User talk:James Quaife

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James gained a BA (Hons) in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Hull, and later gained an MA in Theatre Directing at St Mary’s University. While at University James was the Artistic Director of the theatre company Midnight Productions and directed a wide selection of productions for the company, culminating in a new musical, Jack, which was written by James himself and based on the story of Jack the Ripper.

His directing Credits Include: ORPHEUS (BAC), After The End (New End Theatre), VIGIL (Tristan Bates Theatre), THE FALL AND RISE OF BLACK PETER - Rehearsed Reading - (Barons Court), JACK, CONFESSIONS OF A PAEDOPHILE, HUIS CLOS, THE HOLE adapted from the novel by Ben Court THE WOMAN IN BLACK, 4.48 PSYCHOSIS (All University of Hull), FLOATING LETTERS (Scarborough Beach), CITIZENSHIP - Rehearsed Reading - (Stephen Joseph Theatre), THE LABYRINTH HE WHO SAYS YES - HE WHO SAYS NO, THE BLACK SEQUIN DRESS (All Edwina Porter Theatre).

Assistant Directing Credits Included: POSSESSED by Teresa Howard Dir: Helen Eastman (Oxford Playhouse / The Arts Theatre), AN ELIGIBLE MAN by Rosemary Friedman Dir: Ninon Jerome (New End Theatre). James is also involved with the Onassis programme in Oxford and acts as Assistant Director to the Director.

James has trained with Cordelia Monsey Associate Director of the Old Vic Theatre, Ian Rickson of the Royal Court Theatre, Annable Arden, Lucy Pitman Wallace, Raz Shaw, John Retallack director of Company of Angels, Richard Eyre of the National Theatre, Frankie Armstrong, Mariela Stevenson, Michael Gyngell on the musical production The Play What I Wrote and Helen Eastman on the production CloudCuckooLand.