About
Ben Robertson (he/him) is an emerging multidisciplinary artist practicing on Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, MB. He is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg's Honours Acting Program (2022) and completed the Intimacy Directors and Coordinators Certification Intensive (2025).
Ben Robertson as Boyet in Love's Labours' Lost, Dir. Rodrigo Beilfuss at the Asper Centre for Theatre & Film, 2019. Photo Credit: Leif Norman
Bachelor of Arts, Honors
Theatre and Film
University of Winnipeg, 2022
Live Theatre
Acting in local Fringe Festivals, Fight Direction, Class TA for University of Winnipeg, Class TA for Manitoba Theatre for Young People
Intimacy Directing
Certification pending through Intimacy Director & Coordinators (IDC) 2025
Vocal Training
Shannon Vicars (Voice & Speech)
Melanie White & Jim Steward (Singing)
Movement & Choreography
Principles of Physical Training for the Actor with Alli Robson
Mime and Improv with Rick Skene and Shannon Guile
Stage Combat with Shannon Guile
Advanced Movement Training with Tom Stroud
Masterclasses & Workshops
Consent and Improv Comedy with Luis Cortez
The Art of Consent in Non-Consent with Rachel Lee Flesher and Jessica Erin Bennett
Intimacy Direction for Opera with Katherine Carter, Sara E Widzer, Doug Scholz Carlson
Moving Out of the Shadows: Understanding BDSM and Storytelling with Amanda Rue
Left to Right: Emma Welham (Moth), Artie Lorraine (Armando) Ben Robertson (Boyet) in Love's Labours' Lost, Dir. Rodrigo Beilfuss, 2019. Photo Credit: Leif Norman
Publications and Recognition
Show Reviews
Two Gentlemen of Verona, dir. Dryden Dilts & David Lange
Indifferently Reformed
Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2024
"Lots of clever touches elevate this nutty take on Shakespeare... the principal characters, Valentine (Ben Robertson) and Proteus (Liam Dutiaume) are chatting onstage as the audience enters, establishing their buddy-buddy relationship before the first line is uttered..."
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Read full review by Janice Sawka in the Winnipeg Free Press here.
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"The cadence and performances were never once clunky, but evidently the ensemble not only is familiar with the text, but created a kaleidoscope through their mastery of the poet’s nuances and tongue and cheek references, all under the setting of a country club."
Read full review by Stephanie Adamov in the Jenny Revue here.
Wayne Nicklas Memorial Scholarship
Manitoba Theatre for Young People, 2016
For excellence on-stage throughout the 2015-2016 season at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP).