John Harrigan

Here’s a biography of John Harrigan — but note: there are at least two quite different individuals with that name. I’ll cover both prominent ones so you can tell which you meant (or if you meant yet a different John Harrigan).

John Harrigan (British writer / director / ritual artist)

Early Life & Role

• John Harrigan is a UK-based writer, director, producer, artist, and storyteller.

• He resides in Hertfordshire, UK, with his wife Lucy Harrigan and their children.

• His creative practice links storytelling, spirituality, ritual art, and meditation—he often explores how creativity and inner life intertwine.

Career & Works

• He is founder and artistic director of FoolishPeople, a creative collective working in immersive theatre, ritual performance, film, and immersive events.

• His work spans theatre, film, immersive storytelling, and ritual art.

• Some of his films include: Armageddon Gospels (he won a “Best Director” award for it at Brighton Rocks Film Festival 2018)

• His more recent film Lightships (2021) also earned him recognition as Best Director at the NYC Festival of Cinema.

• In theatre and immersive performance, he has created many works (e.g. Strange Factories, Dark Nights of the Soul, The Lying Field) under the FoolishPeople banner.

Philosophical / Creative Vision

• Harrigan frames his work as a bridge between creativity and spirituality, seeking to use art as a way into sacred or transformative experience.

• He offers workshops, lectures, and retreats on storytelling, creativity, meditation, and ritual art (e.g. at Royal College of Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts).

• He describes having sacrificed ego and identity in order to manifest the worlds he imagines.

John J. Harrigan (American academic / author)

• Another John Harrigan (with middle initial “J.”) is an American author and scholar.

• His works include Political Change in the Metropolis, Politics and Policy in States and Communities, Crosshairs on Castro, Empty Dreams Empty Pockets: Class and Bias in American Politics, and more.

• Thus, this John Harrigan is more of a political science / public policy author.

If you tell me which John Harrigan you meant (the British ritual / filmmaker, or the American academic, or another), I can refine the article further—add early life, influence, selected works, etc. Which one did you intend?