As well as lighting Theatre, Opera, Dance and Musicals in the UK and internationally, Ben is lighting consultant for the Calico Museum of Textiles in Ahmedebad, India.
Awards and Nominations
Best Lighting Design nomination for Two Men of Florence at the Huntington Theatre Company by Boston’s Independent Reviewers of New England.
Irish Theatre Award nomination for Best Lighting for The Last Days of the Reluctant Tyrant at the Abbey Theatre in the Irish Times.
Nomination for Best Lighting for Rose Rage at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
TMA Award for Design for Life is a Dream (jointly with Neil Warmington and Mic Pool)
List Of Productions
2024
THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN | Director: Laurence Boswell | Marylebone Theatre
LAUGHING BOY | Director: Stephen Unwin | Jermyn Street Theatre/ Theatre Royal Bath
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS | Director: Polly Graham | English Touring Opera
MANON LESCAUT | Director: Jude Christian | English Touring Opera
2023
THE SNOW MAIDEN | Director: Jack Furness | Royal Northern College of Music
THE WINTER'S TALE | Director: Jatinda Verma | Central School of Speech and Drama
WORKSHOP LEADER | Teaching role | Teatru Malta
CARMEN | Director: Genevieve Raghu | Norfolk Into Opera Festival
WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Director: Lucinka Eisler | Royal and Derngate/ UK Tour
FARM HALL | Director: Stephen Unwin | Jermyn Street Theatre/ Theatre Royal Bath/ UK Tour
CHARLOTTE AND THEODORE | Director: Terry Johnson | Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov
KIDNAPPED | Director: Isobel McArthur & Gareth Nicholls | National Theatre of Scotland/ UK Tour
THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO | Director: Miranda Cromwell | Nottingham Playhouse/ UK Tour
2022
FRAME OF VIEW | Choreographer: Didy Veldmann | Theater Augsburg, Germany
THE SEX PARTY | Director: Terry Johnson | Menier Chocolate Factory
JOYCE'S WOMEN | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Director: Donnacadh O'Briain | Mercury Theatre
NOTHELLO | Director: Justine Themen | Belgrade Theatre
CARMEN | Director: Didy Veldman | Southbank Centre
DIE TOTE STADT | Director: Carmen Jakobi | Longborough Festival Opera
THE SCENT OF ROSES | Director: Zinnie Harris | Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
2021
CARMEN | Director: Didy Veldman | EICC, Edinburgh
BACKWARDS UP A RAINBOW | Director: Conall Morrison | Landmark Productions
FOOTFALLS AND ROCKABY | Director: Richard Beecham | Jermyn Street Theatre/ Theatre Royal Bath
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Dominic Hill | Citizens Theatre
DON JUAN | Director: Lu Kemp | Perth Theatre, Australia
HOME | Choreo: Didy Veldman | Humanoove/ UK Tour
THE DRESSER | Director: Terry Johnson | UK Tour
MR KIPPS | Director: Stephen Jameson | Mountview
2020
THE SUNSET LIMITED | Director: Terry Johnson | Boulevard Theatre
2019
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE | Director: Genevieve Raghu | Norfolk Into Opera Festival
ASSASSINS | Director: Bill Buckhurst | Nottingham Playhouse
THE SHADOW | Director: Anthony Missen | Company Chameleon
VIENNA 1934-MUNICH 1938 | Director: Vanessa Redgrave | Theatre Royal Bath Ustinov
PRISM | Director: Terry Johnson | Birminghap Rep and Tour
LE PRIX DE LAUSANNE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Le Prix De Lausanne, France
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI | Director: Zinnie Harris | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
A SONG AT TWILIGHT | Director: Stephen Unwin | Theatre Royal Bath/ UK Tour
2018
UNCLE VANYA | Director: Terry Johnson | Hampstead Theatre
THE MODEL APARTMENT | Director: Laurence Boswell | Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov
