Ben Hewis @benhewis Twitter profile

Last Seen Profiles

@darnellru53

@marcosalonso03

@AlejandroC14524

@EQUALITYquantum

@llambchop916

@AashiChhabra18

@KeepFlyingBand

@erikbulnes_

@yuuka06969

@GodlessLiz

@FuyuImamur73584

@ppbwbp

@GodwokenRises

@dotno_hamutarou

@galery_basah10

@GANGERBOY_

@m099er

@SRc94kwb

@mahaeldahan

@patrick_yacco

@JvdRieth

@realtradey

@bokeplokalmalam

@mnyaginbiri

@Kamigoroshi

@CaseyToGo

@cmshelton2021

@xim100

@1queenhappiness

@KorirBrianKE

@Cr1msonIV

@KIMTAEHYUNGBAR_

@MaciDavies74976

@humitodchala

@HarrisElli54415

@Walkerkael2

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

3 years

IKEA: We don’t want anti/unvaccinated people in our stores. Anti-Vaxxers: #BOYCOTTIKEA IKEA: Well that was easy. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

234

3K

28K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Describe the plot of a musical but make it sound awful. Eg: American history lesson spoken very fast.

4K

1K

14K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Lost count how many times I’ve been told to ‘grow some balls’, ‘man up’, ‘stop being a pussy’, in the last 24 hours. This is why so many male victims are too scared to come forward. If you have a son, please teach them they don’t have to be emotionless to be a ‘man’.

268

741

11K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Today Alex Belfield has been sentenced to 5 years 26 weeks in prison for his stalking myself and 7 others. I'm thrilled justice has been served & excited to move on with the rest of my life. For anyone interested in what I was subjected to, below is my victim personal statement:

642

659

8K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

I’m not fucked off with bojo for cancelling Christmas and breaking my mum’s heart, the science is the science, I’m fucked off with him for being such a clusterc*nt and getting our hopes up in the first place. 🖕🏼

111

459

6K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

My plans: 2020:

17

688

3K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

I’m number 26386 in the queue for Les Mis tickets, which means someone is 24601 and if they don’t screengrab that it’s probably the worst thing to happen in 2020

29

170

3K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Some boys fight. But in a dancey way.

20

40

3K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

7 years

@theresa_may @GuardianHeather Good luck seeing the GP about that cough, there’s a three week waiting list.

68

315

2K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

Benedict Cumberbatch to star in new play written by ‘Sherlock’ co-star Andrew Scott | via @SkyNews

62

509

2K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

8 years

@Lin_Manuel @CynthiaEriVo @joshgad I’m afraid Lord Lloyd Webber has already called dibs on the tambourine

11

131

2K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

3 years

If you’re whining about Ben Platt looking too old for the DEH film then you probably shouldn’t watch Grease...

24

130

2K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

3 years

God, Barcelona is stunning isn’t it? 😍😍

22

51

2K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

This sign language interpreter at an Eminem concert...

34

456

2K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

1 year

Please to report that Alex Belfield’s appeal against his conviction/sentencing for Stalking myself and seven others has been rejected.

58

49

1K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Shout out to my daughter who is doing self isolation way better than any of you.

19

16

1K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

3 years

Oh I love love love this. The cast of Come From Away receive the best welcome back as they return to film the show on Broadway.

12

110

1K

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

1 year

After 17 years together, 12 of them married, my wife has finally agreed to watch Eurovision with me. The power of @hanwaddingham knows no bounds.

8

6

908

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

5 things I’ve learnt from freelancing: 1. Not working in an office is as liberating as it is isolating 2. Off-peak trains are magical places of tranquility 3. Freelancers don’t have set hours, they work ALL the hours 4. Gyms are empty at 6am 5. Starbucks WiFi is shite

18

70

793

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

but could I forgive Alex Belfield for what he has done to us? No, never. Largely because after hearing the hell he has made our lives for so long, he continues to show absolutely no remorse, which leads me to believe that he will continue doing this to many more people,

47

25

765

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

I’M GOING TO HAVE A DAUGHTER!!!!

67

2

767

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

We are over the moon to introduce our beautiful daughter, Ada Ann Hewis. Born on 8th July 2020 at 5:55pm, weighing 8lb. Mum is an absolute superhero. Albie is smitten with his little sister and is the perfect big brother. Dad is head over heels in love with all three of them.

139

5

760

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

People: hey Ben, you like theatre, what should I see? Me: Emilia, Come From Away or All My Sons People: I think I might go check out Thriller Live.

8

78

715

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Woman wants to kill lots of dogs

10

6

642

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

This is the Royal Albert Hall. This is how many people have died with COVID this year. We’re only a week in. Please stay at home when you can. And when you can’t, wear a mask.

4

291

660

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Since first encountering Alex Belfield in 2019, not a day has gone by without me losing countless waking and sleeping hours, terrified about what he might do next to target me and my family.

