Ben Quashie

Theatre Director Theatre Producer

Ben is a very tall Director, Producer, Dramaturg & South Londoner, specialising in new writing & devised work with a strong interest in working with & developing young people.
He is the co-founder & Artistic Director of Nuu Theatre - a company for emerging theatre makers aged 18-25, PlaysPlaylist - a publication that combines music with theatre cultural commentary. He has worked as a producer for the past 7 years at Nuu Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, English Touring Theatre & is currently the inaugural producer for Brixton House Theatre.

I'm a fully funded to work as a Director or Assistant/Associate Director for 4-6 weeks, per calendar year, at any scale, with my pay fully covered - do get in contact if that opportunity would be of interest.

(He/him)

Credits

DIRECTOR & CURATOR, Mixed, English Touring Theatre, Ongoing, 2022
FACILITATOR, Black Excellence at Nighttime The Yard Theatre, Ongoing, 2022
DIRECTOR, Teen Patti, Theatre 503, 2 nights, 2022
DIRECTOR, Find A Partner, NT Connections/Bush Theatre/Lyric Hammersmith, Online, 2021
DIRECTOR, Selling Dreams, English Touring Theatre/Storyglass, Audio Play, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Home(body), Young Vic, Online, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Even at Our Age, Young Vic, Online, 2021
DRAMATURG, TAXI (w.t.), Nuu Theatre, 1 night, 2019
DIRECTOR, Set in stains, Drayton Arms/Nuu Theatre, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, Set in stains, PARK Theatre/Nuu Theatre, 1 night, 2019
DRAMATURG, Damsel in Distress?, PARK Theatre/Nuu Theatre, 1 night, 2019
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, Passages: Seven Films for Seven Decades, Royal Court & Black Apron Entertainment, 1.5 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, New Passages, Royal Court, 1 day, 2019
DIRECTOR, Project West, Theatre Utopia (Nuu Theatre), 1 week, 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, boot, Theatre Utopia (Nuu Theatre), 1 week, 2016
DIRECTOR, Traces, Croydon Council Town Hall (Nuu Theatre), 1 night, 2015

Training

First Aid Training - St. Johns Ambulance - 2021
Participation Assistant - Royal Court Theatre - 2019-20
Paediatric First Aid - St. Johns Ambulance - 2019
Fire Marshall Training - Essex Fire Saftey - 2019
Small Scale Touring - Paines Plough - 2019
Almeida Young Company 2016-17, 2017-18 & 19
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Theatre Studies: Distinction - BRIT School

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Producing
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development

Social

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