Ben is an actor, playwright and the Creative Producer of Fairly Lucid Productions.
Training: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, RADA, Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, Brave Studios Australia, 16th Street Studios.
Theatre Credits Include: Bed & Breakfast, MEMBER, Raton Laveur, The Reckoning, Something From Nothing, interrogation (Fairly Lucid Productions), PlayList 21 (Red Stitch Actors Theatre), The Campaign (Gavin Roach Productions - Midsumma Festival), Little Light (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Henry V (Bard in the Botanics), Doctor Faustus (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), As You Like It (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/Shakespeares Globe), Wind in the Willows (Australian Shakespeare Company), The Subtle Art of Falling (Tunks Productions) As You Like It (Spark), Scrooge (Stage West Canada), Phaedra’s Love (Abstract Chaos), Binary (White Raven Productions), One Last (SummerWorks Festival).
Film & TV Credits: Underbelly: Fat Tony & Co (Channel 9), Buck Wild (iKandy Productions), Somebody (Key Party Artist Collective), Quiz (Nobull Productions), Lord of the Files , Task Master (Told You So Productions), Mediocre Milo (Smug Pictures) Cheap Tickets, Highly Unlikely (20 Buck Films), BJ Fletcher Private Eye (Bee Charmer Productions), Neighbours (Fremantle Media), Crash Zone II (Disney Channel) but is recognised often for playing Keith from the AAMI Ads.
Writing Credits: The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Playwrighting Award for MEMBER (2nd Prize), St Martins Best Short Play Award (Short Trip, Pick A Card, Go, Fish). Other credits include The Swing Pushers, Highly Unlikely, interrogation, The Reckoning.
Spotlight Pin: 7253-0167-2225
As a producer, Ben was the co-curator for the Melbourne Fringe Festival at St Martins Youth Arts Centre in Australia, and has directed his staged readings within Australia and Canada. He coached actors across Canada with John Robert Powers Academy. He was also the Creative Producer for Door in Foot Theatre Initiative in Canada. He re-established Fairly Lucid Productions, his production company back in Australia.
He also cooks - so follow him at https://www.instagram.com/sundayswithben/