James Bruce Lyttle. Born at St. Joseph's General Hospital in North Bay, Ontario on September 20, 1952. Grew up there and in Toronto, then attended high school in the village of Rodney (60 kilometres West of London). Known as Bruce Lyttle until the mid-1980s; Jim Lyttle was my father's name.

Travelled back and forth across Canada in showbands with Bill Caldwell's Canadian Talent Productions of London and later with the Hogan Entertainment Agency of Toronto: playing guitar and occasionally keyboards or bass, singing, providing patter between songs, and arranging both music and vocal harmonies. Created 20-minute medley of songs from The Beatles, another with songs of The Beach Boys, another with songs by The Four Seasons, and finaly a medley of TV show themes. These were a big hit in show sets, but very hard to dance to.

Left full-time performing in 1980 to take a job with Electrohome Electronics in Kitchener working on the Canadian government's Telidon Project under Patrick R. Anthony. While doing that, played in part-time bands, produced musical arrangements for The Johnnie Johnston Show, and designed and/or operated the lighting for dozens of plays in Toronto theatres.

Musician/Arranger, 1970-1988

Knowbody's Children
Part-time, 1970-1973

Anticipation
Full-time, 1974-1975

Parnell
Full-time, 1975-1977

Britannia
Full-time, 1977-1978

Johnnie Johnston
Full-time, 1978-1980

Country Fever
Part-time, 1980-1983

Dianne and the Cavaliers
Part-time, 1983-1985

Awesome Possum
Part-time, 1986-1988

Pearl City
Summer Tour, 1988

Lighting Operator, 1991-1992

Apparitions
Theater Passe Muraille

The Love Talker
Theater Passe Muraille

Coming Out of the Fridge
Tarragon Extra Space

The Unveiling
International Drama Ensemble

Frenzy for Two
International Drama Ensemble

The Learned Women
International Drama Ensemble

The Lower Depths
International Drama Ensemble

Lighting Design, 1992-2001

No Sex, Please. We're British
York Centennial Theatre

A Murder Has Been Arranged
York Centennial Theatre

The Playboy of the Western World
York Centennial Theatre

Hay Fever
York Centennial Theatre

Blithe Spirit
York Centennial Theatre

Nude with Violin
York Centennial Theatre

Same Time Next Year
York Centennial Theatre

My Three Angels
The Village Playhouse

You Can't Take It With You
York Centennial Theatre

The Man Who Came to Dinner
York Centennial Theatre

George Washington Slept Here
York Centennial Theatre

The Affections of May
The Village Playhouse

I am a Camera (Cabaret)
York Centennial Theatre

Arsenic and Old Lace
York Centennial Theatre

All My Sons
York Centennial Theatre

Steel Magnolias
The Village Playhouse

Night of the Iguana
York Centennial Theatre

A Walk in the Woods
York Centennial Theatre

Breaking Legs
York Centennial Theatre

Charley's Aunt
The Village Playhouse

No Sex, Please. We're British
The Village Playhouse

Lost in Yonkers
York Centennial Theatre

Dancing at Lughnasa
York Centennial Theatre

Brighton Beach Memoirs
York Centennial Theatre

Incredible Murder of Cardinal Tosca
The Village Playhouse

Rosemary & Thyme
Tarragon Extra Space

A Slight Case of Murder
York Centennial Theatre

Of Mice and Men
York Centennial Theatre

Other People's Money
York Centennial Theatre

Dining with Friends
The Glen Morris Theatre

Andrew My Dearest One
The Lab on Britain Street

The Golden Pathway Annual
Studio 311 (Ryerson Theatre)

Outside of Heaven
Studio 311 (Ryerson Theatre)

Coming Out of the Fridge
Canadian Stage Upstairs Theatre

Gesundheit
Canadian Stage Upstairs Theatre

in America

Darwin Day Talent Shows 2015-2020
Beaner's (now Wussow's Café)
Lake Superior Freethinkers

Duluth's Got Talent
May 12, 2017
Duluth Sister Cities International
2 minute stand-up routine

Television Producer
Public Access Cable TV Duluth

Certified Community Producer
Brooklyn Cable Access TV

Stand-Up Comedy Experience
April 12, 2003
American Comedy Institute
under Stephen Rosenfield
5 minutes at Caroline's