Ben Jacobs

Ben trained in Lighting Design at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. 

His work has been nominated for the Off West End Award for Best Lighting Design four times, as well as winning the award in 2018 and 2022.

Lighting Designer credits include: Oliver! (Chichester & Gielgud), Miss Julie (Park Theatre), Singin’ in the Rain (Teatro Sergio Cardoso, São Paulo), King Hamlin (Park Theatre), Evita (Parque Villa-Lobos, Sau Paulo), Dawn French is a Huge Twat (UK tour), Salome, Seussical, Bring it On (Southwark Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Wilton's Music Hall), Caterpillar (Stephen Joseph Theatre), The Sorrows of Satan (Brocket Hall), Dolphins & Sharks, Melting Pot, Maggie & Pierre (Finborough Theatre), NoMad, Lord of the Flies, Edward II (Greenwich Theatre), Nora: A Doll's House, H.R.Aitch, Heartbreak House, Carmen, Twang, Privates on Parade, Imagine This (Union Theatre), Midlife Cowboy, Freefall (Pleasance Theatre), Sister (Ovalhouse), People We Didn't Quite Meet, Red, Are We Stronger Than Winston (The Place), Proud, Southern Belles, Stripped, The Stones (King's Head Theatre), One Giant Leap, Gentleman Jack, Taro, Precious Little, The White Rose, Kes, Golden F**king Years, Three Sisters, Dracula, Cinderella, Macbeth, The State of Things, Frankenstein, Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Side by Side by Sondheim (Jack Studio Theatre), Caterpillar, In Event of Moone Disaster, The State We're In, Elexion, Red Like Embers (Theatre 503), Adam & Eve, Foul Pages (The Hope Theatre), The Lower Depths, Hamlet, Burial at Thebes, Love & Information, Secret Circus (RCSSD), Cuncrete, Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave (UK Tour), Jamaica Inn, I Love my Love, The Lost Happy Endings, Fanny & Faggot (Tabard Theatre), Macbeth (Bussey Building), Lunatic, The League of Youth (Theatre N16).

Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer credits include: The Motive and the Cue (Nöel Coward), Dear England (National & Gielgud), Les Misérables (UK tour/West End/International), Anna (National Theatre, Dorfman), Le Nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne), Sondheim’s Old Friends (Sondheim), The Lorax (Old Vic), Ostalgie (National Theatre Studio) Project O (Southbank Centre), Crave (Prague Quadrennial).