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

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. He co-created and directed ''My Name Is Sue'' (

Soho Theatre The Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, in London, England. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three performance spaces. The the ...

/touring,

Total Theatre Award Total Theatre Awards were first presented in 1997 and are given annually at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to companies excelling in devised theatre, live art, visual performance, mime, puppetry, physical theatre, experimental theatre, dance, cl ...

2009) and ''The Village Social'' (2011) with

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. Ben has also written two plays for

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

: '' Blue Sky Thinking''BBC – Afternoon Play – ''Blue Sky Thinking''
/ref> (9 September 2008) and '' Tiny'' (17 September 2010). He is co-Artistic Director of ''Inspector Sands'', and co-created its shows, ''If That's All There Is'' (

Edinburgh International Festival The Edinburgh International Festival is an annual arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, spread over the final three weeks in August. Notable figures from the international world of music (especially classical music) and the performing arts are i ...

Fringe Award 2009''Edinburgh Festival makes three fringe awards'', STV/Reuters, 31 August 2009
/ref>) and ''Hysteria'' (Total Theatre Award 2006), 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 Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge). It comprises three main performance venues (the Royal Festival Hall including the Nat ...

, the

National Theatre Studio The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. In ...

and the Almeida.National Theatre of Wales – ''The Village Social'' – Created by Dafydd James and Ben Lewis
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Performances as an actor

Theatre

Radio

References

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