James Jack Bentham

Shakespeare's classic romance and its tragic consequences set in a modern day rave scene. The live tour was cancelled due to Coronavirus but we filmed the show to create an online resource for schools

A series of informative videos for SAP software presented by a successful CEO while her hapless employee tries his best to help out

10 short plays on the theme of love and heartbreak by emerging playwrights performed 'script in hand' by a professional cast. My first outing with Spontaneous Productions

1616 theatre company returns to tour schools with this festive morality play by Charles Dickens. Expect the first when the clock strikes one...

PlayRight Theatre Company created this show for Anti-Bullying week '19. Featuring a 'Hoppit' that goes on a dangerous adventure to defeat the bullying dragon Smaugina

1616 theatre company returns to tour schools with a brand new adaption of this Shakespeare classic, featuring Elizabethan rounds, paper costumes and Morris dancing

An old lady has her handbag stolen by a 'youth' and is then surprised when she bumps into him at an unexpected party in her house

Online comedy content filmed for LADBible Instagram

Online comedy content filmed for On The Tools TV and viewed over 500k times on social media

Deep in the heart of a modern-day war zone, the Macbeths seek to take control of their destinies through murder. 1616 presented this adaption for schools and also sold out two shows at the New Wimbledon Theatre.

When an actor quits mid-TIE show because it is too boring, the cast have to improvise on the theme of anti-bullying, luckily there is an old diary that they can use for inspiration...

When the Christmas presents are stolen by the villain Chip O'Larta, Mrs Cookson has to quickly make some custard cakes for catching crooks to save the day!

This classic story was retold by PlayRight Theatre for national anti-bullying week and toured around schools in Cambridgeshire. My first taste of panto. OH YES IT WAS!

Stars Above is a new family theatre show devised by Hippocampus Theatre using music, movement and puppetry to tell stories (more here...)

Safe-Book is a TIE project for KS2 aimed at raising awareness about the problems around social media. A devised play on the subject was followed by a series of workshops

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PomPom gets an unexpected birthday surprise. A solo physical story with no language, minimal props and actions set to the music of three classical British composers; Williams, Britten and Elgar.

TIE job with PlayRight Theatre Company. Two plays for secondary school pupils on the subjects of responsible drinking and healthy relationships

Actors all over the world have different ways of getting into character, these workshops for schools and colleges look at some acting techniques from different cultures and how we can use stock characters to hep us act.

A production of Euripides' tragedy by Thiasos, performed in Oxford University and Gardzienice, Poland. The Cowherd returns from the mountain with a story to tell...

Still photos of a group of lads playing football on an outdoor pitch one evening. Used to promote the pitch and available on Getty Images.

Daniel is a night cleaner who decides to ask the only girl he ever sees out on a date, she is a drug dependant prostitute and leads him into a dangerous situation with her dealer... (Watch here...)

A small part in a car insurance commercial for TotalBe shot by Soup Creative. Shirleythe hippy has crashed his mini and needs a helping hand... (Watch here...)

A Brazilian play by Jorge Andrade that explores the lives of poor farm workers and their ill-fated search for the meaning of life. Manoel starts off as the leader of a village but ends up with nothing left.

A 400 year-old play performed in Japanese on a century-old traditional stage. Tells the story of a servant that tries to get out of doing chores by pretending to have Pins and Needles...

A clowning number performed in the first ever Southend Fringe Festival in June 2016. The story of a dance  performance gone wrong with PomPom and Glitter.

Let the ballet commence!

This great Shakespeare play was adapted to fit a strange new world of Japanese Aesthetics and Kabuki-inspired dance movements. If we shadows have offended...

A biographical musical drama about John Lennon's youth, relationships with his aunt and mother, the creation of his first band and the Quarrymen. I played Rod Davis, one of his first bandmates.