James (Upper Fourth) has just finished a run of nearly 40 performances in this year’s Oxford Playhouse pantomime, Beauty and The Beast.

James’ final show was 12th January and it was particularly poignant since it was his last as a member of the theatre’s Young Company.

James began treading the boards at just eight years old with a role in a different version of Beauty and the Beast so it was fitting that he should finish with that same show six years later.

While James was busy on stage he also trained for, and achieved his 3rd Dan Taekwondo Black Belt at the national examinations in Nottingham and won a bronze medal at the National Taekwondo Championships – oh yes he did!