Ben Watton

Ben Watton (born 28 July 1995) is an English child actor and drummer for Galaxy Thief from Bournemouth, Dorset, England.

Watton made his West End debut aged 9, having been chosen at age 8 from nationwide open auditions to play Michael Banks in the original cast of the Disney/Cameron Mackintosh musical Mary Poppins,[1] appearing at both the Bristol Hippodrome and the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End, under the direction of Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne.

He appeared in November 2005 as the Court Jester in the world premiere of George and the Fairytale, a play co-written and directed by the actress Sandra Dickinson and her partner Mark Osmond.

In 2006-2007 he played the juvenile lead in Robin Hood & The Babes In The Wood for UK Productions, at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth.

Watton also appears in leading roles in two separate series of educational DVDs, both now being used in various European countries to teach English to foreign students.