James Baker

Jimmy B. Passionate about our world and the people in it. An advocate for the power theatre can have for positive social change. A lover of mixed form, music and musicals. A self-proclaimed DIY artist from a council estate now turned professional animator of stories. A P/T lecturer. A producer (not by choice).

Credits

DIRECTOR:

JERRY SPRINGER – THE OPERA | Hope Mill Theatre | 2019
YANK! – THE MUSICAL | Charing Cross, London | 2017
YANK! – THE MUSICAL | Hope Mill Theatre | 2017
PARADE – THE MUSICAL | Hope Mill Theatre | 2016
PARALLEL | Harrogate Theatre | UK No. 1 Tour | 2016/17
THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE | King’s Arms Theatre | 2015
THE LAST FIVE YEARS | King's Arms Theatre | 2014
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | Kings Arms Theatre | 2013
SPRING AWAKENING - THE MUSICAL | King's Arm's Theatre | 2013
ALL BECAUSE OF MOLLY | The Lowry & Regional Tour | 2011

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

MASTERS ARE YOU MAD? | Dir. Robin Norton-Hale, Chester Performs/StoryHouse | 2012
THE NAKED TRUTH | Dir. Stephen Leatherland | Theatre Productions, No.1 UK Tour | 2010

ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR:

INTO THE WOODS | Dir. Matthew Xia, The Royal Exchange | 2015 | Observing Director
TWELFTH NIGHT | Dir. Alex Clifton, Chester Performs/StoryHouse | 2012
LOOK UPON THESE WORDS | Dir. Lin Hixon, Nuffield/World Tour | 2010
INSISTENT FOOT ROUTINE | Roundhouse, London | 2010
SHIT AT COFFEE | Greenroom, Manchester | 2010

DRAMA SCHOOLS:

The Nativity LIPA 2019
A Matter of Life & Death LIPA 2019
The Crocodile LIPA 2019
Hedda Garbler LIPA 2019
Woyzeck LMA 2019
Dead Heavy Fantastic LMA 2018
Cabaret Arden School of Theatre 2018
Don Juan LIPA 2017
The Crucible LMA 2017
Oh, What a Lovely War LMA 2017
Urinetown – The Musical Arden School of Theatre 2017
Remote LMA 2016
Footloose Blackpool School of Arts 2013
Punk Rock Warrington Collegaite 2013
Seussical – The Musical “ “ 2012
Bat Boy – The Musical “ “ 2011
Bad Girls – The Musical “ “ 2011
Evil Dead – The Musical “ “ 2010
A Clockwork Orange “ “ 2010
Trainspotting “ “ 2009
Little Shop of Horrors “ “ 2008
Labyrinth “ “ 2008
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest “ 2007
Peter Pan “ “ 2006

Training

U.C.L.A.N: BA (Hons) in Theatre and English
Chester University: Certificate in Further and Higher Education
East 15 Acting School: Directing Theatre (2 N.C.D.T Credits)