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)