He is a regular at comedy events around Far North Queensland (mostly with Guilt Free Comedy), as well as being the founder and host of ‘Laughing Heart Comedy’ at the Cairns Dinner Theatre.In James’ relatively short career; he has performed both split and solo shows to audiences across FNQ as well performances as part of both the Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne Comedy Festival (2015 Class Clowns National Final). He has also been selected as an opening act for nationally recognised comedians: Luke Heggie, Nath Valvo, Greg Fleet, Jacques Barrett and Mitch Garling. In 2018, he was presented the Cultural Award as part of the Cairns Australia Day Awards and listed in the Cairns Post’s top 25 rising stars to watch in the Far North.