James Amos

Actor, Director, Writer, Facilitator, Technician

Personal Information...

 James Amos

24 Years

East Riding of Yorkshire

Theatre Director.

1st Class Degree in Theatre and Media Drama from Glamorgan University.

 

Selected Theatre Credits...

Production

Details

Location

Post held

A Lad In a manger

Michael Forester

A musical pantomime.

Langham Hall,

Ormskirk

Producer / Director

Our Greatest Show

 

A large scale multimedia musical celebrating the millennium.

New Hall,

Ormskirk

Asst. Director

Witch hunt

 

A dark piece devised around experiences of being ‘different’.

The Studio,

Ormskirk

Deviser / Asst. Director

Sinner Ella

Michael Forester

A full length musical mid year pantomime.

Queens hall,

Scarborough

Producer / Director

Widows

Ariel Dorfman

A dramatic piece using puppets as masks.

Llanover hall,

Cardiff

Asst. Director

What the butler saw

Joe Orton

A classic comedy- traditionally staged.

Theatre y Bont,

Cardiff

Director

E.G.B.D.F

Tom Stoppard

A promenade, musically driven piece.

Theatr Y Bont,

Cardiff

Director

Krapps last tape

Samuel Beckett

A modern reworking using Video footage and a female Krapp.

Theatr Y Bont,

Cardiff

Director.

Words & Music

Samuel Beckett

An encompassing experience for the audience – a reworking of a radio script.

Theatr Y Bont,

Cardiff

Director

Fool For Love

Sam Shepherd

An abridged version of the text staged in a site specific space.

Theatr Y Bont,

Cardiff

Director

Pinocchio’s Friends

An episode of the ‘Tiny Time Tales’ season of Childrens Theatre.

Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarbrough

Director

Intimate Exchanges

(1&2)

Alan Ayckbourne

A series of 8 inter-linked plays.

Stephen Joseph Theatre,

Scarborough

Asst. Director

Arabian Nights

Dominic Cook

A Youth theatre production using physical theatre, devised music and minimal set.

Pocklington Arts Centre

Assistant Director

Selected Media Credits....

 

Production

Details

Post Held

‘The Guide to this ol’ Skool’

A tour of a school where I was a student. A guide for 1st years, and used at open evenings and events as a marketing tool.

Director / presenter

GTFM

Local Radio Station producing a wide variety of output

Trainee Producer

‘Hobo’

A short video drama, experimental in nature.

Asst. Director

‘It’s Amazing!’

A half hour studio based ‘as live’ children’s T.V programme.

Director/Producer

‘Lust for Life’

A 45 Minute Radio Drama piece, broadcast on GTFM

Director/Producer

Tribal Fury & Teachers vacation!

2 short films made with a group of young people in a one day summer school run by Human Compass.

Director / Producer / Editor

Baby & U

A 10 minute film made in collaboration with a group of young mothers in Driffield.

Producer / Editor

HOHC

Various workshops run by Human Compass incorporating radio / film workshops.

Director / Facilitator in the creation of media work.

BHBS

Producing a weekly radio show on the local hospital radio station for patients incorporating radio drama, talk and  music

Producer / Director / Presenter

 

Other Relevant Credits...

Role

Company

Details

Facilitator/ Deviser

Buttamos Productions

3x workshops for college on ‘Theatre and Performance’ and ‘Site Specific Theatre’

Facilitator/Actor/Devising Co member

Cragrats Theatre Company

2x TIE Schools tour around the UK.

Founder/ Artistic Director

Queen St Players / Emmanuel Theatre Co

Founding Member of 2 Amateur Companies

Founder/Company Manager / Artistic Director

Human Compass Theatre

Founder, and key member of the team, running a variety of workshops on theatre and media skills with a range of age groups throughout Yorkshire.