James Scotland - Barnes

He/Him

I'm a freelance Director passionately intersecting classical and contemporary performance. I interrogate the relationship between actor and text, working towards physiological moments.

An actor classically trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, with a directing style imbued with the holistic practice of repertory theatre.

Most excited by research and development; I draw influences from Mary Overlie’s Six Viewpoints and Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty.

I established KHAOS in 2014, an artist-led international theatre company with Co-founders Roy Rodriguez and Sanja Gregorcic.

Recent projects include Club Culture, an interdisciplinary performance space for artists.

For the Young Vic:

Assistant Director, ‘SHE VENTURES AND HE WINS’ directed by Sasha Milavic Davies.

Dir, WOLF AND DOG (after la Fontaine) by Martin Crimp as part of Five Plays (Jerwood Assistant Director Programme).

Credits

Director Barbie Comes to Tea Talawa 2022
Director Wolf and Dog Young Vic 2021
Co-Producer A Time to Breathe Theatre ID 2021
Director The Ballerina VAULT Festival 2020
Director The Ballerina Theaterlab, NYC 2019
Producer Dutchman Tristan Bates Theatre 2019
Producer Answers Hen & Chickens Theatre 2018

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Director, MACBETH PTSD, 2017