Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to playwright, screenwriter and performer Ben Target. Ben's critically-acclaimed play LORENZO won The Scotsman’s Fringe First Award and received Off West End Award and Holden Street Theatres’ Award nominations. The show had sellout runs at Soho Theatre (London) and Summerhall (Edinburgh) and is transferring to 59E59 Theater (New York ) and Sydney Opera House Studio. For TV, Ben has written and performed for Jamali Maddix’s Clickbait (All 4), Joe Lycett’s Junk (BBC3), What-A-Cool Gadget Show (BBC 3), Comedy Marathon (BBC 3) and Performance Anxiety (Comedy Central). Ben co-wrote and co-directed the short Frank with Joe Parham (BAFTA Award winner)and co-directed The Bird starring Julia Davis (nine-time BAFTA Award nominee). In the chat, Ben talks about approaching art, comedy, clowning, his show Lozenzo, his family’s response to his chosen profession and also we get on to talking about X Files Season 2 Episode 23 Soft Light. Follow Ben on Instagram at Ben Target Follow us on Instagram at Believe Me Pod X

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