Zach James




      Zach James


      Zach James is a dramaturg and a director..



Dramaturgy


2024

- Associate Dramaturg: Partners by Eliza Cass (rehearsed reading)

- Reader: Royal Court

- Editor: National Theatre Connections


2023

- Reader: 37 Plays (RSC)

- Dramaturg: Welcome Home by Willy Hudson (Soho Theatre)


2022

- Reader: Michael Grandage Company

- Reader: Verity Bargate Award


2019

- Associate Programmer: Vault Festival

- Dramaturg: Staged by Circumference Productions (ZOO Southside)

- Reader: National Theatre


2018

- Dramaturg: Staged by Circumference (Jackson's Lane)

- Reader: Mercury Weinberger Writing Prize

- Reader: National Theatre


2017

- Reader: National Theatre


2016

- Dramaturg: The Jungle (R&D) by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry (National Theatre)

- Dramaturgical support: Coming Out by Playlines (The Roundhouse)


Zach is a dramaturg and a director.



Directing


2023

- Director: Welcome Home by Willy Hudson (Soho Theatre)

- Mentor Director: National Theatre Connections


2022

- Mentor Director: National Theatre Connections


2018

- Associate Director: What Am I Worth by Extraordinary Bodies (Carlow Arts Festival, Sunderland Tall Ships Festival, Festival 2018 Glasgow, National Theatre River Stage)


2016

- Director: Party by Tom Basden (Pleasance)

- Associate Director: A Man Of Good Hope by The Isango Ensemble, directed by Mark-Dornford May (The Young Vic)

- Assistant Director: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, directed by Grace Gibson (Baihe International School, Shenzhen)

- Intern Director: Tosca by Puccini, directed by Jonathan Kent, associate directors Andrew Sinclair, Julia Burbach, and Greg Eldridge (Royal Opera House)

- Director: Face The Camera And Smile (scratch night) by Dan Horrigan (Seven Dials Playhouse)

- Director: A Kiss From Back Home (scratch night) by Dan Horrigan (The Proud Archivist)

- Director: Borkward (reading) by Dean Moynihan at The Old Red Lion


2015

- Staff Director: The Hard Problem by Tom Stoppard, directed by Nick Hytner (National Theatre)

- Director: South Kentish Town by Martin Derbyshire (London School of Dramatic Arts gradute show, Arcola Theatre)


2014

- Assistant Director: The Anatomy of Melancholy by Benjamin Tassie, directed by Finn Beames (Testbed1)

- Associate Director: Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang, directed by Alex Sims (National Theatre)

- Assistant Director: Mock Tudor by Lily Bevan, directed by Lily Bevan (Pleasance Islington, Pleasance Edinburgh, Theatre 503)

- Director: Gut (scratch performance) by Pete M Wyer (Téte â Téte Opera Festival)


2013

- Assistant Director: Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang, directed by Alex Sims (Park Theatre)

- Director: Tree Of Seeds (reading) by Kayhan Irani (Seven Dials Playhouse, Rich Mix)

- Director: Challenge Actor's Showcase by Bridge Arts (Soho Theatre)

- Assistant Director: Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer, directed by Jess Swale (The Watermill)

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