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James is a writer, facilitator, dramaturg and theatre maker. He makes work as a solo artist and collaborates with other artists on music, academic research, and theatre projects. He facilitates creative writing and theatre workshops for all ages, and has worked for Manchester Literature Festival, HOME, The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester International Festival and First Story. He also writes about theatre on his website.
In 2023 James developed his project 'We Live Here' with Arts Council funding, hiring an Associate Artist and working with Writerz n Scribez, Greater Manchester Tenants Union, and HOME. He also represented Manchester's young artists and spoke at the closing keynote at the 2023 International Society of Performing Arts (ISPA) congress.
In 2022, James was Editor of Transform Festival's 'Thinking' web page – commissioning artistic artefacts from those presenting work at the festival. He was supported through Contact Theatre's Future Fires programme to set up 'We Live Here' a series of creative conversations about the urban space of Hulme, Manchester and our right to the city.
In 2021, James worked with Marge Bradshaw and Bolton Libraries to deliver 'Bolton's Lost Words' – a series of creative workshops with Westhoughton residents exploring the natural environment. He was employed by All Ways Making as a Subject Area Expert to develop a set of teaching resources commissioned by European Parliament. He also received Arts Council England funding to develop his play, 'King of Rome', about compulsory purchase, birds, and losing your home through the post.
In 2020, James worked with Manchester City of Literature to create content for a creative care package sent to vulnerable young people; produced a writing workshop exercise video for New Writing North’s Young Writers Summer programme; and delivered an online workshop on writing arts criticism for The Writing Squad.
In 2019, James wrote and performed Prince Gorge, a musical theatre performance in which Prince George of Cambridge grows up to become a Queer cult leader. In the summer he worked with Manchester International Festival on their Creative Critics programme, working with a group of young people to develop their critical thinking about art and write pieces of criticism of work at the Festival.
In 2018, James was First Story writer-in-residence at Hull College, working with students to foster their confidence as writers and produce a published anthology of their work. He was also commissioned by the Royal Exchange Theatre to conduct an Artistic Evaluation of their Open Exchange Network programme of artist support.
In 2017 he wrote and directed Macbrew, an accessible family theatre piece incorporating British Sign Language alongside spoken English, and worked as assistant director on Cosmic Scallies, produced by Graeae and the Royal Exchange Theatre.