Benjamin Hadley

As co-artistic director of on the button, I have been making and directing work since 2012 (from 20017 to 2012, I worked as an actor). I see theatre as a playground where we find out who we are and decide what we want to become. I have often been involved in cross-disciplinary collaborations, including several with neuro-scientists. I aspire to make work which is playful, political, and popular.

Credits

Director – Jude Starbeam and the Shadow Planet – on the button and The Albany – 3 weeks - 2019
Associate Director - Suzy Storck – National Theatre of Brittany and French tour - 3 weeks - 2019
Director – Jude Starbeam and the Shadow Planet – on the button and The Albany – 2 weeks - 2018
Work-in-progress performance at The Albany
Director / maker – Don't Panic! It's Challenge Anneka – on the button / the Bunker / UK tour – 2018
Assistant Director – Suzy Storck – Gate Theatre – 3 weeks - 2018
Dramaturg – Fragments – Oval House – 1 week - 2018
Movement director - The Tenant – Concert Theatre - 3 weeks - 2017
Movement Director – Musarc – throughout 2016-2017, stage direction for experimental choir Musarc, most recently for a concert a Palais de Tokyo in Paris
Director – Britain’s Got Tenants – on the button and the Albany - 2 weeks - 2017
Director and Maker – Don’t Panic: It’s Challenge Anneka – On the Button / Summerhall / Midlands tour - 6 weeks - 2016
Director and Maker – The Trial of Portia - The Pleasance - 1 week - 2015 London
Director – A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Armscote Manor - 1 week - 2015
Director - Witty Ticcy Ray – on the button and Omnibus Arts Centre - 1 week - 2015
Director and Maker - Political Animals – on the button for Theatre Uncut at the Young Vic - 2 performances - 2014
Director and Maker - No Place Like – on the button and Zoo venues - 8 weeks - throughout 2013 and 2014

Training

Lecoq International Theatre School, Paris - 2 year Diploma
Free Association Improvisation - Levels 1 to 5
Workshops with: Dave Razowsky, Chris Thorpe, Spymonkey, Zoe Svendsen, Thomas Ostermeier, Caroline Steinbeis, Cheek by Jowl, Improbable, Vamos Theatre, Kirsty Housley, Complicite, Handspring Puppetry Company