winner: Lilian Baylis Award for Theatrical Excellence

winner: Walter Tull Playwriting Prize

winner: ARCH468 Radio Play Award

**** "absorbing" The Times / "grippingly, grittily different" The Telegraph / ***** "thought provoking" Queer Guru / **** "dangerous even" Theatre Reviews North / "innovative" The Scotsman / "exuberant" The Guardian / ***** "gripping" Stage Door / "a prodigious writing talent" ScotsGay / "perfect" BBCR4 / **** "delightfully disturbing" Fest / "devastating" The Stage / **** "cracking" Broadway World / "an absolute delight" CBeebies /

winner: 21 Koestler Awards

winner: SouthWest Digital Innovation Award

winner: 2 Young People Now Awards (contributor Create Arts)

I am a professional writer, director and creative facilitator, this also means I'm sometimes lucky enough to lecture and dramaturg. My work revolves around Big Conversations, Inspiring Stories and Bold Presentation - these three passions often intertwine through co-creation. The video is a snapshot of my work.

I am the former literary associate at The Marlowe and have worked with the National Theatre, the National Theatre of Scotland, the Old Vic, in the West End, and regionally. I've won some prizes and been supported by some fantastic organisations including the BBC (Writers Room Shadow Scheme), The Royal Court (Young Writers' Programme), Oxford Playhouse (Playmaker), Theatre Royal Bath (the incubator) and Peggy Ramsay / Leverhulme / Arts Council England (£££). My plays are published by Bloomsbury/Metheun and research I have co-authored using creative interventions is published in the British Medical Journal.

I am currently a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Associate Artist of the egg (Theatre Royal Bath), and member of Create Arts Creative Council. I am Artistic Director of toucan theatre (toucantheatre.com).

create | verb | bring something into existence; cause something to happen; define a role; kick up a fuss

Writing, direction, creative facilitation: the tenets of my practice as a story maker.

Digital, theatre, imagination: the places where we share those stories.

Big Conversations, Inspiring Stories, Bold Presentations is what I create and co-create.

Have a look at the short videos for a snapshot of how these terms translate into practice.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER

james@jamescreates.com

I'd love to hear from you.

Maybe you're looking to commission your next theatre, radio or screen play?

Alternatively you want a story to be co-created with members of your community?

Perhaps you're looking to gain greater insight into your organisation or need to have a Big Conversation about an idea or theme or challenge?

Hopefully you like the look of the snapshots and are curious about how we might collaborate or co-create?

And you might need a creative facilitator that can professionally record and produce the whole process?

Whatever the reason, get in touch!

James Baldwin

Snapshot Credits:

Big Conversations

The Deeper You Swim: Co-Creative Director (including recording and producing)

A Dante or Die and Prison Radio Association Podcast

Difference is...: Creative Director (including recording and producing)

A Create Arts & Harrow Arts Centre curated conversation around disability

Hidden Voices: Creative Director (including recording and producing)

A University College London (UCL) creative research project published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and peer reviewed by NIH & NHS

Inspiring Stories

Getting There: Writer & Co-Director

A deafinitely theatre, Oxford Playhouse & Toucan Theatre co-production

Innocentville: Writer, Director, Sound Designer

A Theatre Royal Bath (the egg) and Holburne Museum app, game and visual podcast

He Comes to the River to Breathe: Writer

An ARCH468 radio play (national broadcast various outlets)

Bold Presentation

Kiss, Marry, Kill: Co-writer & Co-creator

A Dante or Die production supported by The Lowry, South Street Reading, York Theatre Royal and The National Theatre Studio

...if we've never been to the Moon?: Writer & Associate Director

A Marlowe Theatre and HFH (Tour) Production

Wendy: A Peter Pan Story: Writer

the egg (Theatre Royal Bath) Production

The Noisy Dinosaur: Writer & Director

A Toucan Theatre Production