Ben Weatherill

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Giles Smart
Assistant: Lee Byrne

Film, TV & Theatre

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A FORGERS TALE

Bolton Octagon

PARKS AND HICKS

Red Planet Pictures / BBC

Original script commission

THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS

The Imaginarium

Adaptation of Ruth Hogan's novel

UNTITLED COMMISSION

HighTide

New play commission

WISH YOU WERE HERE

Channel 4 / Shelley Productions

Written on 4Screenwriting Course 2016

Theatre

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FRANK AND PERCY

2023

The Other Palace

Directed by Sean Mathias Starring Ian McKellen and Roger Allam

FRANK AND PERCY

2023

Theatre Royal Windsor / Bath

Directed by Sean Mathias
Starring Ian McKellen and Roger Allam

AS WATERS RISE

2020

Almeida

Directed by Alex Brown
Almeida Young Company

JELLYFISH

2019

National Theatre

(Transfer of Bush production)
Directed by Tim Hoare, Starring Sarah Gordy

JELLYFISH

2018

Bush Theatre

Dir. Tim Hoare
Starring Sarah Gordy
*Nominated for four Offies including Most Promising New Playwright

CHICKEN DUST

2015

Finborough Theatre & Curve, Leicester

Dir. Chelsea Walker

CHRONIC

2015

Southwark Playhouse (Courting Drama, Theatre Renegade)

TASTES LIKE CHICKEN

2014

Old Red Lion Theatre

Dir. Carey Fitzhugh

Television

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WONDERLAND

2021

The Lighthouse Film and Television

Writers Room

LA RONDE

2020

Archery Pictures

Writers Room

Radio

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THE ARCHERS

2018

BBC Radio 4

Shadow Scheme

LONG TIME COMING

2017

BBC Radio Four

Tx. December 2017

Film

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LOVE ON THE CARDS

2023

Reel One Entertainment

Other

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JELLYFISH (Reading)

2017

National Theatre Studio

Dir. Tim Hoare

ARTHUR (Reading)

2015

Theatre Royal Haymarket

Dir. Jake Smith
Starring Angela Griffin & Kevin Whateley

FRANK AND PERCY - Theatre Royal Windsor / Bath & The Other Palace

★★★★ The Times “Try to imagine what it would be like if Alan Bennett were to rewrite Brokeback Mountain.”

★★★★ The Evening Standard “A radical odd-couple romance.”

★★★★ The Independent “Weatherill feels like he trained in the school of last-century greats such as Victoria Wood and Alan Ayckbourn.”

★★★★ Time Out “Ian McKellen and Roger Allam are a delight in this spikey comedy.”

★★★★★ The New European “A very special evening.”

★★★★★ The Upcoming “Weatherill’s writing is incredibly moreish.”

★★★★★ Attitude “Like Beautiful Thing for bus pass holders.”

 

JELLYFISH reviews - National Theatre 2019

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Broadway Word “this play, and Sarah Gordy's performance, will stay in my mind… And it'll make me a better person too.”

★ ★ ★ ★ The Times “Ben Weatherill takes the rom-com template and gives it a remarkable, thought-provoking spin.”

★ ★ ★ ★ The Evening Standard “a rare gem of a play”

★ ★ ★ ★ The Financial Times Disarmingly honest, laugh-out-loud funny and immensely touching, it boldly confronts significant questions about rights, choice and what is “appropriate.”

 

 

JELLYFISH reviews - The Bush 2018

★★★★   The Stage "compassionate, funny, radical”

★★★★   The Evening Standard "heartening, important, thoughtful and unsettling"

★★★★   Whatsonstage "affords neurodiverse actors agency onstage...quietly groundbreaking"

★★★★   Time Out "will melt even the coldest of hearts"

★★★★   Broadwayworld "a triumph that feels genuinely authentic and requires celebration” 

★★★★   The Upcoming "massive laughs... boasts a brilliant cast"                     

★★★★★  Upper Circle "a mature and tender play"