《悲惨世界》选拔活动评审介绍-詹姆斯-鲍威尔

詹姆斯-鲍威尔

　　詹姆斯作为演员演出了12年的时间，1996年他还在伦敦的皇宫剧院参加《悲惨世界》的演出时，受邀出任驻团导演。自那时起，他也参与了多部不同作品的工作，他在西约克郡戏剧院出任了几个演季的导演组成员，协助茱德•凯丽制作了一系列的项目，其中包括后来获得奥立佛大奖的《雨中曲》，后来该戏转交给国家剧院。回到伦敦后，他成为卡麦隆•麦金托什制作的《紫屋魔恋》的驻团导演，该戏在特鲁丽街皇家剧院上演。

他还导演了该戏的第一个海外版本，在澳大利亚的墨尔本上演。他从澳大利亚回国后，上任《悲惨世界》的助理导演，其间该戏从演出多年的皇宫剧院移至沙夫茨伯里大道上的皇后剧院演出。他最近指导了在斯堪的纳维亚半岛演出的《悲惨世界》音乐会版本，以及在柏林演出的《悲惨世界》音乐剧。一方面作为《悲惨世界》的助理导演，另外一方面詹姆斯•鲍威尔参与了卡麦隆新作品《欢乐满人间》的制作，该戏在布里斯托尔和伦敦演出，目前他担任该戏的助理导演。他另外也对《欢乐满人间》百老汇版本的选角工作给与了协助。近期，詹姆斯指导了伦敦版的《辣身舞》，该演出在奥底沃其剧院上演，场场爆满。

　　James was an actor for twelve years and was appearing in Les Miserables at London’s Palace Theatre when he was asked to take over the position of Resident Director in 1996.

　　Since then he has worked on a variety of productions including a couple of seasons at the West Yorkshire Playhouse as Staff Director, assisting Jude Kelly on a number of projects including the Olivier Award-Winning Singin’ In The Rain which transferred to the National Theatre. On returning to London he became the Resident Director on Cameron Mackintosh’s production of The Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and directed it’s first foreign production in Melbourne, Australia.

　　He returned from Australia to take on the position of Associate Director on Les Miserables and oversaw the show’s move from it’s home of many years, the Palace Theatre to the Queen’s Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. He recently directed a concert version of Les Miserables in Scandinavia and a full scale production in Berlin.

　　Whilst maintaining his position as Associate Director on Les Miserables, James also worked on Cameron’s new presentation - Mary Poppins – both in Bristol and in London and he is currently Associate Director on that production. He also assisted on the casting for the Broadway production.

　　Most recently James directed the London production of Dirty Dancing which is playing to full houses at the Aldwych Theatre.