Photograph: Rebecca Lupton

Nathaniel J Hall is an award-winning writer, performer and HIV activist known for his stigma-smashing shows First Time and Toxic. His community-led creative activism has directly reached tens of thousands through creative workshops and talks and tens of millions through broadcast media and in print. He appeared as Donald Bassett in the hit C4 drama It’s A Sin and recently fronted a documentary for C4 on the HIV subculture of bug chasing. Nathaniel is Artistic Director of Dibby Theatre, an LGBTQ+ touring theatre company based in Salford.