21

24

558

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

Just heard EastEnders ratings have dropped so they’re going to sub out the guy who plays Ian Beale for the summer and replace him with Jack from Love Island. Adam Woodyatt will be back in the autumn.

10

62

535

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

8 years

Hey @Lin_Manuel , imma let you finish, but Lord Lloyd Webber had the best stagey GQ cover of all time.

5

48

524

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

For almost three years I’ve been subjected to the most painfully personal attacks. Belfield has waged a relentless, multi-pronged intimidation and harassment campaign that has left me psychologically and emotionally drained of the vim and vigour that defined my character before

7

24

494

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

as long as he is allowed to do so, and as long as online platforms continue to facilitate this behaviour with paltry policies that protect no one apart from themselves.

86

13

494

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

It also meant that I had to keep watching the videos in order to make specific time stamped complaints to YouTube to have them taken down. The emotional and psychological damage this has all had on me is profound and I am seeking therapy to help me move on and begin to heal.

2

14

485

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

I can’t stop thinking about how vitally important it is that young women go and see Emilia. So I thought I’d try do something about it. Here’s a GoFundMe to buy tickets for as many young women as possible. If you are able, please donate here:

31

239

488

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

The utmost important thing in my life is my family and Alex Belfield knew this. From his very first email and in the majority of communications thereafter, he used my wife and children as his main weapon to terrify, intimidate and blackmail me.

6

18

465

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

A video series where I interview theatre people in their kitchen while they cook their favourite meal. Who’d watch it? 😂

54

3

472

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

In almost 100 emails he threatened me with rising court costs, costs which now appear to have been fabricated to alarm and blackmail me, since no evidence has been provided that any legal action was ever taken.

8

15

453

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Living in fear of this on a daily basis had an enormous strain on my family life, for most of my wife’s pregnancy with our second child I was withdrawn and vacant, a time that was supposed to be joyous and exciting, stolen from me by Belfield.

2

13

453

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

I had the misfortune of coming across him. Where I was once optimistic and motivated, I am now more often the opposite. I worry this will take a long time to repair, I know I won’t ever be the same person I once was.

9

19

449

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Right, @mrJamesGraham has inspired me. Basically, Drunk Plays. Like Drunk History, but Playwrights write a short (2m 20secs) monologue, WHILE DRUNK. An actor then performs it, also WHILE DRUNK. We share, people laugh, all is good. Any playwrights/actors interested?

121

38

464

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

In one video he wrote liar across my two year old son’s face and used that as a thumbnail on a video seen by hundreds of thousands of people. The photos he used were of some of the happiest moments of my life - my son’s christening, our first family holiday -

8

15

442

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Ok, let’s pass some time with #IsolateAMusical I’ll start... Inside Story

363

87

458

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Hey guys, can we agree not to tweet out rumours about shows closing/not coming back? Massively unfair for all those people working on the show.

8

40

441

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Here’s @mrjamesob being absolutely brilliant on why arts and culture is inherently not elitist.

LBC

@LBC

2 years

'The idea that these things are middle-class or posh is a national tragedy!' James O'Brien is furious at those who make enjoying the arts 'elitist' in this passionate rant about the 'magic of art and culture'. @mrjamesob

204

631

2K

14

90

372

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

In multiple videos published on his YouTube channel he stole my family photos and used them alongside his vile rants and assaults on my character, calling me a bad parent for not giving into his intimidation, promising to ‘hound’ me for the rest of my life.

3

13

418

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

He regularly told me I’d lose my family home and on multiple occasions said that he had hired solicitors or private investigators to find out where I live.

2

14

414

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

I followed the advice of platforms and government organisations to block and report trolls, but all this did was lock myself away and leave my family and business vulnerable to further attacks.

3

17

403

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

now they will forever be tainted by his abuse. If he wanted to illustrate his videos with pictures of me, there are hundreds available of me on my own, but he chose ones that featured my family, knowing full well the devastating effect this would have on me.

5

11

401

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

8 years

Churross Kemp wins #gbbo

3

166

400

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

In the prosecutions opening statement it was said that Belfield’s crime was more akin to online trolling than physical stalking. I think this takes something away from the harm that has been caused to me and the other seven victims (as well as Belfield’s countless other victims

2

17

401

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Blocking was also a futile exercise as Belfield continued to seek out new ways to get to me when others failed. When blocked on Twitter he used other accounts to see what I was tweeting and routinely publicly mocked me to his social media followers,

5

20

389

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Belfield knew my wife was pregnant and chose to contact her on Facebook with his lies and intimidation tactics, attaching an image of the baby scan, wilfully and without fear of consequence putting her in grave danger.

