Benjamin Henson
I am driven by the need to tell stories – stories we can engage with and hold ourselves up against. Having worked on a variety of texts during my training and experience, I have been able to discover a wide range of approaches to suit the individual needs of each. However, when working on any production I try to create a ‘frame’, whether conceptually or psychologically, so that all elements, from acting style to aesthetic, are rooted in the rules, beliefs, boundaries of a world that is created between actor, material and myself.
- Thorough and dynamic theatre directing.
- Experience and understanding of all production aspect - set and costume design; lighting design; props sourcing and making; stagemanagement.
- Driven approach.
- Experience of production on all scales - from fringe to regional touring theatre.
2006 - 2007 - Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London.
2003 - 2006 - UEA, Norwich.
1999 - 2003 - Rawlins College, Leicestershire.
Postgraduate Diploma - Theatre Directing (Mountview)
Ba Hons - Drama and Creative Writing (UEA)
New Zealand Credits:
Next Stage - ATC - Stagemanager - '10
The Turn of the Screw - Auckland Fringe - Director - '11
Donkey Skin - Short&Sweet - Director/Writer - '11
Dress To Impress - Short&Sweet - Director - '11
Tiger Play - ATC, Y&H - Assistant Director - '11
Currently teachning for local schools, ATC and TAPAC.
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Revolting Rhymes – Roald Dahl – Mill Studio ‘08
Oliver! – as Assistant Director – YAT Main House ‘08
The Curious Quest for the Sandman’s Sand – David Perkins + Jenny Toksvig – Mill Studio ‘09
The Wizard of Oz – as Joint Director – YAT Main House ‘09
The BFG – Roald Dahl – Mill Studio ‘09
The Wind in the Willows – YAT Main House ‘10
London Fringe
A Kind of Alaska / One for the Road – Harold Pinter – Baron’s Court Theatre, London ‘07
Pericles – William Shakespeare – Greenwich Playhouse ’09 – Blotto Theatre
Bluebeard – Blotto Theatre – The Wellington ‘09
Belly Dancing for Beginners – New Players Theatre – Sophie Flach – ‘10
White Horse Theatre
Billy’s Friend – Peter Griffith – Tour of Germany – ‘07
We Love Gary – Peter Griffith – Tour of Germany – ‘07
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Witches – Roald Dahl – Venue 53 ‘07
Clay – Self adapted from the novel by David Almond – Augustines ‘08
Revolting Rhymes – Roald Dahl – Augustines ‘09
Five Children and It – Self adapted from the novel by Edith Nesbit – ‘10
Mountview Academy
A Kind of Alsaka – Harold Pinter – Pleasance Theatre, London ‘06
The Threepenny Opera – Bertolt Brecht – BAC, London ‘07
Grimm’s Tales – Carol Ann Duffy + Tim Supple – Cockpit Theatre, London ‘07
University – Minotaur Theatre Company
Disco Pigs – Enda Walsh – UEA Studio ‘03
Road – Jim Cartwright – UEA Studio ‘04
Shimmer – Linda MaClean – UEA Studio ’06
Sam and the Fortune Teller – Sewell BarnTheatre’06 and Acthea Festival, Albi, South France
Youth Arts Leicestershire
Assistant to Artistic Director on Edinburgh Festival Fringe Productions 2002-2006. Titles include Honk, Oh What a Lovely War and Holes.
"Director Benjamin Henson is new to Auckland, and with The Turn of the Screw he has announced he is a director to watch" Theatrescenes.co.nz.
“The direction of Benjamin Henson was resourceful and ingenious.” Southwark News on Pericles
“Thankfully Benjamin Henson is just the mad man this play needs...his reshaping of this questionable Shakespeare text is a revelation.” Remotegoat.com on Pericles
“*****”Broadwaybaby.com on Clay
“Must See!” The Stage on Revolting Rhymes
Adam Forde
Head of Youth
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre,
Millbrook
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 3UX
Tel: 01483 565 191
Debbie Seymour
Head of Post Graduate Directing
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Ralph Richardson Memorial Studios, Clarendon Road, Wood Green, London N22
Tel: 020 8881 2201
mob: 02102414355
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