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Ben O’Reilly 

Ben is the writer, performer and creative designer of comedy acts, The Super Stylists; Glam Air; Tinseltown Tonight TV; The Fat Swags; The Life Coaches; The Evangelists; The Jolly Jumbucks; and The Plastic Surgeons.  His characters have entertained guests for corporations such as Clayton Utz, ING, ABN Amro, Deloitte, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Samsung, Sydney Olympic Park, Telstra, Optus, L’Oreal and The Australian Tourism Board.

Ben has written, devised and performed hoaxes and road shows for Mallesons, Epson, Sanofi Aventis, IPAC, Masterfoods, and Johnson & Johnson.  He’s MC’d for Sydney on Sale, RSVP, Grant Thornton, Hair Expo, The Royal Australian Mint, St George, Westpac, ANZ, Macquarie Bank and The Australian Public Service Commission.  Ben has also entertained for charities such as the National Breast Cancer and Starlight Foundations, Barnados and the Oz Showbiz Cares annual Hats Off for Charity event.

Ben’s many theatre, film, TV, radio and recording credits include: Now Hear This; The Phantom of the Opera; The Pirates of Penzance; He Died With a Felafel In His Hand; Garage Days; The Crop; Police Rescue; All Saints; Above the Law; The Cherry Orchard; Endgame; Aloft; After the Fall; Chekhov in Yalta; Season at Sarasparilla; La Cage Aux Folles; Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; Hedgerow House; Blind Forty; The Night We Blitzed the Bridge; Someone’s Son; The Boys in the Band; A Little More Funny Business; Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love; Poor Superman and Only Heaven Knows.

 Ben is also the recipient of the Canberra Theatre Critics Circle and Canberra Area Theatre Awards.