James Callàs Ball

(He/Him) Freelance Theatre Director. Trained at RADA and Kings Head Theatre, London. Interested in a diverse range of theatre with a particular focus on new writing and revivals.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Kissed By A Flame, Pleasance Main Stage, London, 2 weeks, 2023

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A Christmas Carol, RSC, 3 months, 2022-23

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe, Gillian Lynne Theatre, 3 months, 2022-23

DIRECTOR, Are You Being Murdered?, Pleasance EICC Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 3 weeks, 2022

DIRECTOR, Will Pickvance: Half-Man Half-Piano, Assembly Piccollo Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 3 weeks, 2022

DIRECTOR, Punk Rock, Court Theatre Training Company, 1 week, 2022

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe, UK & Ireland Tour, 6 months, 2021-2022

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Amelie The Musical, Watermill Theatre/UK Tour/ The Other Palace / Criterion Theatre, 2019 - 2021

DIRECTOR, All That, Queer Season Headliner - Kings Head Theatre, 4 weeks, 2021

DIRECTOR, Wonder Of The World, RWCMD, 1 Week

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Ruffian On The Stair, The Hope Theatre, 3 weeks

DIRECTOR, Hamlet With No Words, Voila Europe Festival, 1 week

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Importance Of Being Earnest, Vaudeville Theatre, 3 months

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Fall Of Anne Boleyn, The Tower of London, 3 months

DIRECTOR, Deadline Day, Theatre N16, 3 weeks

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Loot, The Park Theatre/ Watermill Theatre, 11 weeks

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Holy Crap!, Kings Head Theatre, 3 weeks

DIRECTOR, Drawn In, Kings Head Theatre, 1 week

DIRECTOR, Much Ado About Nothing, UK Tour, 2 months

DIRECTOR, Positive, Waterloo East Theatre, 3 weeks

DIRECTOR, All or Nothing?, Greenside Edinburgh Fringe, 4 weeks

Training

BA (Hons) Drama 1st - University of East Anglia
Foundation in Acting - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Workshops:
- Joe Hill-Gibbins : Directing Opera [Young Vic]
- Bryony Kimmings : Devising Process [Actors Guild]
- Ian Rickson : The Directors Process [Living Pictures]
- Mike Alfreds : Unlocking Scenes [Living Pictures]
- Ita O’Brien : Intimacy in Theatre [Young Vic / Actors Centre]
- Theatre Re : Corporeal Mime