SEE BLUE THROUGH/ TOOT! | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Opera Leipzig, Germany
A LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO THE NIGHT | Director: Dominic Hill | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
BROKEN GLASS | Director: Richard Beecham | Watford Palace Theatre
ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL | Director: Caroline Byrne | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER | Director: Thomas Guthrie | Longborough Fesitval Opera
THE WHALE | Director: Laurence Boswell | Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Director: Alan Privett | Longborough Festival Opera
THE KNOT | Choreo: Didy Veldman | DanceEast
FRAME OF VIEW | Choreo: Didy Veldman | Danish Dance Theatre
2017
A WOMEN OF NO IMPORTANCE | Director: Dominic Dromgoole | Classic Spring Theatre Company
WOYZECK IN WINTER | Director: Conall Morrison | Landmark Productions
THIS RESTLESS HOUSE | Director: Dominic Hill | Glasgow Citizens Theatre/ Edinburgh International Festival
PRISM | Director: Terry Johnson | Hamsptead Theatre
UNE EDUCATION MANQUÉE AND LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS | Director: Stephen Unwin | Royal College of Music
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE | Director: Carmen Jakobi | Longborough Festival Opera
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS | Director: Terry Johnson | Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Canada
A NUMBER | Director: Zinnie Harris | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2016
THE TEMPEST | Director: Simon Usher | The Print Room
TROUBLE IN MIND | Director: Laurence Boswell | Theare Royal Bath, Ustinov
THE HAPPINESS PROJECT | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | UK Tour
THE LIBERTINE | Director: Terry Johnson | Theatre Royal Bath/ Theatre Royal Haymarket
TANNHÄUSER | Director: Alan Privett | Longborough Festival Opera
BANISHED | Director: Elaine Kidd | Trinity Laban
DONEGAL | Director: Conall Morrisson | Abbey Theatre
THIS RESTLESS HOUSE | Director: Dominic Hill | Citizen’s Theatre, Glasgow
2015
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY | Director: Laurence Boswell | Theatre Royal Bath
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS | Director: Terry Johnson | Theatre Royal Bath/ West End
YOU NEVER CAN TELL | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Trinity Laban
A MIGHTY WIND | Choreographer: Jeroen Verbruggen | National Dance Company Wales
THREE DANCERS | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Ballet Rambert
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Director: Carmen Jakobi | Longborough Festival Opera
THE DEATH OF A COMEDIAN | Director: Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre/ Lyric Belfast/ Peacock Dublin
THE HERBAL BED | Director: Emma Lucia | Clwyd Theatr
2014
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
HAMLET | Director: Dominic Hill | Citizens Theatre Glasgow
FINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED T’BE | Director: Terry Johnson | Theatre Royal Stratford East/ UK Tour
THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE | Director: Laurence Boswell | Theatre Royal Bath/ UK Tour
INTIMATE APPAREL | Director: Laurence Boswell | Theatre Royal Bath Ustinov/ Park Theatre
THE ONE | Director: Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre
SEE BLUE THROUGH | Revival | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Phoenix Dance Theatre/ UK Tour
CASSE NOISETTE | Director: Jeroen Verbruggen | Grand Théâtre Genève, Switzerland
2013
CARMEN | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
THE COLLEEN BAWN | Director: Gerry Hynes | Druid Theatre
IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY | Director: Laurence Boswell | St. James’s Theatre
