James read English at Nottingham University. Theatre work includes: House on the Promontory, Arcola Theatre; Single Fare to Zurich; Chicken and Mushroom Pie and Chips, King’s Head Theatre; “Bitter-Sweet and VERY Sexy…”, shortlisted in the International Playwriting Festival (Croydon Warehouse), By the Balls, Etcetera Theatre; Isle of the Departed (written with Christina Katic), Man in the Moon Theatre and Questors Theatre; and Hitting Home, Man in the Moon Theatre. His play After Amber was workshopped by Widsith and then given a reharsed reading at the King's Head Theatre in October 2007. James also co-wrote the musical City Lights with composer Edmund Jolliffe, which was showcased at the Old Vic Theatre.
James has also written for radio: Kerton's Story, (Radio 4 & shortlisted for the Richard Imison Memorial Award); Speak Out, (LBC). James worked for 2 years as Writer in Residence at Onley Young Offenders Institution with Philippa-Michelle Carr. He was recently awarded his second grant by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
James is married and has two children.
August Strindberg (1849-1912)
"Theatre has long seemed to me a bible in pictures, for those who cannot read what is written or printed; and I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form, popular enough for the middle classes, mainstay of theatre audiences, to grasp the gist of the matter without troubling their brains too much."