Ben Musgrave
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
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.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
MAD BEES RIOT IN THE LIGHT | British Council Artists International Development Fund/Arts Council | Includes workshop in Bangladesh |
CRUSHED SHELLS AND MUD | Screenplay Adaptation |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2022 | BBC Radio 4 | Dir. Anne Isger |
2017 | BBC Radio 4 | Dir. Emma Harding |
THE BRITISH CLUB 2012 | BBC Radio 4 | Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Samantha Bond, and Paul Bhattacharjee |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2024 | Komola Collective/UK Tour | Dir. Gavin Joseph |
CRUSHED SHELLS AND MUD 2015 | Southwark Playhouse | Dir. Russell Bolam |
ACROSS THE DARK WATER 2015 | The Point, Eastleigh/Tour | Dir. Owen Calvert-Lyons |
POLITRIX 2015 | The Big House | Created with Andrew Day |
STUNTED TREES AND BROKEN BRIDGES 2013 | Y Touring | Dir. Nigel Townsend |
HIS TEETH 2011 | Only Connect | **** Evening Standard, Time Out, Whatsonstage.com |
EXAMS ARE GETTING EASIER 2010 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | For Young Rep |
BOARS AND DRAGONFLIES 2010 | Arcola Theatre/The Miniaturists | Dir. Christopher Gorry |
BREATHING COUNTRY 2009 | Y Touring | Supported by Royal Academy of Engineering and the Wellcome Trust |
PANCRAS BOYS CLUB 2009 | Only Connect | With David Watson and Paula Stanic |
PRETEND YOU HAVE BIG BUILDINGS 2007 | Manchester Royal Exchange/Manchester International Festival | Winner of inaugural Bruntwood Prize |