Musical Director, Pianist and Arranger working in London’s West End.
About Ben
Ben is a Music Director, Supervisor, Pianist and Arranger working in London's West End.
He will be the Music Director for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane later this year.
As Music Director, he has conducted over 500 performances of Les Misérables for Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, spent two years as MD of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre, and two years as MD for Jersey Boys at the Trafalgar Theatre. Additional work as an MD includes Moulin Rouge, Oliver!, Strictly Ballroom, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Sunny Afternoon, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Gypsy and Chicago, among many others.
As Musical Supervisor, his credits include several UK tours of Hairspray and Shrek the Musical, productions at Leicester’s Curve Theatre including Hello, Dolly!, The Sound of Music and Chicago, the UK tour of Ballad of Johnny and June, and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical in São Paulo, Brazil.
As a pianist and keyboard player, he has performed on numerous West End productions, most recently Jesus Christ Superstar (London Palladium), High Society (Barbican), Moulin Rouge! (Piccadilly Theatre), The Devil Wears Prada (Dominion Theatre) and Starlight Express (Troubadour Theatre).
He studied as an organ scholar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and piano at the Royal Academy of Music.
Current Work
My next project is Musical Director for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, from October 2026 to January 2027.