 Owens theatre career began in earnest when he was invited to mix musical The Blues Brothers which was running at what is now the Trafalgar Studios in Londons west end.About this time, Owen is quoted as saying in an interview "I didn't have a lot of money so I bought a tent and lived in the bands garden".From here he was offered a job as sound designer for the UK tour of Stephen Schwartz' musical Godspell, beginning a collaboration which would continue until the present day.