With an eye on an international stage career, 18 year old Ben has been performing since he was 5, including learning the piano from 5 and clarinet since he was 8. Ben has been heavily involved in the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand's (SGCNZ) Sheila Wynn Shakespeare festival and amongst his many awards was recently selected as one of only 25 students for a Young Shakespeare Company trip to The Globe in London to study with world class Shakespearean actors and perform at the home of Shakespeare.