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

LAMDA The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ...

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

Soho Theatre Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, and Soho Theatre Walthamstow in north-east London. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three pe ...

/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, clo ...

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

Dafydd James Dafydd Rhys James (born 24 July 1975) is a Welsh former rugby union footballer who played on the wing or in the centre. He toured with the British & Irish Lions in 2001. James was born in Mufulira, Zambia, but earned 48 caps for Wales and three ...

. 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. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...

: '' 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 european classical music, classical music) and ...

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 US, China, Russia, Germany, Romania, Armenia, and most recently to

Brits Off Broadway 59E59 Theaters is a venue presenting a year-round curated program of live theater. The three theater building is located in New York City. It shows both off-Broadway (in Theater A) and off-off-Broadway plays (in Theaters B and C). The complex is ...

2010. The company is currently developing its third show, ''Mass Observation'' (working title) with support from the

Southbank Centre Southbank Centre is an arts centre in London, England. It is adjacent to the separately owned National Theatre and BFI Southbank. It comprises the three main performance spaces – the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Purcell R ...

, the

National Theatre Studio The National Theatre (NT), officially the Royal National Theatre and sometimes referred to in international contexts as the National Theatre of Great Britain, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England, ...

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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