User:Karl James

Karl James is a dialogue artist and director of The Dialogue Project, a collective that records, edits and shares conversations. He spends most of his time listening to people talking and helping them to think together. His most recent work can be viewed on myspace

Karl works extensively with big organisations like Unilever, TBWA and the BBC as well as small ones like Educare Small School in Kingston. Recent projects include Your Thoughts With Mine, series of dialogues across England on themes around the radicalisation of young Muslim men in Britain, a collaboration with CCE.

His work as a dialogue artist involves recording, editing and publishing conversations on subjects that people struggle to talk about. His latest work, Between Friends premiered at Latitude Festival ’09.

Karl’s theatre experience included training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and working for eleven years as an actor and director with Kenneth Branagh, Tom Stoppard, John Retallack [], Declan Donellan, Deborah Paige and David Masserella.

Karl left the theatre in 1996 and co-founded Trade Secrets a creative arts training company. After the events of September 11th 2001, he left to set up The Dialogue Project.

After not meeting for twenty-one years, the writer and performer Tim Crouch gave Karl a script of My Arm. Karl suggested they put it on for one night at the Hayward Gallery in London to generate interest. After subsequently co-directing and producing My Arm, Karl has since co-directed An Oak Tree and England with the performer/artist a smith. This Autumn, Karl will be co-directing Crouch's latest play The Author at The Royal Court Theatre in London.