BEN PAYNE - Lighting Designer

Ben trained with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, joining in 1995 as one of its youngest ever technical members.

Design credits include: Cymbeline (Dir Sir Trevor Nunn), A Chorus of Disapproval (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich/Tour), Waters Edge (Arcola Theatre) Peter Pan (First Family/Manchester Opera House), Yours Abundantly (Oval House Theatre, London), Lucky Stiff (Greenwich Theatre), Intoto Dance Company 2006 - 2009 (Royal Opera House/Peacock Theatre/Tour), Dance Overtures (Wimbledon Theatre), Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Mother Goose (Gaiety, Dublin), Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk (Stafford Gatehouse), Waiting for Godot, A Dolls House (Horseshoe Theatre Company), Ask for the Moon (Mountview Theatre School), Medea, The Tempest, The Duchess of Malfi, Aladdin, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Oedipus the King, Jack and the Beanstalk (Cambridge Arts Theatre).

Production Electrician and Associate Lighting Designer work includes: Havanna Rakatan (Australia Tour) Treasure Island (Haymarket, West End), Margurite (Haymarket, West End), Mack and Mabel (National Tour/ Criterion, West End) My Fair Lady (Esplanade, Singapore, Henri Oguike Dance Company (National Tour).

Ben is also Production Manager for Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company. More details of Ben’s work can be found at www.benpayne.net.