Benjamin Sheen
Theatre Director Dramaturg Circus Director Camera OperatorI'm Ben - 32 year old Australian now living and working in London. I trained as a theatre director and have worked my way through the indie scene in a variety of roles. Some specialities include working with new writing from dramaturgy to production, circus direction and working with live-video in theatre. I also have some additional Lecoq training and teaching/facilitating in this area.
Credits
Steadicam Operator - The Picture of Dorian Gray Directed by Kip Williams, Theatre Royal Haymarket Feb-May 2024Steadicam Operator - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Directed by Kip Williams, Perth and Adelaide Festival Tour Jan-March 2023
Embodied Poetics Summer Program in Vilnius, Lithuania - with Norman Taylor and Amy Russell, June 2023
Director - Go/No Go by Natalie Frijia. A circus theatre production for La Mama Melbourne, Sept 2023
Associate Director - Of The Land On Which We Meet, Na Djinang Circus, Oct/Nov 2023
Director - Astonishing Comet Boombox by Vivian Nguyen and Chenturan Aran, Oct 2023
Performance Studies Coordinator - National Institute of Circus Arts (2021-2022)
Training
MFA (Directing) at NIDA SydneyLocation
LondonExperience
5-10 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Circus
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Editing
- Facilitating
- Music - Can Read
- Outdoor performance
- Physical Theatre / Mime
- Puppetry
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Theatre making
- Verbatim theatre
- Video Design
- Working with young people
- Workshopping & Development
