About Ben
Ben Wiles is a musical theatre specialist who is based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He has extensive experience of working in a theatre environment as a musical director, composer, orchestrator, chorus master, vocal coach and pianist.
Ben has also developed a strong profile in education, teaching singing, music and musical theatre at college and university level, while leading workshops and musically directing productions for organisations such as the Derngate and Royal Youth Theatre in Northampton and Bedfordshire Youth Opera.
As a musical director, he has worked on dozens of productions as MD and chorus master ranging from The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni to Children of Eden and Les Misèrables. He has recently finished musically directing a professional production of Cinderella in Broxbourne.
As a composer and lyricist, he has written several shows, most recently Trouble Comes in Threes (Bedfordshire schools tour), Amsterdam (short musical) and, with Danni Stoops, Giddy Goat The Musical (George Wood Theatre, London).
He holds a BA(Hons) in Performing Arts from Middlesex University and an MA in Musical Theatre Writing from Goldsmiths College, University of London.