About

I am an Olivier Award winning lighting designer based in the UK, specialising in theatre. Collaboration is at the heart of my work—I believe lighting design is an integral part of storytelling, and I approach each project with the perspective of a dramaturge. By closely analysing text and source material, I shape light as a dynamic, expressive force that enhances narrative, space, and emotion.

My design process is deeply connected to the creative team, ensuring a cohesive vision through active engagement in rehearsals and a shared exploration of the work.

I trained in Lighting Design at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and am a member of the Association of Lighting Designers. Alongside my own design work, I have collaborated as an Associate Lighting Designer with Paule Constable, Jon Clark, and others.

AWARDS

Ben trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and won the 2018 & 2022 Off West End Award for Best Lighting Design.

Lighting design credits include: Oliver! (Chichester Festival Theatre), Salome, Seussical, Bring it On! (Southwark Playhouse), Le Morte D’Arthur (The Scoop), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Wilton’s Music Hall), Caterpillar (Stephen Joseph Theatre), The Sorrows of Satan (Brocket Hall), Sister (Ovalhouse), Maggie & Pierre, Dolphins & Sharks, The Melting Pot (Finborough), Hamlet, Burial at Thebes, Secret Circus (RCSSD), Nora: A Doll’s House, Imagine This, Privates on Parade, Carmen 1808, Twang!, HRAitch (Union Theatre), NoMad, Edward II, Lord of the Flies (Greenwich Theatre), In Event of Moone Disaster, Caterpillar, The State We're In, EleXion, (Theatre503), People We Didn't Quite Meet, Red, Are We Stronger Than Winston (The Place), NoMad (Arcola), Cuncrete, Mrs Armitage And The Big Wave (National Tour), The White Rose, The State of Things, Side By Side By Sondheim, Macbeth (OFFIE Nom. Best Lighting Design), Edgar Allen Poe Double Bill, Frankenstein, Wolves of Willoughby Chase (OFFIE Win Best Lighting Design), Adam & Eve, Dracula (Jack Studio), Free Fall (Pleasance London), Jamaica Inn, Fanny And Faggot, The Lost Happy Endings (Tabard Theatre), Macbeth (Bussey Building), When the Dove Returns (Blue Elephant Theatre), Fluxorama (Clifftown Theatre), Citizen Puppet (New Diorama Theatre), Free Fall (Pleasance Theatre), The Greene Card (The Space), Bibs Boats Borders & Bastards (Cockpit Theatre), Lunatic, The League of Youth (Theatre N16), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (LESOCO). 

Associate Lighting: Les Miserables (West End, UK Tour, & International), Dear England (National Theatre Olivier & West End), The Motive and the Cue (West End), Anna (National Theatre Dorfman), Sondheim’s Old Friends (Sondheim Theatre), Project O (Southbank Centre), Crave (Prague Quadrennial), Miss Sarah (ZOO Venues, Edinburgh), Legally Blonde (Watford Palace). 

Assistant Lighting: Mary Poppins (West End), The Lorax (The Old Vic), Out of His Skin (UK Tour), Finding Joy (UK Tour).