A flamboyant fantasy on gay identity and Welshness it "announced James as a major new voice and pioneered a bold new Welsh-language theatrical vernacular".
[11] He also composed the songs and wrote the lyrics for City of the Unexpected, Wales' largest ever cultural event, which more than 120,000 attended as part of the same celebrations.
It received its world premiered in Artscape Opera House in Cape Town, South Africa, October 2017 before making its way to the Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
[18] In 2023, James returned in a brand-new Sue show co-written with Ben Lewis called Songs from Across the Sueniverse for three sold-out previews.
[19] James's first work for radio in 2012 was the short-form comedy-drama Driving Home For Christmas an innovative collaboration between five writers across five different locations telling the story of a dysfunctional family battling their way towards the festivities.
It was written in collaboration with Rachel Tresize, Philip Ralf, Kevin Dyer and Niall Griffiths and produced by Emma Bodger.
[22] My Mother Taught Me How to Sing in 2017, starring James as himself, was a docu-drama about losing a parent whilst becoming an adoptive Dad, was aired on BBC Radio 4 in February, 2017.
[23] His follow up docu-drama, Graveyards in my Closet, the true story of a dark family secret, was broadcast on Radio 4 in August 2020.
It starred Fflyn Edwards, Siw Hughes, Carys Eleri, Ifan Huw Dafydd, James' father, and the International Rugby Referee, Nigel Owens.
The cast includes Sion Daniel Young, Fra Fee, Elizabeth Berrington, Sharon D Clarke and Maria Doyle Kennedy.
[30] James translated into Welsh Spring Awakening: a new musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik for Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in 2010 and 2011.