7

19

386

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

3 years

No Lorraine, Hamilton was the new In the Heights 🙄

5

21

388

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

See that? I made that, I did. 😍

12

0

375

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

with biased and unfair court reporting that aimed to portray us as inept attention seekers to his half a million followers. So please don’t look at this as ‘only emails’ or ‘only tweets’ or ‘only vlogs on YouTube’. Just because Alex isn’t a knife wielding attacker on the street,

1

13

368

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

@sabrinaaloueche Les Mis or Aladdin? 😉

1

3

364

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

He may not have physically come near us, but his actions could easily have caused severe physical harm. When he wasn’t targeting my family he was going for my business in an attempt to destroy my means of income.

7

9

362

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

posting screen grabs he could only have obtained by using an account that I hadn’t blocked. He also regularly asked his followers to contact me - which they did, sending threatening tweets on multiple occasions - and as his subscribers have grown this has became

2

15

361

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

it is where all corners of life come together. Therefore online stalking and harassment in today’s world has the ability to cause the same if not greater harm and consequences as physically stalking someone in person.

1

14

354

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

On many occasions he tweeted lies to my clients, telling them I’d avoided contact from the police and was perverting the course of justice, painting me out to be a liar and a criminal to people I’ve spent years developing a relationship with.

3

9

352

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

increasingly worrying, everywhere I go I fear confrontations with people he’s lied to about me. One of the most distressing moments in the last three years was when Belfield attempted to contact my wife on Facebook.

1

9

351

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

that are too afraid to come forward). With the proliferation of social media, the internet is no longer a collection of documents on a series of computers, it is a place where people make friends, carry out business, learn new skills, share their happiest and saddest moments,

2

12

351

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

My wife being pregnant at the time of Belfield’s harassment, I chose not to tell her, as I feared the huge stress caused by Belfield’s harassment could lead to complications in the pregnancy or even a miscarriage.

1

9

344

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Online he was able to contact me at any time of day via multiple online platforms that seemingly hold no accountability for the behaviour of their users. Online he was able to build a mob of followers and instruct them to also harass me, many anonymously.

4

14

336

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

So much time was spent contacting clients and friends pleading with them not to pay him any attention. Google search results for my name still to this day come up with a defamatory article on his website which he has said has had 100,000s views,

2

11

334

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

doesn’t mean he hasn’t cause his victims a multitude of life-changing psychological injuries. I like to think of myself as a forgiving person - you have to be with two young children who constantly throw stuff at you and call you names -

7

12

331

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

Handing out almost 100 tickets just now was one of the most fulfilling things I’ve ever done. I can’t wait to see what they think afterwards! #YESTheatre

10

8

334

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

filled with lies in attempt to make him out to be my victim. Internet search referrals are a big part of my new business, so this has potentially cost me £10,000s in lost business revenue.

2

9

323

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

8 years

Congrats to Benedict Cumberbatch on his #WOSAward . Enjoyed filming his acceptance speech in a trailer in Surrey!

4

157

325

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Online he was able to come at me from multiple angles without ever lifting more than a finger on his keyboard. Online he still caused me to have panic attacks. Online he still made me feel isolated, wracked with guilt and fear and pain.

2

11

321

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Literally got no time for people posting about THEATRES NOT OPENING UNTIL 2021 for likes/RTs and shiz. The implications go waaaay beyond people not being able to watch a show like, wayyyy beyond.

12

16

329

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Online he still could have caused my wife to miscarry. And because of his claims that he is a journalist despite many times prior to the trial saying he has never being one and would never want to be, online he was able to carry on intimidating his victims throughout the trial

2

11

316

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

I don’t know where this theatre made of hay bales is but I really want to go.

14

29

324

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

7 years

Hey @Lin_Manuel , I understand this lyric now, and it’s one of the best in the whole show.

3

14

316

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

All theatre fans must use his phonetic alphabet henceforth: Ayckbourn Broadway CamMack Dench Elphaba Friedman Grandage Hamilton Imelda JamesGraham Kwei-Armah Lin-Manuel McKellen National Olivier Pinter QDOS Rylance Shakespeare Theatre Urinetown Van Hove Webber Xanadu Yentl Zuko

13

73

311

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Before you consider accusing producers of being wreckless money grabbers for not closing shows/venues, remember that a lot will be stalling because of the livelihoods that rely on them and in fact the drop in box office is probably costing them more than a closure would.

5

35

314

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

Did John Lewis just drop their Christmas Advert in September? #johnlewis

6

28

307

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Rishi posturing that Self Employed will pay higher tax in the future because they're being treated the same as employed. Does this mean in the future that they'll give us holiday/sick pay/pension???

13

64

302

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

@AstroChristiane I feel like this is just the actual synopsis... 😂

4

0

301

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

3 years

3

25

310

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

Company marketing guy: NOW YOU JOIN TWITTER?!

