Ben Lewis (writer)

Ben Lewis is a writer for theatre, radio and television, theatre director and performer, who trained at LAMDA.

He co-created and directed My Name Is Sue^[1][2] (Soho Theatre/touring, Total Theatre Award 2009^[3]) and The Village Social^[4] (2011) with Dafydd James. Ben has also written two plays for BBC Radio 4: Blue Sky Thinking^[5] (9 September 2008) and Tiny^[6] (17 September 2010).

He is co-Artistic Director of Inspector Sands, and co-created its shows, If That's All There Is^[7] (Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award 2009^[8]) and Hysteria (Total Theatre Award 2006),^[9] which have toured extensively in the UK and to countries including the USA, China, Russia, Germany, Romania, Armenia, and most recently to Brits Off Broadway 2010. The company is currently developing its third show, Mass Observation (working title) with support from the Southbank Centre, the National Theatre Studio and the Almeida.^[10][11][12]

Performances as an Actor

Theatre

Date	Title	Role	Director	Theatre Company	Awards
5 December 2006 – 13 January 2007	Pinocchio		Lu Kemp	Royal Theatre, Northampton
18 August 2009 – 30 August 2009	If That's All There Is		Lu Kemp	Inspector Sands Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh	Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award 2009[8]

Radio

Date	Title	Role	Director	Station
17 October 2006	Cats and Monkeys[13]	Xavier	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
2 April 2007 – 6 April 2007	Captain Starlight's Apprentice[14]	Jack, Doctor & Officer	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
4 September 2007	The Architects[15]	Alan & Policeman	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
7 August 2008	Left at Marrakech[16]	Stickley	Fiona McAlpine	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
9 September 2008	Blue Sky Thinking[5]	Dave	Kirsty Williams	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
7 March 2009	The Meek[17]	Francis & Soldier 1	Kirsty Williams	BBC Radio 3 The Wire
9 February 2011	The Continuity Man[18]	Oliver	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play

References

1. Theatre review: My Name Is Sue, The Scotsman, 23 August 2009
2. My Name Is Sue Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine., Review by Gerald Berkowitz, The Stage, 24 August 2009
3. Total Theatre Award for Music and Theatre 2009
4. This week's new theatre and dance: The Village Social, Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 15 October 2011
5. BBC – Afternoon Play – Blue Sky Thinking
6. BBC – Afternoon Play – Tiny
7. If That’s All There Is, Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 19 August 2009
8. Edinburgh Festival makes three fringe awards, STV/Reuters, 31 August 2009
9. Total Theatre Award 2006
10. CurtisBrown profile of Ben Lewis
11. Inspector Sands profile of Ben Lewis Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
12. National Theatre of Wales – The Village Social – Created by Dafydd James and Ben Lewis
13. BBC – Afternoon Play – Cats and Monkeys
14. BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – Captain Starlight's Apprentice
15. BBC – Afternoon Play – The Architects
16. BBC – Afternoon Play – Left at Marrakech
17. BBC – The Wire – The Meek
18. BBC – Afternoon Play – The Continuity Man