Ben Walmsley

Dr / Senior Lecturer
Entertainment Management

Location: Bronte 102
Telephone: 0113 812 5747
Email: b.walmsley@leedsmet.ac.uk

Ben's professional background is in theatre management and producing. In 1997, he produced and directed Ionesco's La cantatrice chauve as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, before moving to Paris, where he taught at the Sorbonne. He managed One World Actors Productions in Paris for two years and then moved back to the UK to manage the leading Scottish touring company Benchtours, before taking up a managerial post at the new National Theatre of Scotland.

Ben currently teaches on the BA (Hons) degree in Entertainment Management. His research interests are related to the benefits and qualitative value and impact of theatre.