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 Ahmedabad, India.
Theatre, Opera & Dance
Awards
Boston’s Independent Reviewers nomination
Two Men of Florence
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, US
Best Lighting Design
Irish Theatre Award nomination
The Last Days of the Reluctant Tyrant
Abbey Theatre
Best Lighting
Nomination
Rose Rage
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Best Lighting
TMA Award
Life is a Dream
Design
jointly with Neil Warmington and Mic Pool
Credits
MAN TO MAN
2027
Berliner Ensemble
Director: Stephen Unwin
GHOSTS
2026
Jermyn Street Theatre
Director: Kwame Owusu
MAN TO MAN
2026
Royal Court / Traverse Theatre
Director: Stephen Unwin
THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO
2025
Nottingham Playhouse / UK Tour
Director: Anthony Almeida
Original Director: Miranda Cromwell
HEDDA
2025
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Hettie Macdonald
THE IDIOT
2025
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Director: Simon Scardifield
EMMA
2025
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Stephen Unwin
L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES
2025
Chetham's School of Music
Director: Genevieve Raghu
MULTITUDES
2025
Southbank Centre / London Philharmonic Orchestra
EDUCATING RITA
2025
Barn Theatre
Director: Stephen Unwin
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
2025
Hull Truck Theatre
Director: Terry Johnson
STILETTO
2025
Charing Cross Theatre
Director: David Gilmore
THE NUTCRACKER
2024
Introdans, The Netherlands
Choreographer: Jeroen Verbruggen
THE DUCHESS (OF MALFI)
2024
Trafalgar Theatre, West End
Director: Zinnie Harris
FARM HALL
2024
Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End
Director: Stephen Unwin
HANSEL AND GRETEL
2024
Royal Academy of Music
Director: Jack Furness
THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN
2024
Marylebone Theatre
Director: Laurence Boswell
LAUGHING BOY
2024
Jermyn Street Theatre / Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Stephen Unwin
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
2024
English Touring Opera
Director: Polly Graham
MANON LESCAUT
2024
English Touring Opera
Director: Jude Christian
THE SNOW MAIDEN
2023
Royal Northern College of Music
Director: Jack Furness
THE WINTER'S TALE
2023
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Director: Jatinder Verma
WORKSHOP LEADER
2023
Teatru Malta
Teaching role
CARMEN
2023
Norfolk Into Opera Festival
Director: Genevieve Raghu
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
2023
Royal & Derngate / UK Tour
Director: Lucinka Eisler
FARM HALL
2023
Jermyn Street Theatre / Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour
Director: Stephen Unwin
CHARLOTTE AND THEODORE
2023
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Terry Johnson
KIDNAPPED
2023
National Theatre of Scotland / UK Tour
Director: Isobel McArthur & Gareth Nicholls
THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO
2023
Nottingham Playhouse / UK Tour
Director: Miranda Cromwell
FRAME OF VIEW
2022
Theater Augsburg, Germany
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
THE SEX PARTY
2022
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Terry Johnson
JOYCE'S WOMEN
2022
Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Director: Conall Morrison
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
2022
Mercury Theatre
Director: Donnacadh O'Briain
NOTHELLO
2022
Belgrade Theatre
Director: Justine Themen
CARMEN
2022
Southbank Centre
Director: Didy Veldman
DIE TOTE STADT
2022
Longborough Festival Opera
Director: Carmen Jakobi
THE SCENT OF ROSES
2022
Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Director: Zinnie Harris
CARMEN
2021
EICC, Edinburgh
Director: Didy Veldman
BACKWARDS UP A RAINBOW
2021
Landmark Productions
Director: Conall Morrison
FOOTFALLS AND ROCKABY
2021
Jermyn Street Theatre / Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Richard Beecham
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2021
Citizens Theatre Glasgow
Director: Dominic Hill
DON JUAN
2021
Perth Theatre, Australia
Director: Lu Kemp
HOME
2021
Humanoove / UK Tour
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
THE DRESSER
2021
UK Tour
Director: Terry Johnson
MR KIPPS
2021
Mountview
Director: Stephen Jameson
THE SUNSET LIMITED
2020
Boulevard Theatre
Director: Terry Johnson
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE
2019
Norfolk Into Opera Festival
Director: Genevieve Raghu
ASSASSINS
2019
Nottingham Playhouse
Director: Bill Buckhurst
THE SHADOW
2019
Company Chameleon
Director: Anthony Missen
VIENNA 1934-MUNICH 1938
2019
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Vanessa Redgrave
PRISM
2019
Birmingham Rep and Tour
Director: Terry Johnson
LE PRIX DE LAUSANNE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
2019
Le Prix De Lausanne, France
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
2019
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Director: Zinnie Harris
A SONG AT TWILIGHT
2019
Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour
Director: Stephen Unwin
UNCLE VANYA
2018
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Terry Johnson
THE MODEL APARTMENT
2018
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Laurence Boswell
SEE BLUE THROUGH / TOOT!
