Career
Ben Watton"s first professional stage appearance was at the age of 6, appearing as a mini Bobby Ball opposite the comedians Cannon and Ball in A Night of a Thousand Laughs at the Pavilion in Bournemouth. At the age of 7, he was chosen to play Tiny Tim in a new musical adaptation of "Scrooge" with Jakes Ladder Company, a small professional company, at Bryanston Arts Centre in Blandford and at the Tivoli in Wimborne, under the direction of Steve Eaton-Evans. Ben Watton made his West End debut aged 9, having been chosen at the age of 8 from nationwide open auditions to play "Michael Banks" in the original cast of the Disney/Cameron Mackintosh musical "Mary Poppins", appearing at both the Bristol Hippodrome and the Prince Edward in the West End, under the direction of Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne.
In 2006/2007 he played the juvenile lead in "Robin Hood & The Babes In The Wood" for United Kingdom Productions, at the Pavilion in Bournemouth.
