An Audience with James Nelson-Joyce and Mike Noble

Join us in our Cockpit Theatre for an evening of conversation with actors James Nelson-Joyce and Mike Noble.

Originally from Walton, North Liverpool – James and Mike both attended Archbishop Beck High School just a year apart from each other. After this they both enrolled and spent a number of years at the Arts Centre on Myrtle Street as students at Liverpool City College before being offered places at prestigious London Drama Schools.

Despite coming from such similar backgrounds and following such similar paths into acting, acclaimed crime-drama This City Is Ours is their first professional project together. In fact, the two had never really spoken until their first day on the job. Unsurprisingly, they became fast friends.

James Nelson-Joyce is an accomplished TV and Film actor and a rising star in the industry, with his acclaimed break-out performance coming in Jimmy McGovern’s modern classic Time, as well as starring roles in Little Boy Blue, The Nest, Strike: The Covenant, Black Mirror and recently alongside Stephen Graham once again in A Thousand Blows.

Mike Noble returns to Shakespeare North where he became the first actor to portray Macbeth on the Cockpit stage in our hit 2023 production. As well as an extensive and varied career in the theatre, Mike has also been appearing on our screens for over a decade with credits including Shardlake, The Long Shadow, The Capture and ITV’s Sunday night favourite Home Fires.