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM & THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | Director: Edward Hall | Propeller Tour
PEEP | Director: Donnacadh O’Briain | Latitude/ Edinburgh Festival
DON GIL DE LAS CALZAS VERDES (Spanish Golden Age) | Director: Mehmet Ergen | Ustinov Bath/ Arcola/ Belgrade Coventry
EL CASTIGO SIN VENGANZA (Spanish Golden Age) | Director: Laurence Boswell | Ustinov Bath/ Arcola/ Belgrade Coventry
LA DAMA BOBA (Spanish Golden Age) | Director: Laurence Boswell | Ustinov Bath/ Arcola/ Belgrade Coventry
EUGENIE GRANDET | Director: Donnacadh O’Briain | Edinburgh Festival
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN | Director: Alan Privett | Longborough Festival Opera
ZORRO! | Director: Chris Henshaw | Atlanta, US
LES NOCES | Director: Didy Veldman | Grand Theatre Geneve
TWELFTH NIGHT & THE TAMING OF THE SHREW | Director: Ed Hall | Propeller/ UK Tour
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
CHARLOTTE’S WEB | Director: Roger Haines | Birmingham Stage Company
TITUS | Director: Lu Kemp | Imaginate Festival/ Macrobert/ UK Tour
THE WELSH BOY/DEADKIDSSONGS/THE DOUBLE | Director: Matthew Lloyd, Laurence Boswell & Gary Sefton | Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov Studio
PEEP | Director: Donnacadh O’BrIain | Pleasance, Edinburgh
KING LEAR | Director: Dominic Hill| Glasgow Citizens Theatre
THE TEMPEST | Director: Jemima Levick | Dundee Repertory Theatre
THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW DRESS | Director: Tim Roseman | Theatre 503
THE HERESY OF LOVE | Director: Nancy Meckler | Royal Shakespeare Company
HENRY V & THE WINTER’S TALE | Director: Edward Hall | Propeller UK/ International tour
DIVINE WORDS | Director: Paul Hunter
FIT AND PROPER PEOPLE | Director: Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre
THE PHOENIX OF MADRID, IPHIGENIA AND THE SURPRISE OF LOVE | Director: Laurence Boswell | Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
ZORRO! | Director: Chris Renshaw | Tokyo, Japan and Holland/ Paris, France/ West End/ UK Tour
TRANSLATIONS | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
RICHARD III & COMEDY OF ERRORS | Director: Edward Hall | Propeller UK/ International tour
LOYALTY | Director: Edward Hall | Hampstead Theatre
THE CRUCIBLE | Director: Conall Morrison | Lyric Theatre, Belfast
ONASSIS | Director: Nancy Meckler | Derby Playhouse / West End
CARMEN – THE MUSICAL | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Pimlico Opera at HMP Wandsworth
THE SANCTUARY LAMP | Director: Tom Murphy | B*spoke Theatre at the Arcola and in Cork and Dublin, Ireland
TREASURE ISLAND | Director: Stephen Unwin | Rose Theatre Kingston
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM & THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Director: Edward Hall | A Propeller Production by The Watermill Theatre
THE LAST DAYS OF THE RELUCTANT TYRANT | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre
SERIOUS MONEY | Director: Jonathan Munby | Birmingham Rep
OPERA AND DANCE
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG | Director: Alan Privett | Longborough Festival
BALLET SHOES | Director: Chor. Matthew Hart | London Children’s Ballet
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Danish National Opera
FRAME OF VIEW | Director: Choreographer Didy Veldman | A new ballet for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, New York, US
JEANNE D’ARC au BÛCHER | Director: Keith Warner | Academia Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
FALSTAFF | Director: Dominic Hill | Scottish Opera
CINDERELLA | Director: Choreographer Didy Veldman | Gothenborg, Sweden
OTHER THEATRE
DIMETOS | Director: Douglas Hodge | Donmar Warehouse
TWO MEN OF FLORENCE | Director: Edward Hall | Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, US
THE DRESSER | Director: Di Trevis | Watford Palace Theatre
