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 and Flagons and Foxtrots. His other theatre credits include Once on Chunuk Bair (Imagine Charitable Trust); RAP-unzel; Botfarm 2014 (New Zealand Playhouse); Mamma Mia; and Les Misérables (Showbiz Christchurch); 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 (The Court Theatre) and he served as assistant stage manager on Hudson & Halls Live! 

His directing credits include Time Machine; Crash Bash: Reaction; Crash Bash: What's the Rush?; Crash Bash: What If? (The Court Theatre); The Isolation Mixtape and The Isolation Mixtape Vol. 2 (Blackboard Theatre Collective). 

Ben and a number of his talented colleagues founded the Christchurch-based theatre company, Blackboard Theatre Collective. 

He is a proud member of Equity New Zealand. 

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