James Meteyard

Writer / Actor / Director

Biography

James is an Actor, Writer, Director and Theatre Maker from London. Since graduating from The Oxford School of Drama in 2015 he’s written and directed a number of pieces to critical acclaim as well as working regularly as an Actor in Theatre and Film. In 2018, James’s multi-award-winning, gig-theatre production Electrolyte premiered at The Edinburgh Fringe following publication by Samuel French. Electrolyte subsequently toured to 35 venues across the UK & Ireland in 2019, before returning to a smash-hit sell out run at Edinburgh in 2019. 

Credits

Stage

Production Character Director Company
UNEXPECTED TWIST Pops/ Bill Sikes/ Noah Claypole James Dacre Royal & Derngate / Firey Angel Productions
ELECTROLYTE Jim Donnacadh O'Briain QueenDome/Pleasance
CORIOLANUS Cominius Kate Littlewood To The Elephant/The Rose Bankisde
AFTER PARTY Jack Cat Robey The Pleasance
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Ajax/Aeneas Kate Littlewood theSpace/The Rose Bankside
MACBETH Ross Asia Osborne Broadway Theatre
WRITER Bennett Adam Dattis Camden People's Theatre

Film

Production Character Director Company
MOTHS Tom Sam Fenton Feature

Short Film

Production Character Director Company
BEN (Short) Al Sam Fenton
UNCOVERED (Short) Michael Jack Shanks
DYSTOPIAN:LOVESONG (Short) Ian Dystop Stefano Moro Superhero Studio

Biography

James Meteyard is a writer, director & actor.

His writing credits include: Between The Lines, (The New Diorama), Redemption (The Big House), Super Human (The Oxford School of Drama), Electrolyte (Pleasance Edinburgh Fringe/UK & Ireland Tour) & After Party (Pleasance Theatre).

His directing credits include: Dear Annie, I Hate You (Riverside Studios), Ragedom (Royal Central School of Speech & Drama), Tempest (Pleasance Theatre), After Party (Union Theatre) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Brockley Jack).

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
UNTITLED PLAY COMMISSION Glynis Henderson Productions

Theatre

Production Company Notes
DEAR ANNIE, I HATE YOU
2025
Riverside Studios

As Director
Written by Sam Ipema

DEAR ANNIE, I HATE YOU
2024
ZOO, Edinburgh Fringe / Wild Geese

As Director
Written by Sam Ipema
*Shortlisted for the Popcorn Award

BETWEEN THE LINES
2024
New Diorama / The Big House

Co-Written with Jammz
Dir. Maggie Norris

NO MAN'S ISLAND
2023
The Big House

Co-Written with Jammz
Dir. Maggie Norris

SUPER HUMAN
2022
Oxford School of Drama / New Diorama Theatre

Dir. Donnacadh O’Briain

REDEMPTION
2022
The Big House

Return of 2021 production
Text and lyrics by James Meteyard Dir. Artistic Director, Maggie Norris Composed by The Last Skeptik

TEMPEST
2022
Pleasance

As Adaptor & Director

REDEMPTION
2021
The Big House

Text and lyrics by James Meteyard
Dir. Artistic Director, Maggie Norris
Composed by The Last Skeptik

ELECTROLYTE
2018 – 2019
Pleasance QueenDome/UK & Ireland Tour/Pleasance Forth

As Writer

DR FROST
2022
Jack Shanks

Written by James Meteyard & Jack Shanks
Dir. Jack Shanks

James Meteyard
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