LEGAL FICTIONS | Director: Christopher Morahan | West End/ Bath Theatre Royal production on UK tour
THE CHANGELING | Director: Stephen Unwin | ETT Tour
WEST END AND LONDON
SWEENEY TODD | Director: David Freeman | Royal Festival Hall
SEE HOW THEY RUN | Director: Douglas Hodge | Act tour/ Duchess
CALICO | Director: Edward Hall | Sonia Friedman/ Duke of York's, West End
DICK WHITTINGTON | Director: Edward Hall | Barbican
THE OLD COUNTRY | Director: Stephen Unwin | ETT Tour/ Trafalgar Studios
THE BEST OF FRIENDS | Director: James Roose Evans | Hampstead Theatre/ Duncan Weldon/ UK Tour
A NIGHT AT THE DOGS | Director: Abigail Morris | Soho Theatre
MACBETH | starring Sean Bean and Samantha Bond | Director: Edward Hall | Albery
THE CONSTANT WIFE | Director: Edward Hall | West End/ Watermill Theatre/ UK Tours
WHO KILLED MR DRUM | Director: Paul Robinson | Riverside Studios
THE LEENANE TRILOGY | Director: Garry Hynes | Royal Court & Druid Theatre
FOR THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
MACBETH | Director: Conall Morrison | Royal Shakespeare Company
HOUSE OF DESIRES | Director: Nancy Meckler | West End & RSC
PEDRO DE URDEMALAS | Director: Mike Alfreds | As above
THE DOG IN THE MANGER | Director: Lawrence Boswell | RSC
TAMAR’S REVENGE | Director: Simon Usher | As above
TRADE | Director: Sascha Wares | RSC New Work Festival
HEAD/CASE | Director: Caroline Hunt | Swan Theatre Stratford, Soho Theatre & Coventry Belgrade
JULIUS CAESAR | Director: Edward Hall
HENRY V | Director: Edward Hall
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA | Director: Edward Hall
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY | Director: Di Trevis
FOR BRISTOL OLD VIC
GHOSTS | Director: Robert Bowman | Bristol Old Vic
THE SEAGULL | Director: Robert Bowman | Bristol Old Vic
FOR THE ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN
BIG HOUSE | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre
FOR EDWARD HALL'S PROPELLER COMPANY
TAMING OF THE SHREW and TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Watermill Theatre/ UK Tour/ Old Vic
THE WINTER’S TALE | Watermill Theatre / UK & USA tour
ROSE RAGE | Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, US/ Duke Theatre New York, US/ West End/ Watermill Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Brooklyn Academy, US / West End/ UK Tour/ Watermill Theatre
FOR THE NATIONAL THEATRE
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST | Director: Di Trevis
UNCLE VANYA | Director: Sean Mathias
BENT | Director: Sean Mathias
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST | Director: Tim Supple
AT OUR TABLE | Director: Jenny Killick
THE WINTER’S TALE | Director: Peter Hall
THE COLLEEN BAWN | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre
FOR ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD | Director: Stephen Unwin
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN | Director: Stephen Unwin
GHOSTS | Director: Stephen Unwin
THE MASTERBUILDER | Director: Stephen Unwin
HEDDA GABLER | Director: Stephen Unwin
THE SEAGULL | Director: Stephen Unwin
A DOLL’S HOUSE | Director: Stephen Unwin
HAMLET | Director: Stephen Unwin
MACBETH | Director: Stephen Unwin
THE CARETAKER | Director: Gari Jones
OTHER THEATRE IN IRELAND
THE HOUSE | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre
THE WAKE | Director: Patrick Mason | Abbey Theatre
MADE IN CHINA | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre
FREEDOM OF THE CITY | Director: Conall Morrison | Abbey Theatre / Lincoln Festival New York, US
LONESOME WEST | Director: Garry Hynes | Gaiety Theatre
OTHER INTERNATIONAL THEATRE
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE | Director: Garry Hynes | Broadway/ Sydney, Australia/ Toronto, Canada/ West End/ Druid Theatre
OEDIPUS TYRANNUS | Director: George Kimoulis | Epidaurus, Greece
