I’m Ben. (He/they)
I’m just out here making stuff and being a silly goose.

I am a Naarm (Melbourne) based producer, graphic designer, production designer, photographer and performer (adhd) working on the unceded lands of the Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations.

I am the founder and creative producer of The Maybe Pile an award winning independent production company serving as a banner for most of my latest creative output, which has included many aspects of theatre production including Producing, Stage Management, Sound Design, Production Design, Graphic Design and Set + Prop Design/Construction, and with sights to make a dent in film + television production in the near future. The Maybe Pile have been producing critically acclaimed award winning new Australian writing with a strong focus on emerging queer voices.

I was previously the head of RMIT University’s Performing Arts Program, and the founder and artistic director of this is NOT a film festival - a regular short film event that people really seemed to enjoy.

I also have over a decade of experience as a freelance graphic designer, photographer, and videographer inside and outside of the performing arts industry working with a diverse range of clients/venues/companies including Red Bull, Seek.com, Rapha, No Such Place, RMIT University, Swinburne University, Melbourne University, AltMed, Phytoca, Werkstätte H, Hensby & Beckett, Trinity Grammar School Kew, MLC, Seymour Centre, Geelong Arts Centre, Melbourne Shakespeare Company, Artefact Theatre Co, Slay Theatre, Hearth Theatre, among others.

I am currently one of the 6 inaugural recipients of the Creative Victoria funded MILKE Producer Mentoring Program and was selected to be a Melbourne Fringe Festival Judge in 2024. In my spare time I work full time at a high school making sets and props and just generally dicking about with theatre.

Recent Shows:

  • Boys on the Verge of Tears - by Sam Grabiner - March 2025 - fortyfivedownstairs - producer, set designer, photographer + graphic designer

  • Hamlet - Sept 2024 - dir. Iain Sinclair - fortyfivedownstairs, (for Melbourne Shakespeare Company) - photographer + graphic designer

  • Trophy Boys - by Emmanuelle Mattana - June-Aug 2024 – National Tour - Geelong Arts Center, Seymour Centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Bowery Theatre, The Art House Wyong, Canberra Theatre Centre

  • Saturn Return Policy - by Jaxson Garni - Melbourne International Comedy Fest April 2023

  • A FINE LINE - by Lily Hensby & Lotte Beckett - Oct 2023 – Fringe Hub - Trades Hall

  • Constellations - by Nick Payne - Oct 2023 – fortyfivedownstairs - Sound design + Photography/Graphic Design (for Artefact Theatre Co.)

  • Trophy Boys - by Emmanuelle Mattana - Feb 2023 – fortyfivedownstairs

  • Canary - by Isabella Perversi - Oct 2022 - Trades Hall

  • Donor - by Julia Grace - Oct 2022 - The Motley Bauhaus

  • Death of a Salesman - by Arthur Miller - Feb 2022 – fortyfivedownstairs - co-producer, photographer + graphic designer (for Hearth Theatre)

  • Burn This - by Landford Wilson - Feb 2021 – fortyfivedownstairs - production manager, stage manager

Location: Melbourne, Australia
Email: ben@themaybepile.com.au
Instagram: @ben.andrews___ + @themaybepileau

Studied:
RMIT University (Melbourne) - Screen (Film + Television)
The Graphic Design School (Melbourne) - Graphic Design
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (London) - Sound Design for Theatre
Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London) - Lighting Design for Theatre
16th Street Actor’s Studio (Melbourne) - Acting