James Ley

James Ley is an award winning writer living in Glasgow. James was one of the BBC Writersroom Scottish Voices 2022/2023 and is an Edinburgh Film Festival Talent Lab alumni. He has been awarded First Feature funding from Screen Scotland to adapt ODE TO JOY into a feature. As a playwright James' work includes ODE TO JOY (HOW GORDON GOT TO GO TO THE NASTY PIG PARTY) winner of a Scotsman Fringe First in 2022 and nominated for a CATS Award 2023 (Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland) for Best New Play and LOVE SONG TO LAVENDER MENACE which he's now adapting as a feature with support from Screen Scotland. He's developing TV ideas with Balloon, BigLight, and Insight Management.

James was co-writer with Damian Barr on Maggie & Me (National Theatre of Scotland). His other plays include Wilf (Traverse Theatre) and Love Song to Lavender Menace (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Summerhall, SoHo Playhouse, New York). James is under commission to Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Wonder Fools and is on attachment to the National Theatre's new work studio programme.