2018
Opera Leipzig, Germany
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
2018
Citizens Theatre Glasgow
Director: Dominic Hill
BROKEN GLASS
2018
Watford Palace Theatre
Director: Richard Beecham
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
2018
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Director: Caroline Byrne
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
2018
Longborough Festival Opera
Director: Thomas Guthrie
THE WHALE
2018
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Laurence Boswell
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
2018
Longborough Festival Opera
Director: Alan Privett
THE KNOT
2018
DanceEast
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
FRAME OF VIEW
2018
Danish Dance Theatre
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
2017
Classic Spring Theatre Company
Director: Dominic Dromgoole
WOYZECK IN WINTER
2017
Landmark Productions
Director: Conall Morrison
THIS RESTLESS HOUSE
2017
Citizens Theatre Glasgow / Edinburgh International Festival
Director: Dominic Hill
PRISM
2017
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Terry Johnson
UNE EDUCATION MANQUÉE AND LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS
2017
Royal College of Music
Director: Stephen Unwin
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
2017
Longborough Festival Opera
Director: Carmen Jakobi
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
2017
Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Director: Terry Johnson
A NUMBER
2017
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Director: Zinnie Harris
THE TEMPEST
2016
The Print Room
Director: Simon Usher
TROUBLE IN MIND
2016
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Laurence Boswell
THE HAPPINESS PROJECT
2016
UK Tour
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
THE LIBERTINE
2016
Theatre Royal Bath / Theatre Royal Haymarket
Director: Terry Johnson
TANNHÄUSER
2016
Longborough Festival Opera
Director: Alan Privett
BANISHED
2016
Trinity Laban
Director: Elaine Kidd
DONEGAL
2016
Abbey Theatre
Director: Conall Morrison
THIS RESTLESS HOUSE
2016
Citizens Theatre Glasgow
Director: Dominic Hill
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
2015
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Laurence Boswell
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
2015
Theatre Royal Bath / West End
Director: Terry Johnson
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
2015
Abbey Theatre
Director: Conall Morrison
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
2015
Trinity Laban
Director: Olivia Fuchs
A MIGHTY WIND
2015
National Dance Company Wales
Choreographer: Jeroen Verbruggen
THREE DANCERS
2015
Ballet Rambert
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
2015
Longborough Festival Opera
Director: Carmen Jakobi
THE DEATH OF A COMEDIAN
2015
Soho Theatre / Lyric Belfast / Peacock Dublin
Director: Steve Marmion
THE HERBAL BED
2015
Theatr Clwyd
Director: Emma Lucia
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
2014
Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Director: Conall Morrison
HAMLET
2014
Citizens Theatre Glasgow
Director: Dominic Hill
FINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED T’BE
2014
Theatre Royal Stratford East/ UK Tour
Director: Terry Johnson
THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE
2014
Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour
Director: Laurence Boswell
INTIMATE APPAREL
2014
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath / Park Theatre
Director: Laurence Boswell
THE ONE
2014
Soho Theatre
Director: Steve Marmion
SEE BLUE THROUGH
2014
Phoenix Dance Theatre / UK Tour
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
CASSE NOISETTE
2014
Grand Théâtre Genève, Switzerland
Director: Jeroen Verbruggen
CARMEN
2013
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Choreographer: Didy Veldman
THE COLLEEN BAWN
2013
Druid Theatre
Director: Garry Hynes
IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY
2013
St. James’s Theatre
Director: Laurence Boswell
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM & THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
2013
Propeller Tour
Director: Edward Hall
PEEP
2013
Latitude / Edinburgh Festival
Director: Donnacadh O’Briain
DON GIL DE LAS CALZAS VERDES
2013
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath / Arcola / Belgrade Coventry
Director: Mehmet Ergen
EL CASTIGO SIN VENGANZA
2013
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath / Arcola / Belgrade Coventry
Director: Laurence Boswell
LA DAMA BOBA
2013
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath / Arcola / Belgrade Coventry
Director: Laurence Boswell
EUGENIE GRANDET
2013
Edinburgh Festival
Director: Donnacadh O’Briain
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN
2013
Longborough Festival Opera
Director: Alan Privett
ZORRO!
2013
Atlanta, US
Director: Chris Renshaw
LES NOCES
2013
Grand Théâtre Genève, Switzerland
Director: Didy Veldman
TWELFTH NIGHT & THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
2013
Propeller / UK Tour
Director: Edward Hall
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 | Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
PEEP | Director: Donnacadh O’Briain | Pleasance, Edinburgh
KING LEAR | Director: Dominic Hill | Citizens Theatre Glasgow
THE TEMPEST | Director: Jemima Levick | Dundee Repertory Theatre
THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW DRESS | Director: Tim Roseman | Theatre503
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 | Choreographer: Matthew Hart | London Children’s Ballet
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Danish National Opera
FRAME OF VIEW | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | A new ballet for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, New York, US
JEANNE D’ARC AU BÛCHER | Director: Keith Warner | Accademia Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
FALSTAFF | Director: Dominic Hill | Scottish Opera
CINDERELLA | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Gothenburg, 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 / Theatre Royal Bath 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: Laurence Boswell | RSC
TAMAR’S REVENGE | Director: Simon Usher | As above
TRADE | Director: Sacha Wares | RSC New Work Festival
HEAD/CASE | Director: Caroline Hunt | Swan Theatre Stratford, Soho Theatre & Belgrade Theatre Coventry
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 | Watermill Theatre / UK Tour / Old Vic
THE WINTER’S TALE | Watermill Theatre / UK & USA Tour
ROSE RAGE | Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 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 | Theatre Royal Bath 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
MEPHISTO | FOUR TALES FROM THE DECALOGUE | Director | East 15 Acting School
OTHER OPERA AND DANCE
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Conall Morrison | English National Opera
TENDERHOOKS | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Skånes Dansteater / Ballet Gulbenkian, Sweden
ESSENCE | Director: Fin Walker | Walker Dance Park Music / Linbury Studio / UK Tour
SEE BLUE THROUGH | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Introdans / Phoenix Dance Company / Ballet Gulbenkian
THE JOURNEY | Director: Fin Walker | New dance piece for CandoCo
OUTSIGHT | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Ballet Gulbenkian
I REMEMBER RED | Choreographer: Didy Veldman | Cullberg Ballet, Sweden
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Choreographer: 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
COSÌ FAN TUTTE | Director: Graham Devlin | Scottish Opera
AGRIPPINA | 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 of 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