3

16

298

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

if you then you don't don't love deserve me at my me at my

1

76

292

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

7 years

Police: Trafalgar Square has been evacuated. ISIS: IT WAS US, WE DID IT! Police: False alarm ISIS:

6

99

280

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

Feb 25th 2018 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Feb 25th 2019 What a difference a year makes... Congrats Olivia!

1

9

274

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

5 reasons you should see @CompanyWestEnd : 5. Bunny Christie’s LUSH design 4. Jonny Bailey’s JAWDROPPING ‘Getting Married Today’ 3. The GREATEST ensemble on the West End, possibly ever 2. It’s fecking LOL hilarious 1. The INCOMPARABLE Rosalie Craig. She WILL win the Olivier

5

38

274

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

Some news... After almost five incredible years at WhatsOnStage I’ve decided to make the leap and go freelance. I’ll still be working closely with WOS as my very first client and from 1 October my books will be open for video, social media and written content production.

31

13

269

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

Tomorrow I’m revisiting @EmiliaThePlay and I’m super excited to be taking almost 100 young women thanks to YOUR donations! Twitter can be an awful place, but it can also be a place of community, support, inspiration, motivation, great ideas and small miracles.

3

19

272

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

7 years

Ecstatic to announce the arrival Albie Alexander Hewis. Born on Friday 6 October at 22:18 (following a 31 hour labour) weighing 7lb 2oz.

55

1

255

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

People who get given free tickets to review theatre: Offering criticism/opinion in the publication you were invited on behalf of = FINE Tagging performers/creatives in disparaging tweets = NOT FINE

11

29

258

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

7 years

Coming 4th October.... my SON 👶🏻

40

0

250

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

She's not on Twitter, but huge respect to Jesy Nelson for #oddoneout . Devestating, important, inspirational. It should be mandatory viewing in every school. Cyberbullying and how it will affect my son scares the shit out of me.

1

53

233

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

@simonharris_mbd My kids think Tesco is a buffet mate, they must be on some kind of most wanted shoplifters by now.

2

0

256

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

3 years

The idea of theatre etiquette is ableist, exclusionary, elitist and antiquated. Gatekeepers who insist that all theatregoers must sit still and shut up are responsible for the large swathes of people think theatre isn’t for them. Theatre is for all.

63

33

250

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

6 years

FAO: Emma Rice Below is a petition to bring back Romantics Anonymous please. Signed by every single person who has ever enjoyed theatre. Kind regards Theatreland (please sign name and retweet – ER’s not even on twitter but at least we can say we tried).

42

91

249

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Earlier this month I was thrilled to be asked by @StoryHouse_PR and @estreetprods to film a discussion, hosted by @maitlis , to coincide with their production of Prima Facie. Here’s the first in a series of clips from that fascinating chat.

empire street

@estreetprods

2 years

“It’s almost impossible to run a sexual assault case and win it.” @SuzieMillerWrtr explains what inspired her to write #PrimaFaciePlay ahead of #JodieComer ’s West End debut today.

43

201

1K

3

32

241

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

Looking for organisations that work with + support young women. Thanks to the incredible generosity of so many, I now have 60+ tickets to the brilliant West End production of Emilia on Monday 15 April. Know any young women who would benefit? DM me for more information.

25

133

242

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

3 years

Can’t stop thinking about The Jungle at the Playhouse Theatre. Without doubt one of the most moving nights I’ve ever had at the theatre.

15

13

242

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

10 months

@simonharris_mbd He said what? I reserve the c word for special occasions but this guy is a gigantic one.

8

11

240

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 months

Thinking @mischiefcomedy should buy this (where Goes Wrong all started) and turn it into the Pub That Goes Wrong, an immersive experience involving exploding beer taps, corked wine and stale bar snacks…

The Stage

@TheStage

5 months

London’s Old Red Lion pub and theatre ( @ORLTheatre ) has gone on the market for £450,000.👇

0

9

28

7

13

234

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

2 years

Over 48 hours since @celebrityradio was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for stalking, and the accounts he used to conduct this harassment are still live. @YouTubeCreators , @TwitterSupport , @verified your inaction reads as condoning this behaviour. Can we talk?

14

44

227

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

4 years

Dear theatregoers and theatremakers, It's been a hard year, so here's a hug from us to you... 'Twas the Night Before Christmas -

Twas the Night Before Christmas - UK Theatre edition

Dear theatregoers and theatremakers, It's been a hard year, so here's a hug from us to you...'Twas the Night Before Christmas featuring Alex Parker, Vera Cho...

www.youtube.com

23

69

229

Ben Hewis

@benhewis

5 years

Stopped at services on way up to Manchester, leaning on my hire car having a coffee... Stranger: you alright there mate? Me: fine thanks. S: what you doing? Me (bit weird but): just having a coffee S: why there? Me (wtf?): just stretching my legs mate S: that’s my car M: 😵😵💀

16

6

227