James Winter

James joins Regina to talk about his life in Papua New Guinea, his life on the stage and the brains behind Brand X.

James Winter graduated as an Actor from the Centre for the Performing Arts (Adelaide) in 1993 before performing for Magpie Theatre Company, Springboard, Queenbitchery, Fleshdollies, Not So Straight and Brand X.

As a Theatre Director, James has worked for the State Opera Company of South Australia, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Restless Dance Company, Urban Myth Theatre of Youth, AIT Arts, Shopfront, Ashfield Youth Theatre, Brand X Theatre and The Studio at the Sydney Opera House.

He has been Artistic Director for Brand X Theatre, D Faces of Youth Arts and Ashfield Youth Theatre, along with being the Associate Director for Urban Myth Theatre of Youth.

His Community Cultural Development (CCD) experience includes theatre projects that engage communities with physical and intellectual disabilities, street dependent, same-sex attracted, gender non-conforming, drug dependent, sex-workers, remote indigenous communities, juvenile justice clients, incarcerated youth, refugee, recent arrival and dual diagnosis.

James has worked in Cairo (Egypt) with African artists in exile to establish self-determining community cultural development projects that include micro-business, cultural events and performance, networking and profile initiatives and a schools arts and cultural policy.

Currently James is a contracted Drama Tutor for Belvoir Theatre’s Youth Express Program working with marginalised young people to develop self-devised theatre project for public performance. He also creates immersive theatre productions for the independent arts sector.

James is co-founder and Director of Brand X; a non-profit service organisation that re-purposes underutilised buildings into creative studios in partnership with the private and public sectors. He currently sits on the board of Darlinghurst Business Partnership and the Nightlife and Creative Sector Advisory Panel for the City of Sydney.