Benjamin Salmon is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and performer based in London.

As a writer and creator, Benjamin’s work often explores what it means to be queer, circa now — and all the challenges, humour and complexities that come with that emotional terrain.
His work is funny, emotional, tender — and a little bit dangerous.

After growing up in the West Midlands, Benjamin trained as an actor at National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, before being accepted onto Soho Theatre’s Writers Lab program, where he developed his first play, Blowhole (Pleasance London, Pleasance Edinburgh and Soho Theatre 2019-23).

Benjamin’s other plays include:- Our House (National Youth Theatre, 2019); LOVE BOMB (National Youth Theatre, 2023); and Lear is Not Okay (Almeida Theatre, 2024).

Benjamin is Associate Playwright on the 2025/26 academic year cycle of the New Views programme at National Theatre.

He is also a Visiting Lecturer at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, where he teaches playwriting.

Benjamin was included on Sister Pictures and Olivia Colman’s South of the River Pictures’ SCREENSHOT commendation list of the most exciting comedy writer-performers based in the UK.

His spec script for television, Chutzpah, received a nomination for Best Comedy Script at the 2022 TV Foundation New Voice Awards.

Benjamin has also written and contributed to online outlets such as What’s On Stage.

When he’s not working in showbiz, Benjamin enjoys eating hummus, watching the Real Housewives, and making his nieces and nephews laugh.