BEN FREETH2

Ben has immersed himself in theatre since graduating from the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) with a Bachelor of Performing Arts.

His previous Court Theatre credits as an actor include Romeo and Juliet, Mary Poppins, Cops and Robbers, Legally Blonde the Musical, The Ugly Duckling, Chicago, Titus Andronicus, Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Wind in the Willows, Jersey Boys, Little Shop of Horrors, Flagons and Foxtrots, RENT, Something Rotten!, and Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. His other theatre credits include Once on Chunuk Bair (Imagine Charitable Trust), RAP-unzel, Botfarm 2014 (New Zealand Playhouse), Mamma Mia, Les Misérables (Showbiz Christchurch), and Madagascar the Musical (GMG Productions).

Ben’s stage management credits include Catch Me If You Can, Severely Queer (Blackboard Theatre Collective), Sweet Charity, Ragtime (NASDA), Songs for a New World (So Keen Productions), The Father, and The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, and he served as assistant stage manager on Hudson & Halls Live! (The Court Theatre). 

His directing credits include Time Machine, Crash Bash, Disney's Frozen JR., She Kills Monsters, and assistant director on Next to Normal (The Court Theatre), and The Isolation Mixtape (Blackboard Theatre Collective).

He is on the board of Equity New Zealand.

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