Darren Bennett

Darren Bennett is a leading stage and screen actor, who has an extensive career in the West End and in theatres across the UK

Darren recently starred in Titanique at the Criterion Theatre, London.

West End credits include: Vince Fontaine in Grease (Dominion Theatre) and Alternate/Cover Lawrence and Andre in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre). Darren also appeared in the role of Christopher Wren in the 39^th year cast of The Mousetrap at the St Martins Theatre.

National Tours include: Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Byron Mayo in An Officer And A Gentlemen, Bobby Child in Crazy For You, Don Lockwood in Singin’ In The Rain, Billy Lawlor in 42^nd Street, Spring in Hot Shoe Shuffle, Riff in West Side Story, Steve in Summer Holiday, Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, Glitterboy in Hot Stuff, Wayne/Rock Hard in Hold Tight It’s 60’s Night, Gideon in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Pierre in The Boyfriend.

Other theatre includes: Pat Denning in 42^nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), Karl Lindner in A Raisin in the Sun, Lieutenant Shrank in West Side Story, Fezziwig in Scrooge, Lane & Merriman in The Importance of Being Earnest and Callahan in Legally Blonde (all for Curve Leicester), Abanazar in Aladdin (O2), Ivor Novello in Two Most Perfect Things (Riverside Studios), Joe Josephson in Merrily We Roll Along (Theatre Clywd), Rooster in Annie (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Gary Strong in Radio Times At (Watermill, Newbury), Feste in Twelfth Night, Max in Lend Me A Tenor, Cheviot Hill in Engaged, Bill Snibson in Me and My Girl (Perth Theatre, Scotland), Frederic in Pirates of Penzance (The Barn Theatre, Brighton), Valentine in You Never Can Tell, Dan in Night Must Fall, Jan Warwick in The Unexpected Guest, Seymour in Little Shop Of Horrors, Gary in A Slice of Saturday Night (Mercury Theatre, Colchester), Don Lockwood in Singin’ In The Rain (Courtyard Theatre, Hereford), Company in Fiddler On The Roof (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Serpent in Back To Methuselah, Lexy Mill in Candida, Squarcio in The Foundling and Tombes in The Twelve Pound Look (Shaw’s Corner, Ayot St Lawrence).

Film & TV: Better Man directed by Michael Gracey (Saban Films), The Sound of Music Live directed by Coky Giedroyc (ITV1) and Cinderella with Camila Cabello (Columbia Pictures/Amazon Prime).

Workshops include: Armitage in Love Birds,King Connelly in Build Me Up Buttercup (Dominion Studio), Man in Longer Than It Takes To Say Goodbye, Boromir/Company in Lord Of The Rings, Mr Gault in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane and Gene Kelly in Ol’ Blue Eyes.

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