James trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama before beginning his career in Stage Management and then moving into Production Management.
Theatre credits include: Glory Ride, From Here To Eternity, Zorro, Amour (Charing Cross); Windfall, The Life (Southwark Playhouse); The Way Old Friends Do (UK Tour, West End); A Sherlock Carol (Marylebone); Walking With Ghosts, Blippi! (Apollo); Cages (Hammersmith Riverside Studios); Ride (Curve, Southwark Playhouse, Charing Cross); Last Five Years, Loserville (Garrick); Death Drop (West End & UK Tour); Cruise (West End, Home: Manchester); A Christmas Carol (Dominion); Rags (Park); Fame (UK and International Tour); Loot (Park, The Watermill); Matilda (Cambridge); Mamma Mia! (International Tour); Disney's High School Musical (UK Tour); 42nd Street (UK Tour); Disney's Beauty And The Beast (UK Tour); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace); Anything Goes (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane).
James has also worked on numerous productions for Scottish Opera, English National Opera, English Touring Opera and British Youth Opera, and he is the Production Manager for the Buxton Opera Festival.