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Ben
J Macpherson
Artistic Director (Composer
and Lyricist)
Music and
Lyrics: Blood Runs Deep (1999); Gangland (2001); Nonnunquam
(2004/2007); The Eighth Square (2006); With Alex Segal - Trainwreck
(2006).
The Eighth Square received its first public performance in
May 2006 at Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal. It has subsequently
been revised, and discussions are now underway for a US production in
Michigan, Fall 2008. Discussions are also ongoing about a possible UK
production of Nonnunquam late 2008 - early 2009.
Music: Films - Dandelion Briefly (2006 Sixty Second Film and
Video Festival. Dir: Patti Gaal-Holmes); A Very Short Film (2006
Sixty Second Film and Video Festival); Make Mine Milk (2007,
AD-Production, Dir: Aysegul Epengin Pank. www.ad-production.co.uk)
Musical Directing/
Arranging: Oliver! (2005, local production); The Eighth
Square (2005/ 2006 productions). Ben is now working on a piano
quintet arrangement of the score for The Eighth Square.
Current projects include: Becoming Tom [Working Title] (2008,
A New Musical written with Matthew Fleming); The Yellow Rain (2008);
A Flag for Bobby Ford (2008, A New Musical written with Alex
Segal. Workshop due 2008, London).
Ben is also a working researcher in musical theatre, has presented at several international conferences, and been a guest lecturer at several Further and Higher education institutions in the UK. He is a member of Mercury Musical Developments. In his spare time, Ben also teaches singing and performance.