Ben Musgrave Writer
Ben Musgrave grew up in Britain, Bangladesh and India.
His play Pretend You Have Big Buildings won the inaugural Bruntwood Prize and was performed at the Royal Exchange in 2007. He was subsequently commissioned by the National Theatre. Ben is a former member of the Forum of Young European Playwrights (Wiesbaden, Germany, 2008).
Ben teaches creative writing and playwriting at Regent’s University and Westminster University, and was a Royal Literary Fund fellow at Greenwich University and is currently supported by grants from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
Agents
Dan Usztan Assistant [email protected] Charlotte Edwards 0203 214 0873 [email protected] 0203 214 0924
Credits
In Development
Production Company Notes THE GREY HOUSE BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama 2017 Producer: Emma Harding
MAD BEES RIOT IN THE LIGHT British Council Artists International Includes workshop in 2016 Development Fund/Arts Council Bangladesh
UNTITLED COMMISSION Tara Arts 2016
INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE Ice and Fire Dir. Zoe Lafferty PROJECT 2016
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes TWO TV SERIES IDEAS Lime Pictures 2016
CRUSHED SHELLS AND MUD Screenplay Adaptation
Theatre
Production Company Notes CRUSHED SHELLS Southwark Playhouse Dir. Russell Bolam AND MUD 2015
ACROSS THE DARK The Point, Eastleigh/Tour Dir. Owen Calvert-Lyons WATER 2015
POLITRIX The Big House Created with Andrew Day 2015 Dir. Maggie Norris
STUNTED TREES AND Y Touring Dir. Nigel Townsend BROKEN BRIDGES 2013
HIS TEETH Only Connect **** Evening Standard, Time Out, 2011 Whatsonstage.com Evening Standard and Time Out Critics’ Choice Nominated for Best New Play, Off WestEnd Awards Dir. Maggie Norris
EXAMS ARE GETTING Birmingham Repertory Theatre For Young Rep EASIER Dir. Christopher Gorry 2010
BOARS AND Arcola Theatre/The Miniaturists Dir. Christopher Gorry DRAGONFLIES 2010
BREATHING COUNTRY Y Touring Supported by Royal Academy of 2009 Engineering and the Wellcome Trust Shortlisted for Theatre Centre Brian Way award for the Best New Play for Young People. Dir. Nigel Townsend
PANCRAS BOYS CLUB Only Connect With David Watson and Paula Stanic 2009 Dir. Maggie Norris
PRETEND YOU HAVE Manchester Royal Winner of inaugural Bruntwood Prize BIG BUILDINGS Exchange/Manchester Dir. Jo Combes and Sarah Frankcom 2007 International Festival
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Radio
Production Company Notes THE LAST MISSIONARY OF BBC Radio 4 Dir. Emma Harding KANAIPUR 2017
THE BRITISH CLUB BBC Radio 4 Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Samantha Bond, 2012 and Paul Bhattacharjee Dir. Sarah Bradshaw
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected]