorkshire - Yorkshire TV.

[edit] Radio

[edit] Film

  • Prometheus - Dir. Tony Harrison.


Categories: Writer, Storyteller, Broadcaster