James is a professional freelance director and qualified lecturer on both musical theatre and acting programmes. James has won awards for his teaching practice and directed multiple award-winning monologues for young actors entering the UK Skills competitions. He is now Co-Artistic Director of Assembled Junk Productions Ltd.
James was born in Leicester before attending and graduating from UCLan in 2004 with a BA (Hons) in English and Theatre studies. He then developed his training with East 15 in theatre direction and with acclaimed directors including Alex Clifton (Artistic Director of ChesterPerforms and Head of Acting at R.A.D.A.) and Olivier award-winning ... read more
Jim Kierstead is a Grammy-nominated Emmy, Olivier, and six-time Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway, touring, Toronto, and London productions of Kinky Boots, the revival of Pippin, Hadestown, The Inheritance, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Inheritance. He is currently represented on Broadway as a co-producer of Sweeney Todd and Hadestown.. In addition, he has been a co-producer of 25 Broadway productions including The Visit, You Can’t Take It With You, Indecent, The Great Comet (all Tony nominated), Be More Chill, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Pretty Woman, Side Show, It Shoulda Been You, M. Butterfly, Rocky, ... read more
