Alex Benjamin is a playwright and director from Bedfordshire who recently completed an MA in English from the University of Exeter. His work, which combines technological subject matters with visceral fringe theatre, has appeared at VAULT Festival, Exeter's Bike Shed Theatre and the Camden Fringe.
Alex Benjamin
05 Nov
Reviews 
Review: THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR at Southwark Playhouse
By Alex Benjamin Monday, November 5 2018, 07:16
Iman Qureshi’s moving play about faith, death and sexuality triumphs by finding the potential for empathy amid a tangle of conflicting cultures.
08 Oct
New Shows
Preview Report: THE INHERITANCE at the Noel Coward Theatre
By Alex Benjamin Monday, October 8 2018, 11:01
American writer Matthew Lopez’ enormous play has already written itself into theatrical canon since a widely beloved premiere at the Young Vic, so a move to the West End was a natural fit. A two-part play coming in at nearly 7 hours, The Inheritance reworks E. M. Forster’s Howards End into a vast story of gay men’s love in contemporary New York.
26 Sep
Reviews
Review: 4.48 PSYCHOSIS at the New Diorama Theatre
By Alex Benjamin Wednesday, September 26 2018, 10:07
Sarah Kane’s final play 4.48 Psychosis has become integrated into theatrical legend since its posthumous premiere in 2000, a delirious expression of depression and suicidal thoughts told through fragmented scenes and evocative poetry.