James is a poet and actor, perhaps best known to Radio 4 listeners as the man behind the brightest man ever to walk through the backstreets suburbs of Manchester in a cravat and panama hat, Sir Ralph Stanza.
As a real poet he has been writer-in-residence at HM Prison Manchester (Strangeways), done poetry performances at Crossing the Border Festival, Amsterdam, Cuirt International Festival, Galway, Swindon Literature Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival (UK Allcomers Slam Champion 2000/1), Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester - with Carol Ann Duffy, and the West Belfast Festival.
Other acting appearances include Early Doors where he played one of the policemen, Coronation Street, Shameless and Fat Friends
From humble beginnings as a Hip-Hop DJ, Mister Gee honed his spoken word skills as the host of the renowned performance poetry club Brix-tongue and is now one of the stars of the UK poetry scene. He has performed at the New York Nuyorican Poets Café and the Black Lily night in Philadelphia (home to Jill Scott and the Roots), as well as at the Edinburgh Festival. He runs workshops in schools and his album Poetry in the Key of Gee was released to critical acclaim.
Mister Gee is a co-winner of a Sony Gold Award for Radio as the resident poet on the Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2, and is the resident poet of the hit West-End musical Into The Hoods.
From humble beginnings as a Hip-Hop DJ, Mister Gee honed his spoken word skills as the host of the renowned performance poetry club Brix-tongue and is now one of the stars of the UK poetry scene. He has performed at the New York Nuyorican Poets Café and the Black Lily night in Philadelphia (home to Jill Scott and the Roots), as well as at the Edinburgh Festival. He runs workshops in schools and his album Poetry in the Key of Gee was released to critical acclaim.