SILENCE, SILENCE, SILENCE | Director: Vito Taufer | Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
MACBETH | Director: Ole Bornedal | Gladsaxe Theatre, Denmark
LAST EASTER | Director: Douglas Hodge | Birmingham Rep studio
MACBETH | Director: George Kimoulis | Greece
LEAVES | Director: Garry Hynes | Druid Theatre & Royal Court co-production
AN IDEAL HUSBAND | Director: Christopher Morahan | Theatr Clwyd
THE RIVALS | Director: Christopher Morahan | Bath Theatre Royal No 1 tour
THE MARQUISE | Director: Guy Retallack | UK tour
RESURRECTION | Director: Corin Redgrave & Annie Castledine | Lichfield Garrick
HINGE OF THE WORLD | Director: Edward Hall | Yvonne Arnaud
THE CIRCLE | Director: Mark Rosenblatt | No 1 Tour
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE | Director: Bill Alexander | Theatr Clwyd
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA | Director: Di Trevis | Theatr Clwyd
JOURNEY TO THE WEST | Director: Jatinder Verma | Tara Arts Trilogy on national tour
PUTTING IT TOGETHER | Director: Edward Hall | Chichester Festival Theatre
THE CIRCLE | Director: Mark Rosenblatt | UK Tour
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL | Director: Irina Brook | Oxford Stage Company
DEATH OF A SALESMAN | Director: Di Trevis | Birmingham Rep
JUST THE THREE OF US | Director: Peter Hall | Theatre Royal Windsor/ Regional Tour
ALBERTINE IN FIVE TIMES | Director: Jeremy Kingston | BAC ‘Critics Up for Review’
MACBETH & PERICLES | Director: James Roose-Evans | Ludlow Festival
TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Edward Hall | Watermill Theatre
ABANDONMENT | Director: John Tiffany | Traverse Theatre
SHETLAND SAGA | Director: Philip Howard | Traverse Theatre
THE WINSLOW BOY | Director: Wyn Jones | The Gielgud/ National Tour
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF | Director: Matthew Warchus | West Yorkshire Playhouse
BETRAYAL | Director: Matthew Warchus | West Yorkshire Playhouse
BABES IN ARMS | Director: Martin Connor | Guildhall
and as director on MEPHISTO and FOUR TALES FROM THE DECALOGUE at E15 School
OTHER OPERA AND DANCE
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Conall Morrison | English National Opera
TENDERHOOKS | Director: Choreographer Didy Veldman | Skanes Dansteater / Ballet Gulbenkian, Sweden
ESSENCE | Director: Fin Walker | Walker Dance Park Music/ Linbury Studio/ UK Tour
SEE BLUE THROUGH | Director: Choreographer Didy Veldman | Introdans / Phoenix Dance Company / Ballet Gulbenkian
THE JOURNEY | Director: Fin Walker | New dance piece for CandoCo
OUTSIGHT | Director: Didy Veldman | Ballet Gulbenkia
I REMEMBER RED | Director: Didy Veldman | Cullberg Ballet, Sweden
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Didy Veldman & Patricia Doyle | Northern Ballet Theatre
IBI L’OHUN | Director: Sophiatou Kossoko | Brest, France
GOD’S PLENTY | Director: Christopher Bruce | Rambert Dance Company
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP | Director: Jonathon Moore | World Premiere, Opera North/ BBC 2
PUNCH AND JUDY | Director: Graham Devlin | Aldeburgh/ Berlin, Germany/ Vienna, Austria
IL TROVATORE | Director: Mark Brickman | Scottish Opera
COSI FAN TUTTE | Director: Graham Devlin | Scottish Opera
AGRIPPINA | Director: Buxton Opera Festival
THE BOTTLE IMP & BOW DOWN | Director: Graham Devlin | Major Road
LA TRAVIATA | Director: John Pascoe | Bath & Wessex Opera
THE TURN OF THE SCREW | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Bath & Wessex Opera
ARMINIO | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Royal College Music
THE MASK OF ORPHEUS | Director: Stephen Langridge | Royal Festival Hall
THE CORONATION OF POPPEA | Director: Peter James | The Purcell Quartet, Japan
THE CUNNING PEASANT | Director: Robert Chevara | Guildhall
LA FEDELTA PREMIATA | Director: Jamie Hayes | Guildhall