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Gari Sullivan

Gari Sullivan
English writer, entrepreneur and campaign activist.

Born and raised in Stockton on Tees on March 21st 1968. He was educated at Norton School and then studied drama at Stockton & Billingham Technical College under Ken Parkin, before moving to London at the age of 21.

He studied a troubled one year at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts then left by mutual agreement; giving up acting to concentrate on a career as a writer.

His work includes the novel and stage play, Loser’s Pontoon and the controversial stage play ‘One Way Return’ that deals with the themes of paedophilia, and child pornography. In 1995, Gari wrote and directed a cabaret for the northern region of the New Labour Party. In 1996, he moved to Granada, Andalucia, Spain where he learnt Spanish.

In 2004, Gari founded Commuter Voice, the public transport campaign group in London that successfully campaigned against Ken Livingston’s mayoral period of increased London Underground fares. In 2007 he began ProtestVote a political campaign pressure group.

Gari is also an awarding winning social entrepreneur, and saw his third-sector support organisation receive an environmental award presented at The House of Commons, London, UK in 2007.

Gari is the founder of CLIP the annual festival of short film, in his hometown of Stockton on Tees.

He is well travelled; currently spending half of the year in Newcastle and half travelling the world.

Written Work includes, Getting There Loser’s Pontoon One Way Return Cautionary Tales for Modern Britain: a collection of short stories He writes regularly for a number of on-line magazines in England and the United States.