Ben Jacobs

Associate Lighting Designer


Ben Jacobs


Ben trained in Lighting Design at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Previous credits as Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer include; Les Misérables, UK Tour/West End/International. Anna, National Theatre Dorfman. The Lorax, Old Vic. Ostalgie, National Theatre Studio. Project O, Southbank Centre. Crave, Prague Quadrennial.

Previous credits as Lighting Designer; Salome, Seussical, Bring it On, Southwark Playhouse. A Midsummer Nights Dream,Wilton's Music Hall. Caterpillar, Stephen Joseph Theatre, The Sorrows of Satan, Brocket Hall. Dolphins & Sharks, Melting Pot, Maggie & Pierre, Finborough Theatre. NoMad, Lord of the Flies, Edward II, Greenwich Theatre.  Nora: A Doll's House, H.R.Aitch, Heartbreak House, Carmen, Twang, Privates on Parade, Imagine This,The Union Theatre. Midlife Cowboy, Freefall, Pleasance Theatre. Sister, Ovalhouse. People We Didn't Quite Meet, Red, Are We Stronger Than Winston, The Place. Southern Belles, Stripped, The Stones, King's Head Theatre. One Giant Leap, Gentleman Jack, Taro, Precious Little, The White Rose, Kes, Golden F**king Years, Three Sisters, Dracula, Cinderella, Macbeth, The State of Things, Frankenstein, Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Side by Side by Sondheim, Jack Studio Theatre. Caterpillar, In Event of Moone Disaster, The State We're In, Elexion, Red Like Embers,Theatre 503. Adam & Eve, Foul Pages, The Hope Theatre. The Lower Depths, Hamlet, Burial at Thebes, Love & Information, Secret Circus, RCSSD. Cuncrete, Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave, UK Tour. Jamaica Inn, I Love my Love, The Lost Happy Endings, Fanny & Faggot,Tabard Theatre. Macbeth, Bussey Building. Lunatic, The League of Youth, Theatre N16.

Ben’s work has been nominated for the Off West End Award for Best Lighting Design 4 times, as well as winning the award in 2018.

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