Ben Stephens

During his first year at Theatre Nepean, Ben was invited by John Milson to attend WAAPA studying Musical Theatre. Whilst at WAAPA, Ben played ‘Barry Doyle’ in ‘Summer Rain’ and ‘Franklin Shepard’ in ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ as well as ensemble roles in ‘My Favourite Year’, ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ and ‘Carousel’. In his final year, Ben successfully auditioned for ‘Figaro’ in ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ after an invitation from the WA Conservatorium of Music and WA Opera Company.

After a long break from performance, Ben played ‘Patroclus’ in a revival of Jon English’s Rock Opera, ‘Paris’, for Southern Cross Musicals as well as an Australian Musical Workshop for Kookaburra Musical Theatre Company.

In 2009 Ben was cast in Jerry Springer the Musical at the Sydney Opera House and Jekyll & Hyde and he is currently performing all over the world with phenomenally successful, The Ten Tenors .