Jake Benson

Jake Benson has been working in the Arts for over 10 years. As an actor, he has appeared in various theatre and screen productions including: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Greenside, Edinburgh); Years and Years (BBC/HBO); Iqbal Khan’s Of Mice and Men (Birmingham REP/Leeds Playhouse), the BAFTA qualifying film, First Sight, and most recently, Trainspotting. Alongside this, he has provided his voice for the LEGO video game franchise; The King’s Man; and podcasts Shadows at the Door; and The NoSleep Podcast. As a writer, Jake debuted his first play How to (Politely) Dispose of One’s Mother in 2015 to a sell-out run, followed by an industry reading in London in 2023, it is now in development as a …