James Cawood

Lord Fancourt Babberley

James trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and is delighted to be appearing with Vienna’s English Theatre.

Since graduating in 2004 he has mainly lived out of a suitcase, touring Britain with various productions including Dennis Potter’s Blue Remembered Hills; the classic British comedy Sailor, Beware; JB Priestley’s drama Dangerous Corner and the farce Come On, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse.

He has also appeared in two Christmas productions for the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre: the black comedy The Night Before Christmasand a stage adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling.

On television James appeared, ever so briefly, as a barrister in The Trial of Tony Blair for Channel 4. He is also the author of three plays: The Jeffersons which was produced at the Bristol Old Vic Studio and Unrequited, produced at the Old Red Lion Theatre, London in 2007. His latest play�Farmhands was shortlisted for the International Playwriting Festival Award.