Reviews

The work of someone with a clear vision... very original lyrics... the ideas come thick and fast

Out of the bedroom

Intelligent, thought-provoking... If we'd known him for the last 20 or 30 years he'd sell bushels of CDs

MGCK

The revelation was Bryce's music... complex and many-stranded

Hi-Arts

Introduction

An actor, musician and writer for over thirty years now, James Bryce has appeared in many films and TV series, in addition to numerous roles in theatre productions.

Musically, his work is wide-ranging: through jazz, musicals, children's work for the BBC... James is a well-known composer and instrumentalist in Scotland and beyond, and has in the past been associated with several professional bands.

Voice Work

The Voice page has full details of this aspect of James's life; but here are two short examples of his work:

Showreel Video

The Films and TV page includes a short showreel video, with excerpts from a number of recent productions.

New showreel video

An updated video, which includes an excerpt from The King James Bible, is now available on this site.

See the Films page

Other news

James is currently working on music for A Sporting Chance for Cartoon Theatre, which will be touring over the next few months.

Canongate Church in Edinburgh sees James delivering a reading of Peter and the Wolf with the Open Orchestra. The date is 31st March, and the time 7.30pm.

King James Bible

KJB - The Book that Changed the World is a drama documentary to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. It was shown on BBC2 Scotland in December, and is a powerful production indeed.

James played George Buchanan, tutor of the young James VI.

The film is available to buy via www.kjbthefilm.com

A murder mystery

...with a bit of humour in it! The four-part mystery Morrison's Van is now available to listen to. James directed this play and you can access it online from www.northings.com

Full details, and a downladable press release, on the News Page

Handling Bach

This unusual play, based on a (fictitious) meeting between Bach and Handel, has been getting very positive reviews, and has been a great success all round. Three reviews are on the news page.