Ben Norris (actor) explained

Ben Norris (born, Nottingham) is a British poet, playwright and actor.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Norris was born and grew up in Nottingham. He performed with the British Youth Music Theatre in Mort in 2007/2008 and According to Brian Haw in 2009.[3] He studied for a BA in English and creative writing at the University of Birmingham[4] and then trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.[5]

Career

In 2015 he performed a one-man show The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, based on his relationship with his father and his experience of hitchhiking around the UK to visit places where his father had lived.[6] He subsequently toured this show in the UK and elsewhere including Adelaide, Australia.[7] [8] [9]

He won the UK All-Stars Poetry Slam at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2013 and the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Poetry Slam 2017[10] and has published two pamphlets of poems, second being Some ending (2019).[11]

Since October 2018 he has played Ben Archer in the long-running BBC Radio 4 series The Archers.[12] [13]

He wrote the monologues for the show The Choir of Man[14] and appeared as The Poet in its West End production at the Arts Theatre from November 2021,[15] [16] having taken the role of The Narrator in the original 2020 production.[17]

In 2016 he was writer-in-residence at Theatr Clwyd,[18] and in 2018 was poet-in-residence at the Inspire Poetry Festival in Nottingham.[19]

From 2019 to 2021 he was a creative associate at Nottingham Playhouse.[20]

In 2019 he wrote, created and directed Track Record, a spoken word poem celebrating the accents of people living along the line of the LNER railway, fronted by Scottish DJ Edith Bowman.[21] [22]

In January 2022 he appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live and discussed his life and career.[23]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ben Norris . Verve Poetry Press . 15 January 2022.
  2. News: Nead . Sam . Interview with Ben Norris . 15 January 2022 . Voice Magazine . 12 May 2018 . en-gb.
  3. Web site: Ben Norris . Our People . British Youth Music Theatre . 16 January 2022.
  4. Web site: English student wins poetry slam . University of Birmingham . 16 January 2022 . 31 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Ben Norris . Independent Talent . 16 January 2022.
  6. News: Khaleeli . Homa . On the road in search of Dad . 16 January 2022 . The Guardian . 1 August 2015 . en.
  7. News: Cook . Craig . The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family . 16 January 2022 . The Advertiser . 26 February 2018.
  8. News: Open Letter From Ben Norris About The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Family In Adelaide . 16 January 2022 . scenestr - Pop Culture & Entertainment . 18 February 2018 . en-gb.
  9. News: Ballands . James . Theatre review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family at York Theatre Royal . 16 January 2022 . British Theatre Guide . 28 September 2016.
  10. Web site: BBC Arts - BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals - The Poetry Slam returns . BBC . 15 January 2022 . 2018.
  11. News: Ben Norris — 'Some Ending' . 15 January 2022 . www.sphinxreview.co.uk . en-gb.
  12. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - The Archers - 4 Things you'll want to know about the new Ben Archer . BBC . 15 January 2022.
  13. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, Ben and Ruairi get caught . BBC . 28 October 2018 . 15 January 2022.
  14. News: The Choir of Man full West End cast has been announced! . 16 January 2022 . London Theatre Direct . 7 October 2021 . en.
  15. News: The Choir of Man review – testosterone on tap . 15 January 2022 . The Guardian . 10 November 2021 . en.
  16. Web site: Ben Norris . Choir of Man West End . 15 January 2022 . 8 November 2021.
  17. Web site: Ben Norris . The Choir of Man . 16 January 2022 . 27 August 2020.
  18. Web site: Writers in Residence . Theatr Clwyd . 16 January 2022.
  19. Web site: Books are Moving – a poem by Ben Norris commissioned by Inspire . www.inspireculture.org.uk . Inspire - Culture, Learning, Libraries . 16 January 2022 . 3 October 2019.
  20. Web site: Creative Associates Alumni . Nottingham Playhouse . 16 January 2022.
  21. News: LNER launches bid to protect regional accents as people admit they can't tell them apart . 16 January 2022 . www.sunderlandecho.com . 12 February 2019 . en.
  22. Web site: Celebrating the Geordie accent with LNER's Track Record . Nomipalony . 16 January 2022 . 13 February 2019.
  23. Web site: Saturday Live . www.bbc.co.uk . BBC Sounds . 15 January 2022. 16 January 2022. Norris appears from 44:15

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