Hannah Benson
Theatre Director Theatre MakerI'm a freelance director and Artistic Director of multi-award winning theatre company Burnt Lemon Theatre. Burnt Lemon make new musicals and gig-theatre that amplify women's voices.
My work has gone on to win 'Best Musical 2018 - Edinburgh Fringe, UNTAPPED Award (New Diorama/Underbelly), LET Stepladder Award (Les Enfant Terribles/ HOUSE touring) and my latest production Millennials has recently been nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award. My company Burnt Lemon is an associate company of MAST Mayflower, Curve Leicester, Birmingham Hippodrome and Pleasance London.
Previous work as director includes: Millennials (The Other Palace), Tokyo Rose (Southwark Playhouse, UK Tour, New Diorama, Underbelly Edinburgh), The Half Moon Shania (HOME Manchester, Tobacco Factory Bristol, Vault Festival, Edinburgh Fringe).
Previous work as an assistant director includes: SuperYou (West End Workshop), She Loves Me (Sheffield Crucible), Shorts and Socks Included (New Diorama), Testament (The Hope Theatre).
I am also training as an illusion consultant for theatre.
Credits
Assistant Director, SuperYou, West End Workshop, 3 weeks, 2022Director, Millennials, The Other Palace, 9 weeks, 2022
Director, Leicester Curve Young Musical Theatre Company, Rolling 2022+
Assistant Director, She Loves Me, Sheffield Crucible, 5 weeks, 2021
Composer, Home In Time For Christmas, Oxford Playhouse, 3 weeks, 2021
Director, Tokyo Rose, Southwark Playhouse and UK Tour, 9 weeks, 2021
Director, In the Absence of: Authority, Digital, 2021
Composer/Musical Director, Shorts and Socks Included, New Diorama, 5 weeks, 2020
Composer, Here Comes The Flood, Oxford Playhouse, 1 week, 2020
Director, Tokyo Rose, New Diorama/ Underbelly Edinburgh, 1 month, 2019
Composer, Wendys Awfully Big Adventure, Theatre 503, 2 months, 2019
Director, The Half Moon Shania, Vault Festival, 1 week, 2019
Director, The Half Moon Shania, Tour, 2 weeks, 2019
Director, The Half Moon Shania, Edinburgh, 1 month, 2018
Training
BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre - East 15 Acting SchoolLocation
LondonExperience
5-10 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Film - short
- Live art
- Magic / illusion
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- Music
- New technologies / digital
- Opera
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- Visual arts
What I do
- Curating
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Facilitating
- Music - Can Read
- Outdoor performance
- Physical Theatre / Mime
- Puppetry
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- Verbatim theatre
- Working with disabled artists
- Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
- Working with learning disabled adults / children
- Working with young people
- Working with young people with special educational needs
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
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