Episode Details

Hey there! Welcome to episode 20 of A View from the Box - The Podcast which is also my first episode featuring artists from the Toronto Fringe Festival! Today, I'm chatting with Ben Yoganathan!

Ben Yoganathan is an actor, writer, composer, and director born in Sri Lanka and based in Toronto. Ben has performed in a range of acclaimed productions, including Henry Five with Driftwood Theatre, Three Sisters with The Howland Company, Behind the Moon at the Belfry Theatre, and the Dora-nominated musical Killing Time with Mixtape Project. As a composer, he’s created music for theatre and dance, including Kole Durnford’s ECHO at the Edmonton Fringe, and works featured at Fall for Dance North, Festival Quartiers Danses, and Kinetic Studio. He’s also written two full-length plays: Hunger, which premiered at the Terra Firma Festival, and ZEITGEIST, which he directed earlier this year and which is set to premiere at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. Ben recently completed a creation residency with Experi Theater in Zurich, Switzerland, where he developed and performed a one-person show. He was also selected for an international residency with Odin Teatret in Denmark.

You can find Ben on Instagram at: OFF THE NOSE (@off.the.nose) • Instagram photos and videos

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