Ben Lewis
Writer for theatre, TV, film and radio.
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Biography
Ben is an award-winning writer for theatre, TV, film and radio.
He was part of Channel 4’s screenwriting programme for emerging screenwriters developing a new drama project called The Sticks which is in development with Neal Street. He is also currently writing comedies for Channel 4 and the BBC.
Ben is joint artistic director of award-winning theatre company Inspector Sands, co-creating work which has toured extensively in the UK, to venues including the Southbank Centre, the National Theatre, the Traverse and the Lyric Hammersmith, and internationally to countries including the USA, Korea, China, Armenia and Russia.
He created the music theatre show My Name Is Sue (Total Theatre Award) with Dafydd James, as well as its sequel Sue: The Second Coming (Soho Theatre/Bristol Old Vic). The pair have also written and toured a new musical The Village Social (National Theatre of Wales) which is currently being redeveloped.
Ben is also a theatre director.
CV
Theatre
Writer
A Contemporary musical adaptation of Cervantes' classic.
A dangerously unstable farce about growing old.
Co-written and co-created with Lucinka Eisler and Giulia Innocenti. New show about legacy, the war, stiff upper lips, the dawn of the information age and the inevitability of death.
UK touring production for children commissioned by Farnham Maltings. Co-written and co-created with Lucinka Eisler and Guilia Innocenti.
Writer & Director
Co-created and written with Dafydd James.
New musical co-created and written with Dafydd James.
Co-written and co-created with Lucinka Eisler and Guilia Innocenti this is a promenade audio-guide to the Great British High Street.
TV
Writer & Creator
Relationship comedy drama co-created with Catherine Shepherd.
Comedy drama about a woman forced to reckon with her complete romantic history. Co-created with Catherine Shepherd.
Writer
Radio
Writer
Romantic comedy drama
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
Comedy series co-written with Catherine Shepherd.
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
A lonely teenager becomes a pirate radio sensation.
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4