James Farrell

This is a selection of James' directing work.  For full directing credits and to see James' assisting work please see the Biography page or you can download James' full CV by clicking here.

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Vincent wants to be free of his mother but she is old and he cares for her.  She wants to rule his life, but she can't remember her own.

What is an individual but a collection of memories on legs?  Take away the memories and what's left?  Legs.  And even they aren't working well any more.

Written by Howard Colyer

Designed by Libby Todd
Lighting Design by Anna Sbokou & Sarah Crogan
Sound Design by Dario Burns

Cast - Jean Apps & Marc Forde

Reviews - “…there is not one dull moment in this production, so skilfully directed by James Farrell…go see this wonderful production.”  For the full review click here - http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine.html

“This play is well–crafted…and James Farrell steers clear of cheap emotional shots in his direction.”  For the full review click here - http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/homeworkbrockleyjack-rev.htm

A struggling troupe of actors arrives in a poor, rural town, intent on performing a play. However their lives are transformed when an apparent stranger enters their midst and draws them into acts of sacrifice, betrayal and revenge.

Atmospheric and engaging with a folkloric twist, this play mixes the ordinary with the extraordinary, truth with illusion, and despair with salvation, to reveal something both human and magical.

Written by Reza de Wet

Designed by Irina Borisova & Emma Thatcher
Sound Design by Dario Burns
Lighting Design by Anna Soboku
Cast - Edmund Dehn, Davin Eadie, Annabelle Lanyon, Hatty Jones,Christie Miller & Edward Mitchell.

Reviews - ****  "...An excellently crafted performance and a real triumph for Nameless Theatre..."  For the full review click here - http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/review_view.php?uid=7396

"...Miracle has a sense of purpose, is thematically clear and well supported by a strong cast."  For the full review click here -   http://civiliansguidetothetheatre.com/reviews/miracle/

The Comedy of Errors opened the 2010 Bardathon Festival - 12 hours of Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and speeches at London's newest open-air theatre.

Cast - Daniel Wiltshire, Gareth Pilkington, Conor Short, Karl Wilson, Zahra Brown, Emma Britton, Michael J Ansley, Annabelle Pemberton, Matthew Curran, Shannon Harris, Laura Evelyn, Sarah-Jane Scott

The lead character James embarks on a quixotic adventure to harness the power of his dreams and live forever. But once you’ve opened the door to infinite possibilities can you ever truly live in the real world? Enchanting and funny in equal measure, Three’s Company fly you over a landscape of love, memory and unreachable perfection. Utopia, it seems, is exactly how you imagined it.

Written by Tom Crawshaw
Designed by Alison Neighbour
Produced by Three's Company

James - Yaz Al Shater
Anna - Alexandra B Harris
Holly - Ashleigh Kaye
David - Ben Hadley
Caroline - Ingrid Evans

Reviews:
***** - All The Festivals
"...a stylish and well crafted production..." - The Scotsman
"...truly distinctive style..." - Fringe Guru

Eleanor and Carter are getting ready to host a dinner party. The only problem is that neither of them know who invited the guests. Was it a simple misunderstanding, or something more sinister?
The Invitation is a satire on social class in modern-day America.

Written by Reen Polonsky

Eleanor - Genevieve Adams
Carter - Jeff Peterson

An extract of The Invitation was devloped as part of the London Playwrights' Collective directors' project and was subsequently selected to be performed at the LPC's Crash Test Audience at Theatre 503.

The London Playwights' Collective is a collaborative, supportive and proactive community for writers.

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When Miss Julie, the daughter of a nobleman, sleeps with her father's servant what folows is a conflict between sexual passion and socail position which ultimately leads the pair to tragedy.

Written by August Strindberg

Miss Julie - Mariam Bell
Jean - Hugh O'Shea
Christine - Gabrielle Schmidt

When a New York gallery debuts his gruesome painting, Carve, struggling artist Josh finally thinks he's hit the big time. But when the fictional female subject of his painting appears shivering, angry, and most definitely alive on his Brooklyn fire escape, Josh is forced to confront his assistant and lover Jessa and the dark secrets they've both been harbouring. In this suspenseful thriller, Josh and Jessa are forced through the rabbit hole to figure out how a supposed figment of Josh's imagination has bloomed into vibrant, desperate life.

Written by Molly Smith Metzler

Josh Darbin - Peter Brooke
Jessa Campbell - Kosha Engler
Ryan Duffy / Scott Mason - Simon Lee Philips
Maureen Duffy - Ann Wittman

Reviews:

"James Farrell successfully directs his first full-length play with a perfectly cast ensemble...The production is tight, energised and entertaining with great use of the small space."

Lisa Williams - Remote Goat

The Atlantic Project was an eight month long process which saw six American writers develop their new work on the London stage.  This included short plays as welll as extracts from their full length pieces.  The final part of the process had the audience choose their favourite play which was then produced in full.  Carve was the selected play performed in 2008.

Written by Molly Smith Metzler, John O'Shea, Kate Snodgrass, Ginger Lazarus, Ronan Noone and Jacob Strautman.
Cast - Rebecca Handswick, David Mildon, Catherine Bellamy, Alex Woodhall and Jack Fortescue

With thanks to the United States of America Embassy in London for their generous donation.