James has been producing and performing with his theatre company and group The Biscuit Barrel since 2017, during which he has been nominated for both the David Nobbs Comedy Writing Award and Brighton Fringe Spirit of the Fringe Award, as well as a recipient of Edinburgh Fringe’s Keep-It Fringe scheme.
In addition to bringing five productions to Brighton Fringe, he has completed six full runs of Edinburgh Fringe, as well as ten other international festivals, including Hollywood Fringe. Outside of festivals, he has also produced sketch-comedy modules with Pauline Quirk Academy and hosted workshops at colleges and universities across the UK.
On joining the board
“As a proud Fringe Artist, I have been incredibly fortunate to have Brighton Fringe as my home festival. It has been an accessible gateway into the festival world for multiple generations of creative people, myself included. Everyone should have the right to create and perform, and I am excited to escalate my endorsement of that statement in this role.”
How do you hope to impact Brighton Fringe going forward?
“As a trustee, I want to continue the work I started in my previous role as Artist Observer to the Board: bringing the artists’ perspective to the table, as one of thousands of creative people who form the Brighton Fringe programme each year. In the same light, I want to be an active part in stressing the vitality of Brighton Fringe’s work to both the city and wider festival circuit. In our new age of the generative and derivative, this platform that champions the raw creativity of the individual is more crucial to our cultural discourse than it ever has been.”
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Talking to the Box Office...
